Myanmar to Stop Construction of Dam

GEO-NEWS: Myanmar (Burma, Birma) has stopped one of the most controversial water dam projects in Asia.

Further readings: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]

Popular posts from this blog

Goodbye _kt75 | mirror. Hello _progress | M
- a status note -

Image
  note (by W. Scharnhorst ) As of 1st July 2015 _progress | M will replace _kt75 | mirror, the latter will as of than to be further developed nor will any content be published via that platform. Already today, you can visit _progress | M via http://progress-m.blogspot.ch . There are many improvements compared with _kt75 | mirror, e.g.: full responsive design panel/mobile reader mode (recommended if you want to get the full content of an article redesigned download area ( http://progress-m.blogspot.ch/p/downloads.html ) redesigned fonts to facilitate readability There are some more features currently still in the development mode, therefore they are not yet available, e.g.: embedding related content (via the content bar in the panel£/mobile reader mode) opportunities to allow for 3rd party actions (user customisation) Overall the development of _progress | M is part an entire blog development package. Other parts of development include: u....
Read more

Inside Sustainability: Facts, Figures, Bullshit - Part III: Sales/Turnover Figures
_kt75 | reflections 01.3/2013

Image
-- a _kt75 | reflection  _download Paper: server 1 | server 2  _download Supporting Information: server 1 | server 2  _download troubles: get your free copy Keywords Genuine sustainable development, turnover, sales figures, hype, car makers, China, overhang-effect, overlap-effect. Figures contained: _Annual GDP growth in China 2003-2013 (incl. projections till 2015) _Sales figures of Audi, BMW and VW 2008-2012 _CO 2 -emissions China 2008-2012 _Ground plan of Chinese expressway network 2010 _Annual road fatalities in China 2008-2012 Summary Corporate sales/turnover figures represent the quantitative and qualitative specification of the impacts of any kind on resources of any type. Also here are ‘facts’ and ‘figures’ vehicles typically used to promote, convey and enforce interests in a more or less reliable way. The car industry, with particular consideration of the so-called ‘emerging economies’ (e.g. China), represents an excellent ba...
Read more

Lost in Transmission:
Alternative Energy is there. Where is the Alternative Energy?

Image
-- a _kt75 | reprint   Tweet   Renewable energy sources, at least wind and solar, are variable — the wind isn’t always blowing, the sun isn’t always shining. This is something every glib pundit on the internet cites as a reason we’ll need fossil-fuel or nuclear “baseload” power plants for the foreseeable future. It’s a frustrating topic, since people who actually study the subject (like NREL) have shown that there are all sorts of ways to handle variability without disrupting the grid. One of those ways is transmission : building power lines to take renewable energy from where it is abundant (often remote areas) to where it is needed (mainly big cities). More specifically, the idea is to build high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) lines that would carry energy over long distances from remote sites and feed it into the alternating-current (AC) lines that serve urban areas. (The DC vs. AC question is interesting, but not particularly essential...
Read more