http://www.greenjobsupdates.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Organic catalysts are used to create biodegradable molecules that can be recycled more effectively. IBM and Stanford discuss green chemistry breakthrough on YouTube. http://bit.ly/dB3m98 IBM scientists collaborate to find sustainable plastics: "this chemistry breakthrough around sustainable plastics represents another example of how we are expanding beyond our traditional ... http://greentechnolog.com/2010/03/green_polymer_chemistry_breakthrough_improves_recy.html Yesterday, Colorado's state legislature finalized a bill to increase the state's renewable energy standard to 30 percent by 2020. Colorado was one of the first states to adopt a renewable energy standard at all, committing in 2004 to get 10 percent of their electricity from renewables by 2015 and increasing that ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EcoGeek/~3/6SkGm-jg5M8/3103-colorado-approves-30-renewable-energy-standard Great work! Amazon solar education courtesy of UC Berkeley College of Engineering: "Next, the teachers brought out small, solar panel kits to collect solar energy. The group made solar-powered radios, exploring electromagnetic waves and radio transmission." http://bit.ly/cWOrla http://greentechnolog.com/2010/03/bringing_solar_education_to_the_source.html Spain is able to execute a number of learning cycles in solar energy production and support. The country is adapting and other countries can understand what to avoid. ... ... "And regulators are still learning how to structure stimulus payments so that they yield a ... http://greentechnolog.com/2010/03/learn_from_solar_energy_boom_and_bust_in_spain.html On Thursday March 18, the 2010 World Energy Technology Summit will convene in New York city. The summit will explore technologies that can help save the planet and shape the future. Some of the world's brightest minds and innovators in energy-tech will lead a daylong summit on game-changing green technologies. ... http://thegreenmarket.blogspot.com/2010/03/2010-world-energy-technologies-summit.html 用手食飯違反基本法要知五區公投有否違反基本法，其實很簡單：只需丁點相關的知識，另加基本的邏輯推論便可。首先，基本法不設公投法，不代表五區公投就是違反基本法。基本法內無明文規定不能用手食飯，沒有嚴禁如廁不洗手，筆者食壽司用手一抓，如廁後一時失禮，是否算違反基本法，要罰款收監?第二，中央說公投違反基本法，那麼改稱回“補選”，難道又忽然合法了嗎? 如果中央認定是次補選違反基本法，那麼日後因議員身故、犯事或辭職而舉行之補選，又該憑什麼決定違法與否，有沒有法律效力?由始至終，五區補選都是變相公投，是一個有公投之實的真補選，其象徵意義，乃社、民兩黨自行賦予，再建基於選民之認同。閣下支持公投，它就是公投﹔你認定是；補選，它就是不折不扣、合法合理的簡單補選。倘若補選並非違法，一個對個別人士有特殊意義的補選，象徵雖變而本質不變，何來違反基本法之有? 違法就是違法，憑什麼只取決於中央的一時主觀認知和貿然定斷，一時一樣？第三，既然中央一直強調公投並無法律約束力，試問公投又憑什麼挑戰、違反基本法及人大常委會的決定?憑心而論，公投一方同樣深明公投只限彰顯民意，確立民意，確實如港澳辨所言 “完全沒有法律基礎和沒有法律效力”。權在中央，北京頂多可視公投為民意的指標，僅此而已：中央考慮，固然可喜﹔中央不理，港人亦愛莫能助。反正既有前科，又有和諧穩定做幌子，中央要漠視民意一意孤行，萬民莫之能擋。一隻手掌拍不響。沒有中央對真普選的阻撓和對港人的不信任，沒有土共煽風點火狐假虎威，沒有既得利益集團對民眾妄曉 “大義”，公投根本不會因運而生，不會引起有所謂港人不願見到的“爭議”。真正傷害港人感情、促成不穩的罪魁禍手，不是港人對真民主的渴慕和堅貞，而是當權者對權力的迷戀與獨佔。若然當真對港人有信心關顧愛人，中央又何須怕民意彰顯，視民意為要脅？什麼違法不違法的理論，說穿了都不過是恐懼作祟，矢箭亂投，又或如西方傳媒慣用術語，不過一個“NON－ISSUE”，騙得過少數奴才奴民，惑不了港人的心智。 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UpLX/~3/UV87JqWGyOU/blog-post_09.html Porsche's take on hybrid technology is a 918 Spyder that uses " ... a plug-in hybrid system comprised of two electric motors coupled to a 3.4-liter V-8 racing engine ... a parallel hybrid, the car can run on pure electricity, just gas, or a combination of the two."It looks great ... http://greentechnolog.com/2010/03/porsches_concept_hybrid_hot_car.html Warren County Kentucky is building the first net-zero energy school in the country.  Richardsville Elementary School will operate free of the grid by generating its own renewable energy, incorporating smart architectural features and a major emphasis on efficiency. The list of features for this school is mind-boggling.  The school will have ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EcoGeek/~3/96Jv-R7ZGig/3102-nations-first-net-zero-school-coming-to-kentucky A new report from technology research corporation iSuppli warns that we're facing a global LED shortage in 2010.  Hooray! Why am I cheering?  Because the reason for this shortage is a huge surge in demand for the energy-efficient lighting in the electronics industry.  Yes, it's bad that the supply is low, ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EcoGeek/~3/WsAk_IXySFY/3101-report-says-leds-in-short-supply University of Vermont will host algae biofuel discussion on March 17 and 18: "Foremost algae biofuel researchers and entrepreneurs will present on the current state and projected future of algae as a biofuel feedstock." http://bit.ly/dd82of http://greentechnolog.com/2010/03/algae_biofuel_future.html