Bibliographies

NREL Narrows Energy Tech Emissions Estimates

24 May 2012

Meta-analysis of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies, performed by NREL, weighed emissions estimates per kW-hr from raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, operation, and decommissioning to get optimal comparisons. It found that, from cradle to grave, coal-fired energy releases ~20X as much GHG into atmosphere per kW-hr as solar energy. According to NREL Senior Scientist Garvin Heath ...

Drinking With Dead Women Writers

23 May 2012

Penned by Boise writers Elaine Ambrose and A.K. Turner, this collection of short faux-interviews with a rogue's gallery of late literary ladies arguably falls short of the bar that traditional publishing sets. by Josh Gross In Chapter 12 of Drinking With Dead Women Writers, long-dead author Virginia Woolf says that she doesn't know why people are so up in arms over self-publishing; it's been ...

CQ Researcher examines distracted driving

18 May 2012

( SAGE Publications ) More than 5,000 people die each year in vehicle crashes caused by distracted driving, many who were texting and talking on cellphones behind the wheel, according to the May 4 issue of CQ Researcher (published by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE). Teen drivers appear to be especially susceptible to distraction.