[XCSSA] Any Formal Presentations This Monday Night? Solar/Renewablw Energy?

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Hi Tweeks,

Sure, I can make it to the meeting on Monday.  And I'm always  
prepared to talk/debate about renewable energy, and also nuclear  
(which I don't endorse, but I always try to keep an open mind).  I  
hosted two discussion parties about these two topics earlier this  
year.  In February, I lobbied my Texas legislators against new coal  
power; there was a plan to build 18 new coal plants in Texas.

BTW, my friend might not have been expaining it correctly before, but  
it appears there may be something to this "efficient computer power  
supply" business.  He sent me this comment:

         As for my power supply, look up http://www.80plus.org/   
consumer   manufacturers   Antic   EA380 and see the test report they  
did.


I'm now planning to "diversify" my renewable energy credits.  Half to  
Windtricity, and half to someone else who guarantees "additionality",  
which CPS has so far declined to guarantee.  Additionality means that  
the credits are supporting new projects which wouldn't have been  
built otherwise.

Wikipedia has a good entry on REC's, which describes additionality in  
the last section.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_Energy_Certificates

I'm planning to put the other half of my credits into NativeEnergy,  
which goes to considerable lengths to ensure additionality:

http://www.nativeenergy.com/additionality.html

And they appear to be a direct investor, not merely a credit broker  
reselling credits from who-knows-where.

For those of you who wouldn't want to "rent" renewable energy, but  
might consider "investing," I'm sure there are many investment  
opportunities also, but that's a bit outside my scope.  One way or  
the other, this is a growing industry now and for the foreseeable  
future; it's been featured in Wall Street Journal, for example.

I thank you Tweeks for reminding me of the Festival and giving me an  
excuse to write about renewable energy.

Charles




On May 18, 2007, at 11:20 AM, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:

> Hey all...
> There's been a lot of recent list-chatter talk around the topics of  
> solar
> stuff and renewable energy.  Of course these discussion can include  
> X-otic
> operating systems (for home power regulation, etc).. but I think the
> subject deserves our group's attention, if for no other reason than  
> as a
> public service discussion and for general group edification on the
> subject.
>
> Timely "Solar Festival", This Saturday (19th):
> http://solarsanantonio.org/solarfest.html
>
> I've been to this before.. it's a bit "granola & Birkenstock".. but  
> kind
> of cool too. :)  There's some kind of homebrew ecar club that shows  
> their
> home brew ecar creations (I like this group!).. lots of solar panel
> vendors (right next to the "Power Store" on Broadway), live "Green  
> Band"
> music, etc.  I think even a couple of local car vendors come now to  
> show
> off their latest hybrids... (Saturn, Toyota, etc)
> Here are some photos from last year's event:
> http://solarsanantonio.org/SolarFest2005.htm
>
> Fun stuff..
>
>
> So my Question for Monday's Night's Meeting (21st):
>
> Q1) Is anyone (Charles?) interested in giving a "State of Renewable
> Energy" presentation?