Saving the Family Farm:
Steve Schwartz
& California Farmlink
by Ed “Redwood” Ring
July 16, 2001
FarmLink Founder
Steve Schwartz
How do you save the family farm?
The question is not new, for over a century the American family farm has been a dying breed.
And it is more than a sentimental question. It is also a question of preserving cultural identity, preserving [...]
Global Energy Overview:
BTU
CO2
GNP
POP
Comparisons
Country Rankings By:
Total BTUs Consumed
Total CO2 Emissions
Total Population
Total GNP
BTUs per Capita
CO2 per Capita
GNP per Capita
BTUs per $1 GNP
CO2 per $1 GNP
CO2 per Million BTUs
Other 15k+ refers to the 27 nations
beside the USA with Per Capita GDP
greater than $15,000.
data source: World Bank 2000
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Energy Crisis Insider: Can Government Work? It has in the past. It can do so again.
Editor’s Note: Here’s the latest installment from EcoWorld Editors-at-Large John Hulls and John Joss’s “National Energy Plan.” The writers envision the federal government funding a hydrogen “backbone” pipeline, fueled by energy from windmills, photovoltaic arrays and other renewable sources. [...]
First Solar:
Production Line PVs
“Model T” of Photovoltaics
By Ed “Redwood” Ring
June 27, 2001
In our continuing search for the company that will provide breakthrough price reductions in Photovoltaic cells, EcoWorld has discovered First Solar, (www.FirstSolar.com) based in Toledo, Ohio. If they live up to the rumors about them, First Solar Inc. may become the Ford Motor [...]
To speak exclusively of conservation,” said U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in early 2001, “is to duck tough issues.” It’s hard to argue with that statement, whether or not you agree with anything else Cheney may have to say about energy. The tough issue is that energy production must increase, and conservation will [...]
