In 2007 IBM surveyed 1,900 households in six countries to “assess consumer behavior and trends in energy consumption and expectations for utility companies.” The survey found that a majority of consumers in these nations are […]
According to a recent US survey conducted by researchers at George Mason and Yale Universities of 2,164 Americans, a large majorities of respondents support climate change and renewable energy policies including “92 percent supported more […]
According to the EWEA the energy committee (ITRE) of the European Parliament has voted on the Energy Recovery Plan which includes €3.98 billion for energy projects through 2010, including a new power supergrid. €565 million is […]
There are new reports that IBM is closer to acquiring Sun Microsystems. An interesting thought is that this acquisition would give IBM MySQL, by far the most popular open source RDBMS, to add to […]
MapGuide Open Source 2.1 is just around the corner. Jackie Ng, Jason Birch and Kenneth Skovhede have developed a new wix-based installer that they need some help with testing. They would like you to download […]
The G-20 has announced a $5 trillion stimulus package to be delivered by the end of 2010. They also agreed on more regulation of financial institutions. The G-20 is comprised of 19 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, […]
As reported in Barron’s of the approximately US$600 billion that China is planning to spend as part of its economic stimulus program, US$30 billion or about 5% of the stimulus could be allocated to renewable […]
There is an interesting report in the Globe and Mail showing the fiscal stimulus plans of selected G-20 countries as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP). In terms of absolute amount, the US […]