Japan nuclear power-free as last reactor shuts
The Malaysian Insider Sat, 05 May 2012 02:33 AM PDT
TOKYO, May 5 â€" Japanese utility Hokkaido Electric Power Co began shutting the country’s last active nuclear reactor today, leaving the world’s third-biggest user of atomic energy with no nuclear-derived electricity for the first time since 1970. A crisis at Tokyo Electric Power’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where an earthquake and tsunami in ... |
Energy background sparks Turner DMEA candidacy
Montrose Daily Press Sat, 05 May 2012 02:24 AM PDT
Virgil Turner wants to help maintain the local economy’s “lifeblood†â€" the energy it uses. That’s prompted the city’s administrative services director to make a run for the Delta-Montrose Electric Association’s board of directors. |
Oil drops below $100 first time since February
New Haven Register Sat, 05 May 2012 02:16 AM PDT
NEW YORK (AP) â€" The price of oil dropped below $100 per barrel for the first time since February. The dramatic drop â€" $5 per barrel by midday â€" is easing fears that high energy prices would cripple a U.S. economy that is struggling to overcome high unemployment, stagnant wages and weak growth. |
Glider Pilots Ride Mountain Waves For Long Cross-Country Flight
The Aero-News Network Sat, 05 May 2012 02:08 AM PDT
Flew As High As 20,000 Feet, But Came Up Short Of Their 1,000 Mile Goal Thursday was a spectacular day to be a glider pilot in Northern Nevada, and glider pilots Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett took advantage of an atmospheric phenomenon known as mountain waves to attempt a 1,000 cross-country flight using nothing but rising air, altitude converted to energy, and the jet stream for propulsion. |
Letter Box
Brattleboro Reformer Sat, 05 May 2012 01:56 AM PDT
Energy future plan? Why not VY? April 22, the usual suspects lined up in protest of Vermont Yankee once again. Sen. Sanders and other speakers in Brattleboro made their typical confident projections that all we need in order to solve our energy problems in Vermont is more zeal for energy efficiency. |
Boom 'n' Bust
Technology Review Sat, 05 May 2012 01:46 AM PDT
The best of the rest from the Physics arXiv this week A New Perspective On Dark Energy Modeling Via Genetic Algorithms |
Stevenage confident of brushing aside Bury
The News and Star Sat, 05 May 2012 01:46 AM PDT
Stevenage reckon their high-energy style will be too much for Bury today â€" spelling the end for Carlisle’s promotion hopes. |
Googling unveils lots of surprises
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sat, 05 May 2012 01:37 AM PDT
There are many things I find irritating, including ants in my house, litter, loud mufflers, people who drive cars and trucks with loud mufflers, parents of people who drive cars with loud mufflers and energy drinks; but what irritates me more than anything is when people use something positive about someone to make them look bad. |
Solar plan brings megawatts
The Signal Sat, 05 May 2012 01:36 AM PDT
The Hart district officially switched on its solar project Friday, saving the 23,000-student school district an estimated $15 million to 20 million a year over the next two decades, while providing about 80 percent of the energy needed to run local junior high and high schools. |
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