THE FUTURE OF POWER

Nevada should be a giant solar farm. Better than secret military bases and meth labs.

I read two articles today that reminded me of my trip to Israel, where almost every metropolitan property hosts rooftop solar panels. It's confusing why this isn't more of a standard in the US, especially in climate-similar areas (like much of California).

Read this: How to Power the Entire Country With Renewable Energy: Fun With Maps Edition. Pretty good overview (with cool maps!) of non-fossil energy sources:

As you can see almost every single square inch of this country is suitable for home scale geothermal heat extraction. That means that if you wanted (and could afford to do so) you could almost certainly heat your home fuel free from the ground.

Then this: Corn Ethanol Uses 300% More Water Than Previously Thought. Via Technology Review.

The more time passes, the worse corn ethanol looks. Too bad it's subsidized through the wazoo and historically, agricultural subsidies have been almost impossible to repeal...

You can't know too much about this.