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40 Amazing Examples of Ecommerce Website Design
When you're selling online, you want to make sure that your website represents who you are and what you do. After all, it's your chance to make an impression on your customers. And if you do it right, you can make a lasting one.
That's why, when running an online business, website design is one of the more important things to get right. There are plenty of other business tips and tricks readily available for you. But, in this article, we'll go over ecommerce website design.
I found 40 great ecommerce businesses that I thought stood out from the crowd. You'll notice that the key for most of these ecommerce website designs shown here is the photography. Photos play an important role in any website that's trying to sell products online.
Let's check out each of these ecommerce website examples, one by one.
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- 1. hebe
- 2. Bliss
- 3. Dress Up
- 4. Bohemian Traders
- 5. ambsn
- 7. Moreporks
- 8. Dick Moby
- 9. The Horse
- 11. Mahabis
- 12. Poketo
- 13. Jackie Smith
- 14. Grovemade
- 15. Muroexe
- 16. Sierra Designs
- 17. Helbak
- 18. Molly Jogger
- 19. Skullcandy
- 21. Soap Co.
- 23. Ratio
- 24. Frank Body
- 25. Rest.
- 26. The Letter J
- 27. 100% Pure
- 28. All Birds
- 29. Oi Polloi
- 30. P&Co
- 31. Black Butterfly
- 32. Green Glass
- 33. Di Bruno
- 34. SISU Guard
- 35. Dainty Jewell's
- 36. Boxhill
- 37. Northernism
- 38. Bon Bon Bon
- 39. Simply Chocolate
- 40. Premium Teas
- Want to learn more?
1. hebe
Hebe's website is beautiful. The thing that stands out the most is the photography. High-quality photos are important when running an online ecommerce business, especially if it's a clothing website. Their typography is great as well. The font is just a little bit thicker than what you usually see online. It makes the website design stand out even further.
2. Bliss
This ecommerce website is channelling their fun energy through their website design. With bright colors, it gives off a very cheerful feeling. Additionally, they've done a great job with photography. The big photos on their homepage set the feeling of how the rest of the website design look like.
3. Dress Up
Dress Up sells fashionable clothing for women. They use big bold texts to highlight new arrivals, sales, or seasonal promotions. What's interesting on their website is a "Chat with us" option, which isn't common for fashion online stores, but definitely a plus point!
4. Bohemian Traders
If you're looking for inspiration on how to design a clothing website, Bohemian Traders is a good place to start. With a bit of Bohemian touch to the website design, visitors to this ecommerce website can easily navigate between clothing items based on latest arrivals, occasions, accessories, or sale items.
5. ambsn
Here we have another ecommerce clothing website. There are a bunch of these on the list actually. This particular store is full of colourful patterns on their jackets, shorts, and t-shirts. So it's no surprise that their ecommerce website design is full of big bold colors too.
The reason Ryder is on the list is their strange (but interesting) take on ecommerce website design. Their home page is not what most online stores look like. But that's a good thing. Because their web design is creative. Creativity helps stores stand out. Doing something a little different can help your bottom line a lot.
7. Moreporks
Moreporks's home page focuses a lot more on the company than their goods. They talk about quality and pride instead of the latest sale or promotion. It's an interesting tactic you could try out and test. If it works to enhance your website design too that's great news! If not, at least you learned how to optimize your ecommerce website design better.
8. Dick Moby
Dick Moby sells glasses. Their ecommerce website design is full of great design elements. First off, it's the fun patterns and squiggles you see at the top of their home page. Second, it's the quality photos of their glasses. Notice that on the shop page the glasses are alone without anything in the background. That lets the product stand out. It's a great ecommerce website example where the design helps create a unique feeling for the products.
9. The Horse
Everything starting from the name to the design of this ecommerce website is memorable. You see big bold pictures as part of their web design, with less words. If you're looking for how to design a website in a unique way, you can definitely take some inspiration from the amazing website design of The Horse.
The ecommerce website design of ESQIDO focuses on the beauty of their main product- lashes. It's full of close-up photos of the product and its intricate packaging. What's more is that they even have a short video on their homepage explaining how to apply the fake lashes. This ecommerce website is especially helpful to go over if you're looking for some ideas on how to photograph makeup or beauty products for your ecommerce website.
11. Mahabis
Mahabis focuses on showing off their high quality products straight away. And what better way to do that than with a beautiful website design. As soon as you're on the homepage of this ecommerce website, you're greeted with a one line description of how comfortable their products is. The amazing design of this website shows the smallest of details to entice the potential buyer.
