#shelter's
"Better Shelter's," . . . flat pack emergency shelter incorporating solar power, . . . has won both the . . . Architecture award, and . . . Grand Prize in the . . . Beazley Design of the Year. 2-6-2017...
View ArticleOklahoma Is Sweltering In February
Oklahoma just endured a spell of exceptionally hot weather. . . . Mangum, Oklahoma, saw temperatures close to . . . 100º F, setting a state record. The average February high in Mangum is . . . 56º F....
View ArticleBreaking Down The Science
Climate Change! "Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, . . . (methane, carbon dioxide, etc.) . . . let visible light pass through, absorb infrared light. The warmer atmosphere emits more infrared light,...
View ArticleIreland: Winter Grazing Land
The Burren—an alien-looking limestone landscape, . . . on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way, . . . which has been used for cattle farmers as winter grazing land . . . (winter grazing is unheard of in much of...
View ArticleChina: Tesla Tripling Sales
Tesla, the automaker, reported, . . . that revenue from China was, . . . $318 million, in 2015 and . . . $1 billion, in 2016. 2-4-2017 Source: China: Tesla Tripling Sales
View Article700 North American Bee Species
Over 700 North American bee species, . . . are heading towards extinction. A new report by the Center for Biological Diversity, entitled . . .“Pollinators in Peril: . . . .. . A systematic status...
View ArticleMarch 11: Fukushima Day
Saturday, March 11, 2017 . . . marks the 6-year anniversary of, . . . the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan and . . . killed more than 19,000 people. The disaster also led to...
View ArticleProblems Sleeping?
Sleeping should be easy. . . . But despite nightly practice, . . . more and more people are finding it impossible to get the full 40 winks. Thankfully, you don’t have to join the sleep-starved...
View ArticleRound Houses
Round buildings, use 15 to 20% less material, . . . to enclose the same square footage as a rectangular buildings. This means: . . . more living space for less cost, . . . less surface area in...
View Article#atlantification Of The Arctic
Increasing temperatures above, and . . . warm currents from the Atlantic Ocean, . . . are snaking up to the Arctic, and . . . melting ice from below. They call this phenomenon the . . ....
View Article#2Nd Warmest Feb
NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)says, . . . February 2017 was the 2nd warmest February in . . . 137 years of modern record-keeping, 4-11-2017 Source: #2nd Warmest Feb
View Article#arctic Sea Ice Death Spiral Continues
The National Snow and Ice Data Center says there is a, . . . ~452,000-square-mile expanse of open ocean, . . . that would have been ice at this time of year, and . . . Temperatures were up to 13°F...
View Article#nuclear Power Plants
Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy in March, . . . blaming billions of dollars of cost overruns at . . . 2 nuclear power plants it is constructing in: . . . . . . Georgia, and . . . . . . South...
View Article#3D Print
MIT's robo-builder, . . . designs, and prints homes, . . . in as little as 14 Hours. https://www.youtube....h?v=8zt_3Gs1ksg 4-28-2017 Source: #3D Print
View Article#tesla Mini-Bus
Elon Musk, describes the concept for a . . . High Density–Passenger Urban Transport Vehicle (Mini-Bus). “With the advent of autonomy, . . .it will probably make sense to shrink the size of buses, and ....
View Article#antarctica Ice Breaking Up
Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica is continuing to grow, a very large rift, . . . 180-kilometer-long iceberg maybe released, . . . which will thus represent one of the largest icebergs ever recorded....
View Article#electric Remote-Controlled Container Ship
https://www.youtube....h?v=dVVRUAvoBK4 World's first, . . . all-electric, . . . autonomous, (remote controlled) . . . container, . . . ship to set sail in 2018. https://www.youtube....h?v=VjTKL4hm4B0...
View Article#tesla Vs Volkswagen
“Anything Tesla Can Do, We Can Surpass,” Says Volkswagen Chief. . . . Volkswagen has set a goal of selling 1 million electric cars a year by 2025. . . . Elon Musk has set his goal of selling 1 million...
View Article#energy Rejected, What Is It?
USA Energy Flow Chart https://www.youtube....h?v=G6dlvECRfcI . . . 2/3 of all energy generated, is "Rejected." . . . What does "Rejected" energy, mean? 5-14-2017 Source: Energy Flow Chart
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