Woolsey Life

I have my opinions about what is happening in our country right now and I think that this election year is going to be a big one.  I think that we are at an important time in our nation’s history.  But I am not going to say much about it.  Vince has listed his concerns and I agree with him, so just read his post.

I had a discussion with some guys a couple weeks ago, one of which has a pretty dim view on the future of this country.  His view comes from his doubt that American voters will take a stand on anything that matters.  Well, I am an optimist and I am aware of the rumblings of my generation and I think that my generation is more than fed up with the status quo and is already disturbed with the troubled future we face.  So, when I saw this article on MSNBC I wanted to post it here.  I won’t express my political views here more than in passing, but I have them.  I hope you have yours.  Remember, this year your voice can be heard - we are on the edge of generational revolution.

In an article in Green Options, Joshua S Hill posted an interesting blog about alternative energy opportunities. His post, US Power Requirements Solved in 92 Square Miles outlines a neat idea to generate power, AC power, using solar energy to heat tubes of liquid water that will boil and create steam to run nearby turbine generators. The spokesman for the project, Ausra David Mills said at the International Solar Energy Society conference that he even had a solution for night-time solar generation. His proposal suggests that enough heat can be stored in the tubes to continue to create steam over night until morning returns again.

This engineer is excited, if a little skeptical about the night-time generation. But they are going to build a test model so I really hope that we will see an alternative to our fossil fuel-dependent energy model in the United States.

Check out the write up if you haven’t already.