crystal clear beach 1600, turning our steps into energy, let’s stop the blackmail of working families
July 29, 2006 at 9:24 am | In culture, photography, progressive, working life | No Comments
1996 - Beach volleyball officially became an Olympic sport.
1890-1906 - Abbot Kinney realized his dream of turning some rather nice seaside marsh land into a seaside resort that came to be known as the Venice of the Pacific - Venice Beach, California.
1806 - American explorers Lewis and Clark camped on Cottonwood Beach in Washougal, Washington.
Turing walking into energy, Powering Up, One Step at a Time
British engineers are converting street vibrations into electricity and predict a working prototype by Christmas capable of powering facility lights in the busiest areas of a city.
“We can harvest between 5 to 7 watts of energy per footstep that is currently being wasted into the ground,” says Claire Price, director of The Facility Architects, the British firm heading up the Pacesetters Project. “And a passing train can generate very useful energy to run signaling or to power lights.”
Like solar and wind proponents, vibration harvesters argue that abundant, clean energy is all around us and goes to waste. The challenge is how to store the power efficiently so it provides a continual output even ifthe vibrations from footsteps or passing trains temporarily taper off.
I’m usually not much on making predictions, but if some of this tecnology is patented they’re probably going to make a fortune.
Talk about deceptive headlines, House Approves Minimum Wage Increase
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid vowed Democrats would kill the hybrid bill, along with its 10-year, $300 billion-plus cost.
“The Senate has rejected fiscally irresponsible estate tax giveaways before and will reject them again,” Reid said. “Blackmailing working families will not change that outcome.”
Republicans countered that Democrats opposed the bill to keep the issue alive for the November elections.
Harry is right and the only thing that conservatives have to do to prove him wrong is separate the increase in minimum wage from the estate tax giveaway. Myths and Facts about the Estate Tax
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