Sometimes the largest solutions seems to have some of the smallest problems. Recently, a friend of mine and I have been talking about small wind installations. We have looked at the costs of developing a small vertical axis wind turbine system for installation in the countryside of Illinois. The largest expense in […]
What a cute commercial. From what I understand though, the proper ending should have been one baby stuffing the gas pump down another baby’s throat and pumping toxic sludge and ammonia into his stomach.
I read from the Tribune.
The massive BP oil refinery in Whiting, Ind., is planning to dump significantly more ammonia and industrial […]
A while back, I mentioned that I went to the Daley Urban Forum at UIC. The final panel of speakers included Sarah Dunn from UrbanLab. She spoke about a design project that she was working on called Growing Water.
In her presentation, she said that 20% of the Earth’s fresh water is in the […]
I am fascinated by big ideas and big thinkers. It is an amazing process to see happen. In defining our thoughts, we are often victims of our own circumstances. Occasionally, those circumstances allow us to see big ideas. Sometimes huge ideas.
E.O. Wilson is a biologist who recently won the 2007 TED […]
