Solarion: green energy

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Murdoch: I'm proud to be green and I am (RavenII) suprised!

Well I do have my surprises, but how did this escape me? Does R.Murdoch sounds a Green name to you! And nor did I like his political affiliation's either. I never thought I will have something nice to say about Rupert Merdoch but now I have!, with a little help form;
The Conservation Report: ENERGY: Murdoch: I'm proud to be green

"In one of the most unexpected conversions since Saul of Tarsus hit the road to Damascus, Rupert Murdoch is turning into a green campaigner. He is making the whole of his worldwide operations carbon neutral and setting out to "educate and engage" his readers and viewers about global warming.

He believes his companies' "global reach" presents "an unprecedented opportunity to raise awareness and to stimulate action around the world". A former skeptic who confesses to having been "somewhat wary of the warming debate", he laid on his first global webcast for all his employees on Wednesday to tell them that he was "changing the DNA of our business". He added that he had started with himself, buying a hybrid car.

Mr Murdoch's conversion, which may surprise employees like Jeremy Clarkson, was heavily influenced by his son James - who took BSkyB carbon neutral a year ago this week - as well as by Tony Blair and former US vice-president Al Gore. All three attended his annual meeting for senior executives in Pebble Beach, California, last year where he was convinced to take the lead on the issue.

Mr Murdoch has bought a Toyota-made Lexus GS450H "green" car, and other practical measures include solar-powered golf carts to carry people round the Fox film lot in Hollywood, building environmentally friendly studios, replacing company fleets with hybrids, using renewable energy, and offsetting remaining emissions by financing windpower in India."

Thanks everyone!

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Steorn Orbo! Free Energy, may be after that free lunch!

I think one of the first physics lessons that you learn at school is about Principle of Conservation of Energy. The Simple fact that the principle of the conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created or destroyed, it can only change form.

The first law of thermodynamics is an expression of the universal law of conservation of energy, and identifies heat transfer as a form of energy transfer. The most common enunciation of first law of thermodynamics is:

"The increase in the internal energy of a thermodynamic system is equal to the amount of heat energy added to the system minus the work done by the system on the surroundings."

If you would like to learm more follow this link for historical time line.

But now Steorn, an Irish company, claims;

"Orbo produces free, clean and constant energy - that is our claim. By free we mean that the energy produced is done so without recourse to external source. By clean we mean that during operation the technology produces no emissions. By constant we mean that with the exception of mechanical failure the technology will continue to operate indefinitely.

The sum of these claims for our Orbo technology is a violation of the principle of conservation of energy, perhaps the most fundamental of scientific principles."
There were to be a demo today but it came against some problems that might get resolved so all of us can see a demonstration of this phenomenal form energy! and save the world!

"Important update on the Kinetica demo:

We are experiencing some technical difficulties with the demo unit in London. Our initial assessment indicates that this is probably due to the intense heat from the camera lighting. We have commenced a technical assessment and will provide an update later today. As a consequence, Kinetica will not be open to the public today (5th July). We apologize for this delay and appreciate your patience."

If this proves to be true as the creators claim, it will be a boom for green energy!