Technology monitor | Flying wind farms | Economist.com

This is a great idea. I think that the future of it will be in helium filled devices that either themselves turn or have some kind of external rotors. Kudos to the people working on this.

Electric Cars

Tesla motors recently demonstrated it's new electric sportscar for enthusiasts in Santa Monica. This thing proves that there can be a future for pure electric cars in the future.

I applaud the people of Tesla motors for engaging in business that will drive the next generation of of vastly reduced pollution automobiles.

Electric Cars

I just found this site promoting a new documentary on EV's called Who Killed the Electric Car. The website has a lot of good info on the history of the electic car. I truely believe that electric cars are a crucial element to reducing the US dependence on foreign oil. I can't wait to see this documentary.

The Future of Power

Finally, some good news!
Nanosolar is a company that is using Nano-Technology to create a new kind of solar cell that, if their claims are accurate, could create an entirely new, distributed, energy infrastructure in this country and beyond. Their solar cells are about 10% the cost of traditional solar. Traditional solar costs can't compete with fossil fuel and hydro energy sources but Nanosolar's cells hold the promise of slashing those costs but 90%. I haven't been able to locate any information on the effeciency of these cells but, even at half the efficiency of traditional silicon cells you would be talking about a major decrease in cost/kilowatt.

One day, perhaps, we will all produce solar energy on our rooftops and feed the grid in a distributed fasion. If this were realized then fossil fuel electricity production would be needed only as a supplemental energy source and the sun would be the primary energy producer.