12. Poketo
Poketo uses vibrant colors to their advantage. You can easily navigate through their product options since they've got them lined up at the top. Or, simply scroll down and treat your eyes with their boxy patterns.
13. Jackie Smith
Jackie Smith is another example of ecommerce website design that uses bright colours to its advantage. But the colours aren't just limited to photos of their colourful bags and promotions. Even the fonts that they use are colorful!
14. Grovemade
Grovemade relies heavily on lifestyle shots of their products. They've included beautiful photos of their wooden accessories on desks and tables. The composition of the photos is great. Did you notice their fun font too? It's rounded which isn't the typical font you see on most website design templates.
15. Muroexe
The layout of shoe products on Muroexe is great. The shoes are aligned in a neat grid making browsing easy. There's a lot of whitespace, which is the empty space or padding around the photos, making the products on this ecommerce website stand out even further.
16. Sierra Designs
Sierra Designs is a great example of website design to take inspiration from. With their eye-catching professional photography and user-friendly website, it provides an equal balance between a clean aesthetic and a responsive design. The website has a feeling of adventure and liveliness that's created through the appealing photos on this ecommerce store.
17. Helbak
Helbak is the perfect example of website design of a small business that shows that you don't have to overdo it. Their products are beautiful and clean. The website design makes use of the colour of the products and white space in the background to show off the artistic products. It's simple, it's neat, and it's easy to look at.
18. Molly Jogger
The thing about Molly Jogger's website is simplicity. There's nothing fancy going on here. But the great website design makes the products easy to browse and easy to digest.
19. Skullcandy
I'd call the ecommerce website design of Skullcandy anything but simple. Their website comes to life with their colors. They use just the right amount of text and visuals to enhance the experience for the visitors.
This ecommerce website is one of my favourites. It's simply a lot of fun. They use big typography to draw you in. And, their typography is navy instead of black. The products they sell are hilarious, and their ecommerce website design reflects this.
21. Soap Co.
Soap Co. uses their pretty product design to let their products sell themselves. Did you notice the lack of advertisements or decorations? This is a perfect ecommerce website example of minimal design.
This ecommerce website design is interesting. There's a lot going on at every corner of the web page. Literally. But it's part of the experience of the company.
23. Ratio
Ratio is using ecommerce website design to show their customers that they are selling a high-end product. Their coffee products have their own pages explaining their brilliance. The ecommerce website design is filled with good use of photography, colour, typography and just the right amount of whitespace.
24. Frank Body
Frank Body is all about modern beauty. Their ecommerce website design caters to a fun and young audience. You can see this through their use of a monotype font and pastel colours.
25. Rest.
Rest sells wooden desk accessories. They are handcrafted and stunning. Naturally, the ecommerce website design for Rest is based on lifestyle shots of their products on desks. The product pages include well-designed details of the product, and how great it would look if you bought all three of them. This ecommerce website has videos to watch on the homepage describing their products and brand in a better way.
26. The Letter J
This ecommerce store example is of one which sells typographical products such as prints and iPhone cases. They have a unique take on photos of their products. The prints are leaning against different coloured pieces of paper. It's different therefore interesting.
27. 100% Pure
100% Pure doesn't have a fancy website. I wanted to include a less dramatic ecommerce website design example to show you that you don't need to be overly creative to have a good looking website. It's okay to start simple as long as your website is easy to navigate – just like 100% Pure.
28. All Birds
The thing I like about All Birds is the action shots of their shoes. It's so much different than most shoe photos you see. Here they can be seen in pictures that give a feeling of motion. It's different. It's nice. It's really memorable actually.
29. Oi Polloi
Oi Polloi is another one of my favourites from this list. Their home page is minimal but it's also fun. Minimal doesn't need to mean cold. The website design of this ecommerce store relies on giant photos of their products on a colored background. They also use a fun custom font face to tie it all together.
30. P&Co
The reason P&Co is on this list is their attention to product detail. This clothing website's design is undeniably very particular. They show off so many different angles of their t-shirts. They have a lot of different specs for the item too. That is just as important as having a great ecommerce website design.
31. Black Butterfly
The web design of Black Butterfly is aimed to represent a simplistic, modern feel with a basic theme. This ecommerce website example is one that follows an easy structure. With fun photos and cute graphics covering the website, you can easily scroll through to the category of dress that you're interested in.
32. Green Glass
When looking at the web design of Green Glass Company it doesn't take long to realize how uniquely it is crafted. The color, font, and images go hand in hand with the message that the store is conveying. Additionally, the background is very neutral so that the visitors can focus on the products, which are displayed quite largely in comparison to the text.
