Japan's Electric Bottleneck

SUBHEAD: Brownouts will continue. It is unlikely TEPCO can meet the power demand for Tokyo for several years.By John Ydstie on 24 March 2011 for National Public Radio - (http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134828205/a-country-divided-japans-electric-bottleneck)Image above: Buildings are seen without illumination in Tokyo's Shibuya district. Rolling blackouts are crippling the town. From original

Japan's economy in melt-down

SUBHEAD: The cost of recovering after the earthquake, tsunami and failure of several nuclear facilities will be too much for Japan's economy to bear.By Steve Ludlum on 12 March 2011 in Economic Undertow - (http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2011/03/death-knell-of-waste-based-economy.html)Image above: Disappearance of #1 nuclear containment building in Fukushima Japan. From (http://

The Grid

SUBHEAD: A single-source for 24x7x365 5kwatt electric service to every residence in Hawaii is not possible.By Juan Wilson on 19 January 2011 - Image above: Control room of TVA nuclear power plant. From (http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/v38_1_05/article11.shtml).To save ourselves we must downsize, decentralize and reduce consumption. The providers of the Grid have another mantra "Centralization

The Electric Car Fetish

SUBHEAD: It's time to let go of the car culture so we can rid ourselves of its myriad ill effects.By Kurt Cobb on 29 December 2010 in Scitizen - (http://www.scitizen.com/future-energies/the-electric-car-fetish_a-14-3607.html)Image above: Eye candy look of the electric Dodge Zeo concept car. From (http://www.greenskid.com/what-i-want-the-zeo-electric-car-concept).Many automobile enthusiasts