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Sam Palmisano Plans to Destroy Virtual Planet

Daniel Englander: February 15, 2008, 12:24 PM
IBM, having lost its grip on corporate reality in this world, has embarked on a daring struggle to destroy the climate of a virtual planet. Big Blue's engineers have developed a game called PowerUp aimed at teaching teenagers about greentech engineering and ecological disasters on the fictitious planet Helios. Teens are encouraged to track down "'SmogGobs;' dense clouds of carbon based on emissions that seem almost alive" while driving around in dune buggies searching for wind turbine parts. Wow... blowing $20 million on climate change fantasy projects must be a trend this week.
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What Did We Learn This Week?

Daniel Englander: February 15, 2008, 10:33 AM
It's Friday. Go home. Or reflect on what we learned this week:
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FERC Gives It Up To Finavera

Daniel Englander: February 15, 2008, 7:35 AM
The Federal Energy Regulatory Committee has finally succumbed to Jason Bak. Bak, CEO of wave power company Finavera, used champagne and the promise of an extensive fish safety survey to convince FERC to grant a preliminary permit for Finavera's proposed 100 MW wave park off of Humboldt County. FERC is widely reviled in the U.S. ocean power community for being tease, despite everyone knowing the regulatory agency gave it up to Verdant Power in the back of its Camaro on Roosevelt Island a few years ago. Finavera's Humboldt project could become the U.S.'s first commercial wave project. This sounds like good news for PG&E, which recently signed a PPA for 2.3 MW from the Finavera installation. But is it really?
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The Morning Feedstock

Daniel Englander: February 15, 2008, 4:29 AM
  • The ever reliable Xinhua News Service is reporting the signing of the Tokyo Declaration, a commitment by "twelve globally famous companies" to cut emissions 50 percent by 2050. The globally famous companies, which include Sony, Nokia, Nike, and HP, are committed to "serving as ambassadors of the industry" while forcing their suppliers to take massive energy cuts. Whatever... I'm psyched for my biopolymer Jordans.

  • Bu16, BP's and Dupont's much anticipated biobutanol love child, took its first steps in England today. The biobutanol blend, comprised of 16 percent biobutanol and 84 percent gasoline, was successfully run through an internal combustion engine without destroying the engine or separating into its component parts. Must be the Ritalin.

  • John Hofmeister finally got his Cold, Dead Hands moment. Shell's President, channeling Charlton Heston, recently told the Detroit News (it's like Fox News, but for Detroit) that Americans will never give up their SUVs. Ever. Not in a million years. While lacking Ben Hur's dramatic flair, Hofmeister did manage a meager "Don't take my SUV away from me" while simultaneously killing a puppy with a whiffle ball bat.

  • Western GeoPower? We don't need no stinking Western GeoPower. After Western GeoPower terminated a 25.5 MW PPA with PG&E for their geyser powered geothermal plant, the California utility has gone knocking on Calpine Corp.'s door, seeking a 175 MW geothermal PPA. The catch? Calpine's geo comes from the same geyser as Western Geo's. When reached for comment Pete Darbee, PG&E CEO said "fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

  • And finally today... we're having a party and you're all invited. BYOC* (*bring your own chair, because we're at max capacity and the fire marshal doesn't care about solar power. The roof is, literally, on fire. ) Free booze!

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