33. Di Bruno
When you first enter the Di Bruno site, it's hard to ignore the design of this ecommerce website. One of the highlights of the design of this website is that they have short descriptions of each of the products which visitors can read when viewing product category pages. So for instance, if you're interested in trying something new, you can browse through the product pages based on images and then get a short preview of the food product that you would like to get to know more about. This helps people discover what they might like and provides an in-store experience for the user.
34. SISU Guard
SISU Guard has one of the best designed ecommerce websites when it comes to Sports. Their website is categorized into sections to make it easier for visitors to skim through their categories of interest. The minimalistic design helps keep the focus on the product.
35. Dainty Jewell's
This is an example of a clothing ecommerce store with a very soft vintage look. The main colors you'll see here are light pink, gold, and white, accompanied by soft patterns. This ecommerce design goes well with the product that they're aiming to sell. It feels very feminine and fresh, with the font matching the rest of the website's look.
36. Boxhill
This beautifully designed ecommerce store has a theme with a lot of white space, which helps to present the items more prominently. It has a very neat and clean design, making the website look very professional and sophisticated. The items are listed in a simplistic manner, but when any item is clicked on, it is accompanied by a lengthy description for those who are interested in knowing more about the product.
37. Northernism
The unique aspect of this ecommerce store is that it stands out by placing images and text on a grid, that isn't done by many other ecommerce stores. With a modern design, this ecommerce website has plenty of free white space, containing simple images, making it feel much less crowded.
38. Bon Bon Bon
Bon Bon Bon is an artisan chocolate company with a truly impressive website design. There's a lot going on here, and it all reflects fun. They've got colors, designs, patterns, and lots of different shapes. Even their add to cart page looks unique and fun!
39. Simply Chocolate
Simply chocolate is a chocolate company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The design of this ecommerce store gives enough space to let each of their products shine individually. When you scroll down the page, a new chocolate bar floats up in the middle of the page, with each chocolate bar taking an individual color theme, and a fun name. Additionally, the ingredients of each bar, such as coconut slices, almonds, mint leaves, or others cover half of the screen animatedly. The website design of this ecommerce store is one that can't be compared to any other.
40. Premium Teas
This ecommerce store has a clean, modern, and sophisticated design. The teas are presented in a way that makes it easier for visitors to scroll through and select their desired product. The page focuses on visual representation rather than being covered in too much text. When you click on any product, you're taken to a different page which has a detailed description of the tea. This includes product information like aroma, caffeine level, brewing time, brewing temperature, and much more information that can be valuable for the buyer.
Is there anything else you'd like to know more about and wish was included in this article? Let us know in the comments below!


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For immediate release: December 23, 2015
DALLAS—The Trimmed Mean PCE inflation rate for November was 1.6 percent at an annualized rate, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
The overall personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation rate for November, released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, was an annualized 0.3 percent, while the inflation rate for PCE excluding food and energy was an annualized 1.4 percent.
The Trimmed Mean PCE inflation rate for the 12-month period ending in November was 1.7 percent. Over the same 12 months, the price index for overall PCE was 0.4 percent, and the price index for PCE excluding food and energy was 1.3 percent.
The Trimmed Mean PCE inflation rate is an alternative measure of core inflation in the price index for PCE. It is calculated by the Dallas Fed, using data from the BEA.
Next release: Feb. 1
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Hasbro repaints 2009's awesome AT-ST mold, repacks it in a Vintage Collection box, and offers it up as a K-Mart exclusive. For $34.99, it's rightly priced without a figure compared to the $44 that included one with the Legacy Collection Wal-Mart exclusive. Are the superb Vintage packaging and enhanced deco enough to make you collect another Chicken Walker?
Assortment: The Vintage Collection
Features: Interchangeable Cannons and Firing Missiles, Opening Roof and Hatch, Flip-Up View Ports
Product Number: A0025
Retail: $34.99
Released: August 2012
Originally planned as an Ultimate Battle Pack that was to also include the forthcoming AT-ST Driver and Ewok 2 packs, Hasbro changed up and issued them separately instead. The 3 K-Mart pieces have the same theme and sceen scene, and with Return of the Jedi's 30th anniversary coming up in 2013, a little early but welcome nonetheless. At $34.99 for the AT-ST that's $5 away from Target's 2010 Attack on Hoth set, we can probably make a safe assumption that those 2 packs will both be much more than an Abe Lincoln and collecting all 3 K-Mart pieces pricier. But will they be worth it?
