The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal

Wednesday, June 02, 2004

W I R E D N E W S Top Stories - 09:15AM 1.Jun.04.PDT
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Biodiesel Boom Well-Timed (Autopia 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,63635,00.html/wn_ascii

As the price of gas continues to climb, the appeal of an alternative
domestic fuel is growing. Biodiesel fueling stations, new EPA emissions
standards and a pending tax credit may help tip the balance toward
renewable fuel. By John Gartner.
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Energy Gets Jolt of Venture Cash (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,63639,00.html/wn_ascii

Motorists are feeling plenty of pain at the pump, but venture
capitalists who follow the energy business find rising fuel costs
attractive. Investments in power conservation and alternative fuels are
increasingly attractive. By Joanna Glasner.
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Drivers Want Code to Their Cars (Autopia 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,63615,00.html/wn_ascii

Today's cars have 1,000 times more computing horsepower than the moon
rocket. But automakers resist letting car owners access diagnostic
tools. Why? Because dealers can charge $100 just to turn off the Check
Engine light. By Julia Scheeres.
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Smarter Than the CEO (Wired magazine 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.06/view.html?pg=2
Success, most corporations assume, depends on the efforts of a few
superlative individuals. As a result, they treat their CEOs as
superheroes. In doing so, firms are neglecting their most valuable
resource: the collective intelligence of the organization as a whole.
By James Surowiecki from Wired magazine.
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Arctic Getting Warmer Faster (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63626,00.html/wn_ascii

Melting icecaps trigger a vicious cycle, making the Arctic heat up
quicker than the rest of the planet. Also: Fresh water supplies shrink
... male fertility drops ... and formaldehyde is unleashed. By Stephen
Leahy.
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Earth Shines Its Bright Light (Technology Thursday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63632,00.html/wn_ascii

Scientists say the planet reflected more light into space from 2001 to
2003 after a dim period between 1984 and 2001. The shift could be proof
of climate change, although more research is needed.

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Illinois Renewable Energy Association site

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The AWEA's annual expo:
Global WINDPOWER 2004
McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 28-31, 2004

I was there...
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Why I Publish This Blog:

"One thing that many people do not realize is that states like Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana,
and Michigan are sitting on a gold mine of wind energy potential. Or, more properly, next to the mine.
The Great Lakes are probably the area in the USA with the third largest inland wind energy potential.
Think of just the nickname for Chicago. "The Windy City". Milwaukee is even windier, I can tell you.
Why? Because they sit on the edge of a great flat area where there is both a land-water temperature
differential, and a large flat expanse of water that is comparably shallow.
Oilrigs certainly operate in deeper waters. And you won't have to construct transmission lines all the
way from the plains of Montana to put it to use.

The Great Lakes area has an opportunity to get the jump on wind energy's future, if that fact is
recognized and exploited. Wind energy means jobs for construction and maintenance workers, thousands
of them. Wind energy means leasing rights and extra money for family farmers struggling to make it on
agriculture alone. In most cases farmers can grow crops right up to the base of a windmill. The land
footprint has a small impact on total farm acreage. Wind energy also means freedom from fluctuating
fuel prices. Wind is free. The cost of a barrel of polluting oil can be raised or lowered drastically
based on fears or political whims. The potential gains are enormous. We've all seen the flow of good
manufacturing jobs out of the area. Well, they can't tell the wind to blow in another country so it's
more "convenient" or cheaper to produce. The wind is perfectly happy to whip up opportunities for us
right around here. Most of all, because we here in the Great Lakes region have the potential to have
a huge positive impact on U.S. energy industry emissions' contribution to global warming."