ComputerWorld reports that HP (NYSE: HPQ) researchers presented a paper (PDF) on using cow manure to generate power to run a data center. HP says that manure from dairy farms. cattle feedlots and other “digested farm waste” can be used to generate electricity.
HP engineers calculated in a presentation to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers [...]
Power Systems Design has an interview with Scott Brusaw, an Idaho based inventor whose firm Solar Roadways believes it can make the U.S. energy independent by revamping the U.S. road system to collect and route energy intelligently along the U.S. highways.
Brusaw’s plan is to replace the existing asphalt and concrete road-surfaces with solar panels. [...]
MSNBC has an excellent interactive chart that explains what will happen to the 60,000 barrels of oil and day that British Petroleum is spilling into the Gulf of Mexico every day over next decades.
If it Was My Home make it easy to understand the impact of British Petroleum’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Enter your location, and the site will overly the oil spill on top of a Google Map.
Thanks to the folks at Flowing Data for digging this one up.
Lawrence Tech University held its first electronic recycling drive last month. The University took in over one ton of unwanted equipment according to the TechNews. The event helped raise awareness about the dangers of electronic waste. There are real environmental dangers associated with discarded electrical and electronic equipment.
Computers contain:
Beryllium,
Bromine-based flame retardants (BFRs),
Cadmium,
Chromium,
Lead,
Mercury,
PVC.
CRT’s contain:
Barium compounds,
Bromine-based flame [...]