Category:Energy

Right now, this category includes fossil fuels, as well as alternatives. Eventually there will be separate pages for solar, bio-fuels and wind

Planet Forward is a bottom-up effort on WWW and PBS to have public input into energy policy.

New Scientist Site

UCTV has many interesting videos of talks on this topic.

Wind

Saul Griffith unveils the invention his new company Makani Power has been working on: giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy. TEDtalk video.

Solar

Paul MacCready flies on solar wings

Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab, talks about his life as an inventor, starting with his high-school company selling solar energy plans and kits. Learn here about a groundbreaking system for solar cells -- and some questions we haven't yet solved.

Bio-Fuels

Bio-Energy (actually quite different than bio-fuel)

Juan Enriquez offers a glimpse of some ground-breaking research to explore the potential of bioenergy. Our current energy sources -- coal, oil, gas -- are ultimately derived from ancient plants -- they're "concentrated sunlight." He asks, Can we learn from that process and accelerate it? TEDtalk video.

Craig Venter Can we create new life out of our digital universe?" asks Craig Venter. And his answer is, yes, and pretty soon. He walks the TED2008 audience through his latest research into "fourth-generation fuels" -- biologically created fuels with CO2 as their feedstock. His talk covers the details of creating brand-new chromosomes using digital technology, the reasons why we would want to do this, and the bioethics of synthetic life. TEDtalk video.

Bio-Fuel

Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fast Food Fueled Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future "Is it possible to drive coast-to-coast without stopping at a single gas pump? Journalist Greg Melville is determined to try. With his college buddy Iggy riding shotgun, he sets out on an enlightening road trip. The quest: to be the first people to drive cross-country in a french-fry car. " Long video interview with excerpts

Fossil Fuels

Coal

Can Coal be Earth-Friendly? PBS Now 4/09 "Clean coal" explored.

KilowattOurs Excellent documentary on energy use Watch online with script and links }}

20th Annual Goldman Environmental Prize which was awarded to grassroots activists from around the world today. We talk with recipients including Maria Gunnoe, a West Virginian who battled against King Coal and mountaintop removal, and Rizwana Hasan who worked to end the dangerous ship breaking industry in Bangladesh. 4/09 audio

Article on coal mining devastation in Appalachia

Strange as This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake about coal mining region of Appalachia

Everything in Its Path By Kai T. Erikson Recounts the devastating personal and communal effects of the 1972 Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, disaster on a tightly knit Appalachian community suddenly uprooted and dispersed.

Oil

A Crude Awakening 2007 documentary. Maker site has some nice accompanying documentation.

Crude Impact: Oil Companies and the Environment from LinkTV Video.

Bill McKibben's recent review in the NY Times recommends Roberts' The End of Oil link and others on Global Warming

Avery Lovins on the Oil Endgame, a TEDtalk. See also www.oilendgame.com

ANWR Pro-Con