FEATURES: This AT-ST's paint scheme is based on Tempest Scout 2, the AT-ST unit piloted by Major Marquand (that's the director of ROTJ) and Lieutenant Watts (the film's co-producer). The AT-ST 2 pack figures will be based on these 2 Imperials though Hasbro cannot "officially" state the "actors'" names. Tempest 2 was hijacked by Chewie and a couple of Ewoks (the other 2 Pack) and later commandeered by Han Solo.
Hasbro included some specific paint ops on this vehicle that features the famous "scar" or battle damage on the nose. Additional deco that differentiates it from 2009's, and of course 2010's Hoth version, are applied. The feet look rather "chocolatey" for Endor dirt and mud and unlike the LC version, the foot supports are molded and no longer detachable.
The attachments and weaponry are no different. It includes the interchangeable chin guns with one featuring two firing projectiles. The cockpit also remains unchanged with the pre-applied control panel stickers still there. It remains the same overall vehicle from 2009 but I have to say that the deco is a good improvement, especially with that nifty and distinctive "scar".
Unlike 2009's, there are pieces to assemble, so Hasbro included a guide. Because you have to pop the leg pieces in place as opposed to being pre-assembled, the points of articulation aren't as steady as they should be and there's a bit of top heaviness to the vehicle that makes it difficult to balance. You'll have to exert more effort posing it in various ways.
PACKAGING: The original Kenner package art was faithfully recreated featuring modern Vintage Collection figures and that's always damn cool. Hasbro could've chosen to put the new AT-ST Driver in the cockpit, but the choice they made in keeping the same Kenner figure representation is inspired and that Kenner logo always warms my heart. The box isn't as vertical as the original Kenner that probably makes it more retail shelf stackable. The package material also has a little more gloss and not as matte as the B-Wing, which should help it endure more shelf wear. The Walker comes 2 per case.
TOPPING THINGS OFF: It's different and distinctive enough from 2009 in terms of deco and is an overall improvement. And while that release for Walmart included its own unique figure and was $10 more, this 2012 K-Mart exclusive will be compatible with 2 much improved and unique AT-ST Drivers that will end up probably costing a little more. The film specificity of the 3 exclusive pieces are great, and I'd rather have this and pay a little more than a re-issued, kit-bashed, value minded pack in figure.
The Vintage Collection packaging is awesome, but you knew I'd write that. Although 2013 is about Droid Factory, it's great that Hasbro still plans to release Vintage Collection packaged exclusives for next year. Nothing against Attack of the Clones, but it's Jedi's 30th birthday and I'm always old skool at heart (*cough* Sail Barge *cough*).
If you already have 2009's and collect loose and to display, the new and distinct deco may not be enough to justify forking another $35. But if you don't have the new and superior AT-ST mold or the updated deco appeals to you, especially with that cool distinct nose scar, then this Scout Walker you must have.
RATING: WANTED (4 out of 5 Bounty Points)


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After scanning your storage devices for files and building a list, this lets you perform various operations. It presents files, folders and volumes in different formats for association by location or characteristics.
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I am having a senior moment or something sure seems odd about using
the border feature with labels and text boxes. It appears to me that
the fixed single border with labels works differently than with text
boxes. If I dimension a label as 20x64 with a fixed single border, I get
a 20x60 area with the label contained in the 18x58 inner boundary (one all
the way around for the border for you math weenies). I don't appear to
get the same result from with text boxes. As best as I can determine with
stone knives and bear claws is that the border is outside the bounds of the
text box, keep up with math weenies, the area covered is 22x62. Now I certainly
can be wrong but I do expected the two to operate with fixed single border
the same. An additional unexpected feature is that when I select a Courier
New 16 point font, I get a 15.75 point. Is net trimming my font size to
fit my box size?
What got me to this haunted house was trying to put specifically sized label
and text boxes within a panel. I can here you say "use the grid
control, Luke, use the grid control", however, the MS grid control with
.NET doesn't let me do some of the requirements for the GUI that the customer
has grown attached.
I am providing a separate post of sample code that demonstrates the questions
of the border.
Comments and enlightenment will be well recieved, useless verbage will be
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Plenty of British English speakers do the same. In connected speech, it often happens.
Nice to meet you guys I'm new here.
I would like to ask something about oral, I'm a Hong Konger and I have heard some westerners said our spoken English is not good coz we neglect of the correct way to pronounce, like when we say the word "ask" , we just simply ignore the "k", another example, "test", we pronounce it as "tes" stuff like that.
