technology Archive

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  New and old

  
  
  
  Treehugger has a great article comparing some of the latest technology that we hope can contribute to the campaign to save the climate and compares it with some old and often forgotten ideas that could do much the same with out all the technological mucking about.  Technology is a great thing and I’m the first [...] read more
  November 12, 2008 8:15 am - 22 Comments
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  What politicians dare not say. (Except the Greens)

  
  
  
  In the usual sequence of events, what was once Green heresy is now at least being openly discussed in the mainstream media. This month´s New Scientist has a series of articles about the limits to growth and our politician´s and economist´s obsession with growth – and how it is killing us and the planet that [...] read more
  October 25, 2008 5:05 pm - 136 Comments
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  Making IT happen – Greens IT policy

  
  
  
  I released our IT policy on Tuesday just before introducing Richard Stallman at his Dunedin talk “Copyright vs Community�?. Richard found my reference to “quote intellectual property unquote” somewhat difficult – you can read it here. It didn’t make front page news because we didn’t make ridiculous promises. Our policy is focused around [...] read more
  August 21, 2008 11:41 am - 26 Comments
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  Super cheap solar

  
  
  
  Nanosolar, a new solar energy company started with money from Google’s founders, has finally delivered on its promise to produce solar energy for less than $1 per watt. Technology announced several years ago, that avoids using expensive silicon and instead prints a semiconductor ink onto a thin film, has just started rolling off the production [...] read more
  December 21, 2007 10:18 am - 74 Comments