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TEDx on the Oil Spill
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Health & Wellness on June 28th, 2010
Brown Pelican covered in BP Oil
by Mark Hewitt
This morning a live event sponsored by TED called TEDx OIL SPILL if you have time please log in and watch this FREE web event.
The opening speaker was the Grandson of the legendary explorer Jacque Cousteau – Phillepe Cousteau who spoke of an unprecedented disaster as this spill could not have happened at a worse time for the ecosystem of the gulf – virtually all species breeding season is now so the future generations of the entire ecosystem is at risk.
Cousteau also quoted the preamble of the US Constitution declaring that our Democracy is in jeopardy as a result of this environmental disaster.
Editorial comment: Why have we not treated this unprecedented environmental disaster as a threat to our National Security – technology exists within our Military sector to map the oil giving the clean up a far better view of where and how much oil is in the Gulf directing cleanup crews to harvest and remove this toxic material from our delicate ecosystem?
The second question is why are we allowing dispersants to be used in this disaster – this is unproven and greatly increases the cost to remove the oil from the environment? My only conclusion is that BP has no intention of cleaning or removing the oil from the Gulf.
Howard University first to develop a Microgrid
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Building Information Modeling, Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Science and Engineering on June 25th, 2010
Alternative Energy
Today Pareto Energy and Howard University announced the first every MicroGrid partnership. Organized around co-generation technologies the proposed MicroGrid will allow highly efficient technologies to simultaneously produce electric and thermal energy used for space heating and cooling among other things.
The build out will take about two years to complete and based on the Memorandum of Understanding (”MOU”) the engineering phase will begin immediately. Howard University is only one of five academic facilities in the nation with a core competency in SmartGrid and MicroGrid design and development. Guy Warner, founder and CEO of Pareto Energy when asked about MicroGrids is quoted “They’re also efficient, secure and often renewable energy sources that create jobs while eliminating the threat of power interruptions that cost Americans billions of dollars every year”
Earth Day – what we have learned
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Health & Wellness, Physics on April 17th, 2010
by Mark Hewitt
Earth Day Coopertisim
April 22nd 2010 On this auspicious 40th anniversary of Earth Day I would like to take a moment and reflect not only on how important Earth Day is to our growing awareness of how important Mother Earth is to our quality of life but also to reflect on our own evolution and perhaps even speculate on what one possible future may bring.
Earth Day did not just happen, it was an eight year journey seeded in the grass root movements growing from the Viet Nam war and Read the rest of this entry »