But people found it strange to emphasis on the "k" and "t" and another other words, and they will think you are kinda showing off to SAY THEM RIGHTLY!
So I'm not sure how to say them in a natural way...
Plenty of British English speakers do the same. In connected speech, it often happens.
What is considered "correct" speech is often a matter of perspective.
The British and the Americans often pronounce words differently, but we manage to understand each other anyhow. :wink:
Welcome to our forum!
Thank you...
Coz it do a problem when I communicate with westerners since they kinda don't understand that "Hong Kong style" english, I mean for some words like I mention above, for the way we pronounce by neglecting the last part of the word, but anyway, the only way for me to speak better is to prastice!
May I offer a correction?
Say: "It is a problem."
actually I wanna say : It do have problem...
Is there any problem with"It do have problem"?
You need a singular verb with it.Originally Posted by sasa21
Say: "It does have a problem.'
Or: 'It has a problem."
A more natural English sentence (AE) would be: "There is a problem with it."
The same is true of BE.
The problem may be other things. At the moment I am teaching a class of Asians, from China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, after a year teaching students of other nationalities. even though I am an experienced teacher, it still took me a while to get used to their pronunciation and in the first lesson I wasn't able to understand some things they said, though they are fairly high level. There are some fairly obvious things like the Japanese problem with 'l' and 'r', which isn't a problem because it's so well known, but the thing that I had to adjust to was the stress. If a Chinese student says a word in isolation, it can be very difficult to catch because the often stress the word in a different way. however, if they put it into a sentence, it is much easier. My first tip, as a BE speaker, would be to avoid the use of single word answers and utterances where possible and to push important words away from the beginning of what you are saying to let them adjust to what you are saying.Originally Posted by sasa21
I don't know how strong your accent is, but I have one Chinese student with a very strong accent (non-native), but he is easy to understand because he never gives short answers and by placing the words in a context he is much easier to understand. With single words, I have had to have assistance from other students.
The same is true for them trying to understand British speakers, but works the opposite way- if they get a rush of connected speech, where sounds are cut out, added and altered, they can find it very difficult, so I slow down just a tiny bit, which removes some of the features of fast English and makes it easier to understand.
You don't have to speak slowly and unnaturally, stresing e-ve-ry syllable, but a slight reduction can make things clearer.
I also use more body language and eye contact than I would with a class of Europeans.
The key is patience and the willingness to experiment and see what works.
As a basic rule, as a teacher, i find that speaking in an animated way with lots of gestures and direct contact makes even low level students able to understand a lot more. If you use a word and you think the listener hasn't understodd, try sticking in a synonym or an explanation. Watch the other person carefully and try to work out whether they are following you and, if you feel they are missing things, try to supply them with the bits they don't get before they ask.
Sensitivity to the listener and being quick on your feet and ready to experiment are the most important things, IMO. Even with beginners, I don't speak slowly and unatrually. i simplify my language and am prepared to repeat and say the same thing many differnt ways or many times, but I see little point in training them in English that is never heard. it works and students appreciate it.
Always try to do this without the other person being too aware of it. This way they'll feel clever. if you're meeting someone and they haven't come across HK English before, why not tell them a few of its features, so that they are guided that way. It'll be useful for them both in talking to you and anyone else they meet if they are visiting Hong Kong.
People come to England and hear 'cheers' for 'thank you' being used a lot- if they are told that this is what it means, then they will understand when they hear it and be able to build bonds when they are buying a newspaper, etc.
Peope will want to understand you, so why not try to help them by telling them what happens when you speak. There's nothing wrong with it and your listener will be better prepared. You also seem aware of some of the features that cause trouble. it may well be easier to explain than to try to speak unnaturally yourself.
Hope this helps.
Do remember that with the best wil in the world a strong accent can be hard to understand. I have no idea how strong yours is, but you would probably find me difficult to understand when I'm in the pub with my firends and much easier in the classroom. I speak more than one English according to company. If you can do this, it's another strategy.
PS- I'll say 'I'll tex you' rather than 'text', but when I said this on a forum, some Americans didn't like the idea.
On another note, many Indian speakers say 'aks' for 'ask'. The key is called 'approximation'- each person moves a little closer to the other in order to communicate.


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Check out this awesome work by DeviantArt member Matt McManis. He took some of our favorite characters and made them using one of our favorite candies. This takes "looks good enough to eat" to a whole new level.
