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Assessing the Value of Small Wind Turbines Interest for wind turbines small enough to mount on a roof is spreading from coast to coast, even though their installation is hardly ever recouped in electricity savings. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Can 'small wind' reap big rewards? Micro wind turbines are beginning to pop up all over our urban and rural landscapes. But is it worth investing your hard-earned cash in your very own wind machine? In short, it depends. Take a look at our quick guide to see if "small wind" could help you reduce your energy bills and your carbon foot Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNN |
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Technology Smooths the Way for Home Wind-Power Turbines Wind turbines are attracting homeowners with their ease of use, financial incentives and low environmental effects. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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The [Annotated] McCain Climate Speech - New York Times Boston GlobeThe [Annotated] McCain Climate SpeechNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy Andrew C. Revkin Senator John McCain visited a manufacturer of wind turbines in Portland, Ore., to give a speech on climate. (Pool Photo: Bruce Ely) Senator John McCain used a visit to Vestas Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Driven: Shai Agassi's Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Road Agassi will sell his battery-powered cars cheap and make money off drivers' electricity purchases. Photo: Joe Pugliese The problem, he decided, was oil-consuming, CO2-spewing cars. The solution was to get rid of them. Not just some, and not just by substituting hy Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Driven: Shai Agassi's Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Road Agassi will sell his battery-powered cars cheap and make money off drivers' electricity purchases. Photo: Joe Pugliese The problem, he decided, was oil-consuming, CO2-spewing cars. The solution was to get rid of them. Not just some, and not just by substituting hy Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Trying to catch the wind About 60 miles north of San Francisco, the strip malls of Solano County give way to gently rolling hills where, as far as the eye can see, wind turbines sprout from the golden bluffs overlooking the Sacramento delta. Construction on Solano's newest turbine farm, Shiloh II, began this summer, part of Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Gallery: Measuring the History of Electricity : Photo: mtowber/flickrThe invention of the electric meter made it possible to bill customers for electricity, creating the incentive to build out the nation's first network for moving electrons. The Grid, the system of dumb, buzzing wires that allows power to move across the country, is so imp Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Gallery: Measuring the History of Electricity : Photo: mtowber/flickrThe invention of the electric meter made it possible to bill customers for electricity, creating the incentive to build out the nation's first network for moving electrons. The Grid, the system of dumb, buzzing wires that allows power to move across the country, is so imp Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Exclusive: Inside the Design Process of the Volt General Motors unveiled the Chevrolet Volt this morning, revealing a car that is much sleeker than the angular concept we saw almost two years ago. It's the strongest evidence yet that the range-extended electric car is on track to appear in showrooms by the end of 2010, and a good sign that GM m Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Exclusive: Inside the Design Process of the Volt General Motors unveiled the Chevrolet Volt this morning, revealing a car that is much sleeker than the angular concept we saw almost two years ago. It's the strongest evidence yet that the range-extended electric car is on track to appear in showrooms by the end of 2010, and a good sign that GM m Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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AMD jumps into the netbook fray Advanced Micro Devices is jumping into the mini-notebook space, delivering processors starting in 2009 for small laptops that can run basic applications like Web surfing and e-mail, the company said Thursday.The Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Crowdsourcing Book Excerpt: The Canary in the Coal Mine First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article, "crowdsourcing" describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few. Howe reveals that the crowd is more than w Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Crowdsourcing Book Excerpt: The Canary in the Coal Mine First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article, "crowdsourcing" describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few. Howe reveals that the crowd is more than w Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |
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Crowdsourcing Book Excerpt: The Canary in the Coal Mine First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article, "crowdsourcing" describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few. Howe reveals that the crowd is more than w Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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15th Anniversary: The Brian Eno Evolution When Brian Eno landed on our May 1995 cover, he proclaimed: "Gossip is philosophy." Since then, his name has appeared in 16 issues, and today the "prototypical Renaissance 2.0 artist" is as busy as ever. He coproduced Coldplay's album Viva la Vida (out in June), composed the score for Wil Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |
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Will the downturn accelerate cloud computing? Facing uncertain economic times, enterprises may be more likely to turn to cloud computing services -- such as SaaS (software as a service), Amazon-style utility computing, and managed service providers -- for the lower up-front costs, the faster time to market, and t Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Hands on with the Asustek N10 netbook Asustek Computer, designer of the Eee PC netbook that started the craze in mini-laptops, will have the N10 series in Taipei stores by Friday and I had a chance to try one out ahead of the launch here.The N10 loo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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15th Anniversary: Tracking Big Brother Over the Past Decade Back in December 1996, sci-fi novelist David Brin warned that street cams would soon be everywhere ("The Transparent Society"). In his dream for the future, every citizen would have full access to the image stream. So far, the authorities have enjoyed a one-way view. But Brin was right th Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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15th Anniversary: Tracking Big Brother Over the Past Decade Back in December 1996, sci-fi novelist David Brin warned that street cams would soon be everywhere ("The Transparent Society"). In his dream for the future, every citizen would have full access to the image stream. So far, the authorities have enjoyed a one-way view. But Brin was right th Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |