We occasionally get press releases from a group known as Trans-Mediterannean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC) or TREC UK, visionary proponants of massive development of solar concentrators combined with large scale new HVDC (high voltage direct current) transmission corridors.

Parabolic solar thermal collectors (2 axis).
(Photo: TREK UK)

According to pro-TREC sources, an area of 254 kilometers x 254 [...]

What would it take to turn CO2 gas into a carbonate solid? According to Mark Clayton, VP of Corporate Relations for Austin based Skyonic, the process could be commercially viable in a few years.

What if fossil fuel had zero emissions?
(Photo: Skyonic)

“Our rough numbers show that with the costs of the chemicals we use and [...]

THE GRAND OASIS: ECOWORLD’S TOP ECO-TOURS FOR 2008

Visit a family of gorillas on your next family vacation.
(Photo: Terra Incognita Ecotours)

Have you ever looked a beautiful pristine place shining brightly on your computer’s screensaver and thought how much you would like to be there right now?
For some people, a couch, cold drink and a decent video [...]

There is a recently published book by Jonah Goldberg entitled “Liberal Fascism” that attempts to define the term, as well as, somewhat provocatively, admonish the political left that the “right wing” has no monopoly on fascism. The book, which is scrupulously researched, describes the economic and political history of fascism, making the case that [...]

You look through it, drink out of it, watch television with its reflection-glass is everywhere. The uses are almost endless. Glass has existed since the beginning of time, where natural intense heat created by volcanic eruptions, meteors and lightning strikes transformed certain rock into this shiny smooth material. The earliest glass (non-translucent) dates back to [...]