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San Antonio: Mission Verde, CPS Energy, and (Real Ultimate) Solar Power

Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged bill sinkin, CPS Energy, david power, Greg Harman, mayor hardberger, mission verd, queblog, real ultimate power, San Antonio, san antonio current, san antonio express news, solar energy, solar power, superman, tommy adkisson on February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I’m embarrassed. Greg Harman at the San Antonio Current beat me to covering my own press conference. And he did a way better job than I ever could have done. The only explanation is that Greg Harman is Superman. Or, that I am one very busy media coordinator who needs to re-align her priorities (from [...]

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Solar Tech, Can you make me happy when skies are gray?

Posted in Global Warming, tagged aveda hair salon, concentrating solar power, discovery green, entech solar, gattaca, heliovolt, meridian solar, pearl brewery, photovoltaics, San Antonio, solar energy, texas solar roadmap, thin film pv, wildcatting the sun on February 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »

We held a press conference yesterday in San Antonio at the Pearl Brewery, which is currently being renovated and, upon its completion, will have the largest solar array panel in the state of Texas. Installed by Austin’s own Meridian Solar, the new system is expected to generate 25% of the energy needs for the new [...]

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Bad News for Nemo – Carbon Emissions absorbed by ocean bewilder clownfish

Posted in Global Warming, tagged carbonic acid, chemistry, CO2 emissions, coca-cola, finding nemo, National Academy of Sciences, Nemo, ocean acidity, olfactory sense on February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »

We have known for a long time that CO2 emissions are absorbed by the ocean. This is actually a very, very good thing, or else we’d have warmed at least 5 or 6 times as much as we have. The problem is basic chemistry. When you add CO2 to a water solution (or a salt [...]

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The best video game since World of Warcraft- Redistricting: The Game!!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged independent redistricting commission, redistricting, Texas, Tom Delay on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Texas faces the possibility of real reform on how we draw our districts next time around, hopefully preventing the repeat of the debacle from last time around when a partisan agenda prompted a walkout by members of the Legislature. So, while doing some research about redistricting reform this morning I stumbled upon a “gem” of [...]

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