Heartland Storm wallpaper
Another day with my new found obsession with kites, Harnessing kite power to a ship
BERLIN: Oil at more than $90 a barrel is concentrating minds in the shipping industry. Higher fuel costs and mounting pressure to curb emissions are leading modern merchant fleets to rediscover the ancient power of the sail.
The world’s first [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Heartland Storm wallpaper, Merchant ships harnessing kite power
Posted in Environment-Energy, News, Tech on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Young Black Bear wallpaper, New energy frontier – kites, Red-billed tropic bird
Posted in Environment-General, Environment-wildlife, News, Tech on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Young Black Bear wallpaper. The full size shows enough detail that you can see it just rained and its coat is still wet. Black Bears (Ursus Americanus) are still plentiful across North America.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species: U. americanus
Legendary kite flyer and inventor Ben Franklin would be [...]
Spring Renewal wallpaper, Water found on Saturn moon, Solar tech to become competitive with coal
Posted in Environment-General, News, Science, Tech on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spring Renewal wallpaper
Ingredients for Life Found on Strange Saturn Moon
The basic ingredients for life — warmth, water and organic chemicals — are in place on Saturn’s small moon Enceladus, scientists said on Wednesday in detailing the content of huge plumes erupting off its surface.
The scientists described observations made by the Cassini spacecraft when [...]
Lazy Spring wallpaper, Solar becoming competitive with oil, Majoring in renewable energy
Posted in Environment-Energy, News, Society & Culture on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lazy Spring wallpaper
At the Zenith of Solar Energy
Zenith Solar, based in Nes Ziona near Tel Aviv, is a pioneer in a new type of solar energy that uses mirrors and lenses to focus and intensify the sun’s light, producing far more electricity at lower cost. Compared with traditional flat photovoltaic panels made of silicon, this [...]
Spring Rain Drops wallpaper, Bringing back the Chimney Swifts, This years cadillac crop
Posted in Environment-wildlife, Humor, News on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spring Rain wallpaper – 2008
Resident is seeking to attract the bird he admires most
About three years ago, Redding resident David Brooks built a faux wood chimney off the back of his barn on his property, in order to attract the Chimney Swifts that used to frequent the area.
“I like those particular birds a lot,” [...]
