Archive for April 17th, 2012

Imagine an organization so determined to deploy alternative energies that it sends representatives to the four corners of the world to observe new technologies, invests considerable funds of its own in alt-energy research and development (R&D) and encourages private industry to build new technologies for it. Imagine that this organization is even willing to go so far as to send personnel to the Nevada desert location of alternative arts festival Burning Man – an annual celebration of radical ideas and self-expression – to visit what’s called “The Playagon,” an experimental camp of green-minded people who display and test alternative energy solutions. One would have to admire that organization’s drive to wean itself off fossil fuels. Read the rest of this entry »