Most photos we get from planetary/lunar landers are aimed downward, but this one is a time-lapsed one looking upward, showing the ice clouds in the north polar region of Mars. From the Phoenix lander, courtesy of this site.
Oh, Just Put the Big Engine Sound Through the Speakers
Auto manufacturers such as Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Ferrari face extinction through the EU's proposed regulations on CO2 emissions: As giant European carmakers battle environmentalists and lawmakers over emissions curbs, makers of classic European sports cars like the Aston Martin DB9, Ferrari F430 and Porsche 911 are concerned the new laws will destroy their lifeblood. Environmentalists …
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Bishop Alan May Be Impressed by Brian McLaren. But Where’s the Firm Foundation?
Church of England Bishop Alan Wilson was impressed by emerging church guru Brian McLaren: I am impressed by the logic of Brian’s argument. It sheds light on why the fastest growing Church of England congregations, by and large, are Cathedrals. Following it up would involve reimaging our context in a more realistic, low-key, creative and …
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Iranian Firm to Build Hydroelectric Project in West Africa
The Iranian firm FARAB has recently been award a contract from the goverment of Mali (in west Africa) for the construction of a hydroelectric power plant at Kénié, 35 kilometres from the capital of Bamako. Construction is scheduled to begin in July 2008. The power plant will have a capacity of 35 MW, using Pelton …
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Geothermal Energy Can Certainly Help
The Telegraph's Catherine Elsworth wonders if geothermal energy can help drive down prices: Companies are being invited to lease the rights to explore geothermal resources beneath Mount Spurr, a snowcapped 11,070-foot volcano that most recently erupted in 1992 showering much of Anchorage with volcanic ash. The state Division of Oil and Gas hopes the lease …
The Importance of a Firm Foundation in Offshore Oil
The current controversy over expanding offshore oil exploration and production includes an important consideration: during Katrina and the other hurricanes that hit the Gulf coast during the middle of the decade, there were no oil spills. One important reason for this was that none of the platform foundations failed. (Right: one of those pile foundations …
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Construction Assistance Vehicle (CAV)
Every now and then, with all of the new technology available, it's good to stop and take a look back at some things made in the past, not only for nostalgia, but also for possible inspiration for the present. One of those is one that my family business' West Palm Beach, Florida, facility produced: the …
Life in the Fast Lane
It's probably more interesting to readers of my other sites vulcanhammer.net and vulcanhammer.info, but this is a welcome to the blogosphere for Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters' blog The Fast Lane. Above: Secretary Peters on a Harley.
Nuclear Power: Now They Tell Us
Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore connects the dots at last: Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore says there is no proof global warming is caused by humans, but it is likely enough that the world should turn to nuclear power - a concept tied closely to the underground nuclear testing his former environmental group formed to oppose. The …
Brazil Leads the Way in New Sources of Oil
Brazil is once again taking the lead as a source for oil: Brazil's state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA in November said the offshore Tupi field may hold 8 billion barrels of recoverable crude. Among discoveries in the past 30 years, only the 15-billion-barrel Kashagan field in Kazakhstan is larger. Haroldo Lima, director of the country's oil …
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