Of course it is, like global climate change, renewable energy, plugin hybrids, hi-speed commuter rail, local organic ag, farm based energy, etc. It's obviously leftist propaganda. Like science itself   more »

Local/organic ag is at around a 50% demand level and under a 10% supply level. That's why walmart is taking notice and carefully gtreenwashing their image. When supply of local organic food begins to rise, prices will drop and we are off to the races.   more »

Great "Christian Science Monitor" article on the commercial pressure on journalism. A case in point that is turning this trend around is the rise of MSNBC due to Olbermann's bold foray into factual reporting. Then he got Rachel Maddow on, even more quality reportage, including interviews with all kinds of people who had boycotted the continual craven bush-licking tabloid nonsense of most main stream media.   more »

This really is the kind of technology that will work, they need to cool these with liquid and collect the waste heat. Solar cogeneration adds efficiency. 10 sun concentrating collectors have reached 38% efficiecy in NREL testing. triple the power output per area of collector with 1/10nth the silicon, that is a winning combination if it can be done practcally.   more »