Magnetism has been used to generate electricity for over 100 years. But previous approaches do not allow the ceaseless orbital motion hidden within ferromagnetic atoms to perform useful work. The necessary work of rotation to generate electricity has traditionally been sourced by other means, which today have become nuclear, natural-gas, hydroelectric and coal-driven turbines. An assumption has grown, that such brute sources of motion are necessary to cause magnetism to generate electricity. To date, there has been very little scientific focus on the use of the subatomic rotation within magnetic elements themselves, which causes their magnetism in the first place. It isn’t necessary to consume limited natural resources to produce the spinning motion. Ceaseless rotation is a natural resource in its own right, on a sub-atomic scale but existing everywhere, in accordance with quantum physical laws. The motion is permanent. Mankind cannot hope to ever exhaust it.
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Aether induced electricity?
Mission
We live in a period of profound environmental crisis, but it is not too late to change the course. The future of our planet hinges on the choices we make everyday. MakeMeSustainable is unique in our capacity to provide individuals and businesses with the tools necessary to identify and accomplish sustainable goals. We will help you track your energy consumption and environmental impact, allowing you to see the effects of strategies as simple as changing a light bulb. As a community we can realize an environmentally responsible and economically rewarding future. Together, we can change the course.
How MakeMeSustainable Can Help
MakeMeSustainable was created to fill the void between how we feel about our environment and what we do about it. We bring you the tools to take action. Our Carbon and Energy Portfolio Manager enables you to visualize and contextualize your individual impact. MMS’ sustainable solutions empower you to act upon your knowledge. We can help you to become a more environmentally conscious and efficient individual or business. MMS empowers you to spread the word and encourage friends, family, and co-workers to join the collective effort.
Building the MakeMeSustainable Community
As individuals it is difficult to visualize our impact on a larger scale. MMS wants to create a community of people concerned with their environmental footprint in order to network, spread the word and effectively mitigate their individual and communal impact. The MMS Community is a forum for discussion, a means for disseminating information on sustainable living and a virtual space to network with other concerned individuals and businesses on a local, regional and national scale. The MMS Community’s functionality continues to increase every day and with every user that signs up.
Amidst last Thursday’s EPA announcement, that it would not grant any new construction permits for coal-fired power plants until it could make sense of what is necessary to limit CO2 emissions, what does this mean for the future of coal?
In 2007, fossil sources accounted for 80% of US energy demand: Coal (25%), natural gas (21%), petroleum (34%), nuclear (6.5%), hydro (2.2%), and biomass and waste (11%). Only 0.4% of global energy demand is met by geothermal, solar and wind.
Now What… The change we need?
Our nation just made history. The American people clearly are calling for bold change.
With our support, Barack Obama can be a President who can steward this kind of change, even in the face of special interest lobbies. Check out the new Repower America ad that’s going up today, then send a message to Barack Obama, letting him know that you’ll be there to support a bold approach. Just click on the video:
Now’s not the time for small steps or a narrow focus. It’s time to go big. Our challenges are large and are deeply connected. As Al Gore has said, “We’re borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that’s got to change.” With a bold plan, we can make that change in 10 years. In fact, only a bold plan will cut through the special interest politics in Washington and inspire the nation.
Send a message of support to Barack Obama and his team, view the new ad, and check out the Repower America plan, detailed on the website. Just click here:
http://www.RepowerAmerica.org/obamapetition.
On Tuesday Barack Obama said, “And I know you didn’t do this just to win an election. And I know you didn’t do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime–two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
“We can Repower America with 100% clean electricity within 10 years. It will push our economy out of recession, create millions of new American jobs, end our addiction to dirty coal and foreign oil and solve the climate crisis. Big problems need big solutions. History is watching.
from wecansolveit.org
A Different Kind of Energy Efficiency Report
Scientific and Technological Emphasis
Energy Future: Think Efficiency differs from other energy efficiency reports in its emphasis on scientific and technological options and analysis. Developed by a panel of leading experts in energy policy with backgrounds in physics, engineering, economics, and policy, Energy Future: Think Efficiency examines what works, what can work soon, and what is feasible for the future. Based on emerging technologies, this report targets which research and development gives America the best return for its dollars.