"Most of the images that bombard us all are aspirational. I want to be sexy, cool, thin, younger… My work is real. X-Ray is an honest process. It shows things for what they are, what they are made of. I love that. It balances all that glossy, superficial bollocks. I'm real and straightforward. And so is my work.- Nick Veasey
I'm not that interested in using x-ray to shock, as too much art tries too hard to bludgeon a message home. Shock and gore is easy with x-ray. I like to create intrigue and beauty."


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OpenVPN is our server->server VPN solution. It is deployed in a routeless manner and uses puppet managed keys for authentication. All hosts should be given static IP's and a hostname.vpn.fedoraproject.org DNS address.
Contact Information
Owner: Fedora Infrastructure Team
Contact: #fedora-admin, sysadmin-main
Location: Phoenix
Servers: bastion (vpn.fedoraproject.org)
Purpose: Provides vpn solution for our infrastructure.
Add a new host
Create/sign the keys
From puppet01 check out the private repo:
# This is to ensure that the clone of the is not world-readable. RESTORE_UMASK=$(umask -p) umask 0077 git clone /git/private $RESTORE_UMASK cd private/vpn/openvpn
Next prepare your environment and run the build-key script. This example is for host "proxy4.fedora.phx.redhat.com"
. ./vars ./build-key $FQDN # ./revoke-full $FQDN to revoke keys that are no longer used. git add . git commit -a git push
Create Static IP
Giving static IP's out in openvpn is mostly painless. Take a look at other examples but each host gets a file and 2 IP's. Also make sure to restart puppet on bastion *before* pushing changes out to hour new node.
git clone /git/puppet vi puppet/modules/openvpn/files/ccd/$FQDN
The file format should look like this:
ifconfig-push 192.168.1.314 192.168.0.314
Basically the first IP is the IP that is contactable over the vpn and should always take the format "192.168.1.x" and the PtPIP is the same ip on a different network: "192.168.0.x"
Commit and install:
git add . git commit -m "What have you done?" git push
Create DNS entry
After you have your static IP ready, just add the entry to DNS:
From your puppet checkout, run:
vi modules/bind/files/master/vpn.fedoraproject.org git commit -m "What have you done?" git push
Wait for bastion and ns01/02 to get updated, then restart /sbin/service openvpn on the new machine.
Update resolv.conf on the client
To make sure traffic actually goes over the VPN, make sure the search line in /etc/resolv.conf looks like:
search vpn.fedoraproject.org fedoraproject.org
for external hosts and
search phx2.fedoraproject.org vpn.fedoraproject.org fedoraproject.org
for PHX2 hosts.
Deploy an additional VPN server outside of PHX. OpenVPN does support failover automatically so if configured properly, when the primary VPN server goes down all hosts should connect to the next host in the list.


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Aimee Copeland Gets Service Labradoodle
Aimee Copeland, who lost limbs to flesh-eating bacteria, to get a service dog.
July 1, 2013 -- Aimee Copeland, the 25-year-old who lost her hands, feet and her entire right leg to flesh-eating bacteria more than a year ago, has a new helper: a black labradoodle named Belle.
Belle, who is a year old, started training when she was a 3-month-old puppy, said her trainer Crystal Callahan, who owns the Psychiatric Service Dog Academy and Registry in Cocoa, Fla. Belle will be able to help Copeland get back up if she falls down, pick things up if she drops them and deliver her medications on time.
"I'm just loving her and so excited to have that new addition and that new help," Copeland told WSB-TV, the ABC News affiliate in Atlanta.
Read about Copeland's interview with Katie Couric.
Copeland and Belle met for the first time this past weekend, and spent time getting to know one another over the last two nights, Callahan said. Belle will return to Florida for another few weeks to complete her training. After that, she'll move in with Copeland permanently.
Callahan decided Belle was the best dog for Copeland about six months ago, she said.
"She's extremely sociable, loves people, loves attention and is a very friendly, outgoing dog," Callahan told ABCNews.com. "Their personalities just matched perfectly."
And since Copeland is allergic to most dogs, Belle is hypoallergenic.
"Labradoodles are much more allergy-friendly dogs," Callahan said. "That's what took so long to find the right dog, a hypoallergenic dog with the right temperament and a working dog."
But owning a dog takes work. Belle has to be walked. To do that, Callahan helped her learn how to use a hands-free leash. It clips around Copeland's waist and onto Belle's collar.
Copeland cut open her right leg falling from a zip line near the Tallapoosa River in Georgia in April 2012, allowing a deadly bacterium to enter her body. She said she sensed something wasn't quite right days after receiving 22 stitches to close the wound on her calf because it hurt up to her thigh.
