Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System opened on 15th Feb, 2014 in Mojave Desert, USA. The 2.2 billion dollars project will deliver 400MW for the next 25 years. [source] However, there is concern about birds being scorched by the heat at the top of tower. [source]

I have started a new blog

I have started a new blog - my view on Australian politics.

Americans Too Religious to Protect Climate

The United States has failed to take action to mitigate climate change thanks in part to the large number of religious Americans who believe the world has a set expiration date. Research by David C. Barker of the University of Pittsburgh and David H. Bearce of the University of Colorado uncovered that belief in the biblical end-times was a motivating factor behind resistance to curbing climate change. "[T]he fact that such an overwhelming percentage of Republican citizens profess a belief in the Second Coming (76 percent in 2006, according to our sample) suggests that governmental attempts to curb greenhouse emissions would encounter stiff resistance even if every Democrat in the country wanted to curb them," Barker and Bearce wrote in their study, which will be published in the June issue of Political Science Quarterly. [source]

Can we feed 9 billion people? And at what costs?

This is an information dense video with both good and bad news...

Stopping Desertification (Three Proven methods in 3 videos)

Bokashi vs Composting

Composting releases a lot of green house gases into the environment. There is a better way. How do you get the micro organisms needed? Go to a Chinese grocery store and asked for the yeast to make rice wine. Dissolve the yeast (usually come as a ball) into a bowl of warm water. Add the solution with any of the wasted food. Don't be too wet. Mix well. Close the lid and let the micro organism to ferment the organic material without oxygen. In about 3 to 4 weeks, you will have a good fermented stuff ready for the next step. Bury the fermented stuff in soil. First dig a hole large enough for your fermented waste. Mix the waste with some soil. Then cover everything with more soil. In another three weeks, the fermented stuff will become good soil for new plants with all the nutrients. Here is a fuller explanation of the process.

Is wealth distribution as skewed as USA sustainable?

If you ask me that question, my answer is "no". This is a recipe for social unrest.