February 7, 2010

Energy

Only the rich will be able to afford energy for heating/cooling when the Smart Grid goes nationwide. At least, that is the logical conclusion to be drawn from an early example of the Smart Grid – in Colorado, where the budget has tripled in two years.

Xcel Energy has begun charging customers across the state to recoup some of the skyrocketing costs the company has incurred building its smart grid project in Boulder,according to local media. …

February 7, 2010 2 Comments

Take a walk on the wild side….

…..Lou Reed sang the song; now he has gone back to the wilderness.

The archteypal New York heroin rocker,Reed,together with his wife, performance artist Laurie Anderson, has bought land in upstate New York. She has taken up farming, and he is into nature photography.

A show of Lou Reed’s photos opened last month in Wichita Falls.

Reed, 67, former lead singer of the Velvet Underground, has rediscovered the ethereal, ephemeral beauty of nature in his photographs, but with a kind of avant garde sensibility.…

February 7, 2010 1 Comment