The bacteria advanced undetected until her leg turned "a dark purple color," Copeland said on the set of ABC's "Katie" talk show in September.
"I wasn't able to walk," she told show host Katie Couric. "I wasn't able to speak. The only thing I was able to babble was, 'I think I'm dying.'"
After being in and out of the emergency room with the painful wound that wouldn't heal, doctors realized Copeland had necrotizing fasciitis and amputated her leg from the hip.
Later, when her hands turned black, doctors amputated them, too.
Copeland spent two months in a hospital and another two months in rehabilitation before returning to her renovated Snellville, Ga., home in late August 2012.
She received bionic hands in mid-May.
Read about Copeland's bionic hands.
With Copeland's inspiration, Callahan has formed a new organization, PawsOfMind.org, which hopes to provide free service dogs to 3,000 individuals each year. Callahan currently provides service dogs to 200 people a year. The new organization will have a fundraiser in Georgia this November.
"It's just such an amazing cause and such a great organization that I'm just so thrilled to be partnering," Copeland told WSB-TV.


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Some 500 New Democrat parliamentary staffers are parting company with the labour union that represents them after it refused to unequivocally endorse the NDP in last month's Ontario election.
It's not simply a matter of federal New Democrats paying Unifor back for what they view as its betrayal of the provincial NDP.
The divorce is also driven by fear that Unifor could similarly refuse to categorically support the NDP in next year's federal election, thereby endangering the staffers' jobs, which the union is supposed to protect.
Unifor national president Jerry Dias said the decision to go their separate ways was "absolutely mutual."
"This will be an amicable divorce," Dias told The Canadian Press.
"Their position is they want to belong to a union that has complete, blind loyalty to the party and I understand that ... But the facts are that one local union within Unifor is not going to dictate the politics of an organization of over 300,000 people."
While Unifor is largely supportive of the NDP, Dias said sometimes its priorities are different than those of the party.
In the Ontario election, the priority was stopping Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak. Hence, Unifor urged Ontarians to vote for incumbent New Democrats or whichever local candidate — NDP or Liberal — was most likely to defeat the Conservative contender.
"The last provincial election was unusual. It's not usually so brazen that you have a Conservative leader that's running on a platform of destroying the trade union movement," Dias said, noting that 800 delegates to a Unifor regional council meeting unanimously called for the union to back strategic voting.
He said there's "no question about it" that the Harper government appears equally committed to destroying the union movement. But whether Unifor will similarly urge Canadians to vote strategically for New Democrats or Liberals to defeat Harper's Conservatives remains to be seen.
That will be up to delegates to a national council meeting this fall, Dias said.
"The politics of how we're going to deal with the next federal election, that decision will be made in September in Vancouver ... There's no question there's some potential parallels (with the Ontario election) but, like I said, we'll cross that bridge when we get there."
Unifor was created last fall through the merger of the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers unions. The roughly 500 NDP staffers on Parliament Hill and in MPs' constituency offices, who had belonged to the CEP, became members of Local 232 of Unifor.
Local president Anthony Salloum did not want to make any immediate comments. But other staffers, who were not authorized to speak on the matter publicly, privately said there'd been uneasiness about their new alliance with former auto workers from the outset.
The CAW had infuriated New Democrats by endorsing Paul Martin's Liberals in the 2006 federal election, in a failed bid to stop Harper from becoming prime minister.
Dias acknowledged that the merger set off "a lot of alarm bells" among the staffers, who began several months ago to explore alternative unions to represent them. That came to a head after the Ontario election, which saw Kathleen Wynne's Liberals re-elected as the PC vote collapsed.
"Obviously, there was some animosity after the last provincial election because of our position on strategic voting and, like I said, I'm fine with that," said Dias, who added that he's still a member of the NDP.
For the time being, NDP staffers remain dues-paying members of Unifor. But Dias said the Canadian Labour Congress is acting as an intermediary, helping to find a new union home for the political aides.
"It just makes sense for everyone that they find a home that they're more comfortable (in)."


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Cameron Pilley is a native of Australia who is currently the 16th-ranked squash player in the world. Last week, he set a world record for hitting a squash ball, variously reported at 173 or 175 miles per hour, depending on whether you believe this or what Pilley had to say in the video (not that it makes much difference when it's rocketing right at you at close range). Pilley's brother, Morgan, volunteered to allow Pilley to hit him as hard as he could in the back. While there's no indication exactly how fast the ball traveled, what Morgan's back looked like afterward made it pretty obvious it had to hurt. [Hot Clicks]
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The bigger problem is not with who gets FEMA money, but why. Less than a sixth of Alabama's $566 million allotment after Katrina financed legitimate government functions such as debris removal, repairing damaged infrastructure and restoring public utilities. The rest was all handouts: food stamps, subsidies for trailer homes and low-interest loans for small businesses.