- Executive Summary PDF document
- Energy Future: Think Efficiency PDF document (Entire Report)
The News is Good
Key Energy Efficiency Conclusions
After scientifically evaluating a wide variety of energy-saving ideas and alternative energy sources, such as hybrid cars, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, solar power, and wind power, the report recommends many short term and long term goals. The good news is that the news is good.
- Improving energy efficiency is relatively easy and inexpensive.
- Numerous technologies already exist to increase energy efficiency and save consumers money.
Buildings and Transportation
Highlighting Highest Consumption
Focusing on transportation and buildings, two areas that consume two-thirds of our energy, Energy Future: Think Efficiency specifically outlines priorities for the next administration’s energy policies—for the immediate future and decades ahead.
from APS
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source: The OpenSecrets.org Center for Responsive Politics
EERE Network News…
…from the last two weeks – notable with the PTC/ITC incentives! [EERE=?]
- Operation Change Out Saves $11 Million at U.S. Military Bases
- New Reports Note the Potential for Millions of Green Jobs
- Clean Energy Projects Dodge the Global Credit Crunch
- New Jersey to Develop a 345-Megawatt Offshore Wind Power Project
- World’s First Wave Energy Project Goes Commercial
- Honda Hybrid and Smart EV Unveiled at Paris Motor Show
- Economic Stabilization Bill Includes Clean Energy Tax Incentives
- Continuing Resolution Includes $25 Billion in Automakers Loans
- DOE Invests $43.1 Million in 21 Enhanced Geothermal Projects
- DOE Awards $83.3 Million to Develop a Sustainable Biofuels Industry
- Michigan Requires 10% Renewable Electricity by 2015
- GM and Porsche Win the American Le Mans Green Challenge
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Click on map through to your state to find out which organizations offer green power in your state. The results will include utility green pricing programs, retail green power products offered in competitive electricity markets, and renewable energy certificate (REC) products sold separate from electricity. For additional information about these distinct products, see the EERE Overview of Green Power Markets.
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from The U.S. DOE – Energy Effieciency and Renewable Energy
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Federal Incentives
On July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter gave a nationally-televised address in which he identified what he believed to be a “crisis of confidence” among the American people. This came to be known as his “malaise” speech, although the word never appeared in it:
I want to talk to you right now about a fundamental threat to American democracy… I do not refer to the outward strength of America, a nation that is at peace tonight everywhere in the world, with unmatched economic power and military might. …
The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation.
In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we’ve discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning.
I’m asking you for your good and for your nation’s security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel… I have seen the strength of America in the inexhaustible resources of our people. In the days to come, let us renew that strength in the struggle for an energy-secure nation.
Continue reading ‘It’s another morning in the empire of consumption… connecting dots?’
Please support The Institute for 21st Century Energy’s Blueprint for Securing America’s Energy Future (PDF full – 4.43Mb) at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. With more than 75 energy policy recommendations (PDF summary) for the next President and Congress, the Institute’s bold energy blueprint is worth your attention.
The blueprint puts specific recommendations behind the 13 fundamental pillars for a comprehensive energy strategy outlined in the Institute’s Open Letter to the next President and Congress.
Aggressively Promote Energy Efficiency
Reduce the Environmental Impact of Energy Consumption and Production
Invest in Climate Science to Guide Energy, Economic, and Environmental Policy
Significantly Increase the Funding for Research, Development, and Demonstration of Advanced Clean Energy Technologies
Immediately Expand Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
Commit to and Expand Nuclear Energy Use
Commit to the Use of Clean Coal
Increase Renewable Sources of Electricity
Transform our Transportation Sector
Modernize and Protect U.S. Energy Infrastructure
Address Critical Shortages of Qualified Energy Professionals
Reduce Overly Burdensome Regulations and Opportunities for Frivolous Litigation
Demonstrate Global Leadership on Energy Security and Climate Change
