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NY Times: Space Solar Plant is a Go!
NY Times Energy and Enviroment California approved a utility contract with Solaren for the nation’s first space-based solar power plant last Thursday. The project is slated to be turned on in 2016. “A… more →
A Process of Malign Neglect
NY Times: Space Solar Plant is a Go!
wrote 3 weeks ago: NY Times Energy and Enviroment California approved a utility contract with Solaren for the nation’s … more →
ScienceDaily: Solar Collector Could Change Asphalt Roads Into Renewable Energy Source
wrote 3 months ago: Asphalt Roads as Solar Collectors) (from 2008, but hopefully the technology is progressing) Anyone w … more →
Earths Surface Area Required to Power the World with Zero Carbon Emissions with ONLY Solar Panels
wrote 3 months ago: World Map of Surface Area Required … more →
Trivia of the Day- August 12, 2009: The Perseid Meteor Shower
wrote 4 months ago: Tonight, if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you’re in for a star-gazing treat if you can … more →
Global Warming and Effects of Environmental Pollution
wrote 6 months ago: Read this very interesting and informative article about Global Warming: Global Warming and Effects … more →
How were the mountain made?
wrote 6 months ago: Some high mountains are volcanoes. Others were made in other ways. Mountains are created by violen … more →
Plate techtonics
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wrote 3 years ago: Plate techtonics -> equivelent of Survival of Fittest in Biology 3 major Boundry Types Ridge Dive … more →
Rivers
wrote 3 years ago: Hypsometric profile (a significant portion is between 2 and 0 or -4 and -6) Trenches (found where pl … more →
Geologic Time
wrote 3 years ago: Hutton -> Lyell + Steno Uniformitarianism Laws -> methodological Process -> methological R … more →
Sed Rocks -Con't
wrote 3 years ago: It takes 2 moles to weather ignious rocks, but only 1 mole is returned by the calcium carbonate. So … more →
Igneous Rocks
wrote 3 years ago: Processes Start off in the mantel and move out Two kinds: intrusive and extrusive Intrusive are unde … more →
Minerals
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wrote 3 years ago: Carbon Cycle con’t. Carbon Cycle interacts with not just atmosphere but ocean and earth levels … more →
Overview
wrote 3 years ago: Scales of Measurement Earth Systems Two engines Sun Core Plate techtonics heat wells up and is carri … more →
