Category Environment

Google loves the sun.

Their all-good-no-evil aura might be almost gone, but Google is still impressing with some of its actions. Google HQ is going solar, as 30% of its power needs will be catered by the sun through 1.6MW-producing solar panels. Excellent.

Βιοκαύσιμα στην Ευρώπη.

Νωρίτερα φέτος, έγραψα (και εδώ δείτε τη πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα διάλεξη του Vinod Khosla) για την πρώτη άμεση αλλαγή που θα βιώσουμε τα επόμενα χρόνια στις ζωές μας, στα πλαίσια μιας κοινής Ευρωπαϊκής πολιτικής για το περιβάλλον. Στα άρθρα αυτά, καθώς και στην ομιλία του Vinod Khosla, αναφέρεται η τεράστια επένδυση που έχουν κάνει κάποιες από […]

CO2 Alert!

Over the years I've had numerous discussions, some with pretty well educated people, that exhibited an inexplicable denial about global warming climate change. Some of the most common arguments were about the cyclical warming and cooling of the earth and claims that CO2 levels used to be much higher in earlier periods of human history. I guess it's time to reconsider. Correction: I guess it's time to act. [Also here.]

Some more on Biofuels.

Just days after my article on Petroleum I found a Google Techtalk by Vinod Khosla, one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems and a renowned venture capitalist, who talks on the matter. I am embedding the video from his talk below. Click on the ‘play’ button to view it or go to the respective Google […]

Petroleum

It must have been four months ago, during a trip of mine to the UK when everything suddenly started hinting at an interesting development: 2006 seemed like the year when megacorp. became vocal about ecology, energy consumption etc. Huge advertising posters at LHR, advising about fuel, electricity conservation etc. ‘Green’ products in industry sectors that […]