Inside the Solar Hydrogen House: No More Power Bills–Ever: Mike Strizki has not paid an electric, oil or gas bill—nor has he spent a nickel to fill up his Mercury Sable—in nearly two years. Instead, the 51-year-old civil engineer makes all the fuel he needs using a system he built in the capacious garage of his home, which employs photovoltaic (PV) panels to turn sunlight into electricity that is harnessed in turn to extract hydrogen from tap water. [Scientific American]
Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol: Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide ‘renewable petroleum’. [Times]
Top of sea warming 50% faster than thought: The top few hundred metres of the world’s oceans have warmed 50 per cent faster than previously thought during the past half century, a discovery that has solved an enduring puzzle about the world’s rising sea levels. [Telegraph]
MIT team plays with fire to create cheap energy: New solar dish harnesses power from heat – at a size and cost that make soaking up the sun even more attractive. [CSM]
Think you love shopping? It’s the marketing scam of the century: The exact point at which a life of frugality – led by most people until the 1950s – developed into one of comfort, before slipping into absurd excess, is impossible to determine, admits Benjamin Barber, author of the best-selling Jihad Vs. McWorld. His new book, Consumed, tackles obsessive, “hyper” consumption. This trend, predicts Barber, is leading democratic societies towards an early grave. [Independent]
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