The 10 big energy myths – by Chris Goodall

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/27/renewableenergy-energy

Universe update – July 2008

Reorganised to 3 pages – blog, definitions/data, and multimedia.

Blog – http://www.netvibes.com/chrisjoseph#NRG_blog
Data and definitions – http://www.netvibes.com/chrisjoseph#NRG_definitions
Media – http://www.netvibes.com/chrisjoseph#NRG_media

Black or white screens for better energy efficiency?

Fact or Fiction?: Black Is Better than White for Energy-Efficient Screens, by Larry Greenemeier (27 September 2007).

“In the meantime, the world is evenly split between CRT and LCD monitors, totaling roughly 405 million and 401 million respectively in 2007, according to iSuppli data. So if you’re still toiling away in front of a hefty CRT monitor that takes up three-quarters of your desk, then black screens will save you some energy. For those who’ve graduated to thinner LCD models, black screens are actually sucking up more energy then their white counterparts.”

A Generational Challenge

“Scientists have confirmed that enough solar energy falls on the surface of the earth every 40 minutes to meet 100 percent of the entire world’s energy needs for a full year. Tapping just a small portion of this solar energy could provide all of the electricity America uses.

And enough wind power blows through the Midwest corridor every day to also meet 100 percent of US electricity demand. Geothermal energy, similarly, is capable of providing enormous supplies of electricity for America.”

- Al Gore, 17th July 2008

http://blog.algore.com/2008/07/a_generational_challenge_to_re.html

SAFE (Securing America’s Future Energy) – http://www.secureenergy.org/site/page.php?node=358

Universe update – April 2008

The NRG Universe has spread to two pages – one to contain this blog, the other for the online bits I’m collecting that relate to the various themes in the piece. As well as some general definitions of energy, there are videos and definitions for wind, solar and hydroelectric power.

Blog – http://www.netvibes.com/chrisjoseph#NRG_blog
Bits – http://www.netvibes.com/chrisjoseph#NRG_bits

Netvibes Universe – www.netvibes.com/chrisjoseph

http://www.netvibes.com/chrisjoseph

I’m currently experimenting with this Netvibes Universe in combination with this blog as a way to archive ongoing development, as with the Flight Paths project, but without any reader participation (for the moment, at least).

Hoping to this all public very soon, but I’m battling my instinct to post finished thoughts and pieces rather than dead ends and orphaned fragments!

NRG – a people-powered multimedia narrative installation

This is the space for me to document my IOCT (Institute of Creative Technologies) Digital Writer in Residence project. I’m using the working title NRG, because it is short, and to refer to a key theme of the piece, Energy.

Outline of the project

A people-powered multimedia narrative installation.

A self-sustainable piece of electronic art: a multimedia narrative powered through a bicycle to a standalone generator and battery.

The narrative will be heavily visual (video clips – linear and non-linear and/or looped), with music, sound effects and possibly speech.

The narrative will possibly be from a first-person perspective, and may include the following themes:

- cycling and travel
- (environmental) issues: our reliance on power, sustainable and renewable energies
- the requirements and social etiquettes of sharing (the setup will be such that a viewer must eventually cycle in order to experience the narrative, though during an installation this may not be necessary for many viewers)

The narrative may offer alternative plot options, for example determined by which particular power source (human, wind, water, biofuel, solar or nuclear) the viewer selects.