The FEMA website is already advertising goodies for Sandy victims, including 26 weeks of unemployment benefits and up to $200,000 worth of low-interest loans for home repairs not covered by insurance. In addition, it wants to hand out $2 million loans to small businesses and nonprofits (of all sizes) experiencing "cash flow problems." Farmers and ranchers could likewise qualify for $500,000 in loans to cover production and property losses.
Anyone in Sandy's path can latch on to the FEMA teat. This is not disaster relief but disaster socialism. It is one thing for the government to provide emergency housing, health care and food; it is quite another to compensate victims for every loss. If people knocked down by a storm deserve such federal largesse, why not open the coffers to anyone who suffers a car crash, a death in the family or a broken heart?


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"You mean you both just sit there and write? On different things? And don't talk?"
"Yes," I tell my non-writing friends.
I realize how odd that may sound. There was a time when I would have thought it was strange, too. For many years, I'd done all my writing alone. I'd published lots of newspaper and magazine articles, exploring topics ranging from exotic pets to forensic science.
Eventually, I felt the pull to make something that would last longer than the weeks a magazine article is around, so I tried my hand at adult mysteries, (one of my favorite genres) and eventually young adult novels.
Looking for help with the transition from journalist to novelist, I became active with the Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. (OWFI), volunteering at their annual conference and serving on the board as a grant writer. After a few rejections, I decided instead of guessing what "narrative voice" and "connecting with the character" meant, I would go back to school and really learn how to write for children and young adults.
When I got a call from Sharon Darrow one afternoon welcoming me to the program, I couldn't believe it!
My initial residency was filled with firsts: first time in New England, first time my nostrils froze, and the first time I really had deep, serious conversations about writing.
|Rita & Gayleen
That feeling continued, to varying degrees, throughout my four semesters. The more I learned, the more I realized I didn't know.
Each semester I had a new advisor. Jane Kurtz, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Rita Williams-Garcia and Franny Billingsley taught me how to write, how to read, and how to apply what I learned to my own work.
I squeezed writing and reading children's literature into every spare moment I could find: audio books during my daily commute, writing on lunch breaks and in the evenings, reading on the treadmill. Fortunately, my youngest learned how to cook, otherwise my family might have starved while I was a grad student.
After graduation, I tried to stay on track, but the writing demands of my day job had increased and I didn't have as much time for children's books. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma wanted me to write a book about the art collection at the Oklahoma Judicial Center. It would definitely be published, and in a format that would be around for a long time. This was what I had set out to do so many years ago: create work that would last longer than a magazine article.
Oklahoma County Medical Society was looking for a writer to document their history. Once again, it was a book that would definitely be published, with guaranteed monetary compensation.
It wasn't children's literature, but it would prove that I could generate steady income as a writer (at least during that year-long project.)
I learned so much writing those books: from research techniques to the dynamics of working with a collaborator, yet something was missing. I wanted to recapture that sense of camaraderie I'd felt in Vermont.
Most of my writing efforts up to that time had been solitary. Sure, I had writer friends and occasionally exchanged manuscripts with several of them.
I paid my membership fees to OWFI and SCBWI, but I had never really embraced the idea of being part of the "writing community."
After all, I told myself, writing is a solitary pursuit – I'm the one putting words on the page, no one can really help me with that. Vermont was a magical Brigadoon: like-minded writers all gathered on a hilltop for a fortnight. That sort of thing just didn't happen in the real world.
|Meredith & Gayleen
Now these group writing times take precedent on my weekly calendar. Sometimes it's just Meredith and me meeting at a coffee shop, other times it's an organized potluck retreat with half a dozen writers. At the end of the day, it's still just me putting those words on the page, but I'm learning that spending time with other children's writers provides a creative energy that recharges my batteries and keeps me coming back to the page, day after day – long after I've left the coffee shop.
It's enormously increased my productivity: in the last year, I've worked through two complete revisions of a middle grade steampunk manuscript, drafted a new middle grade mystery, started a new historical manuscript and finished a nonfiction picture book.
SCBWI chapter. Our goal is "reading for writing," so we analyze and discuss character motivations, plot and point of view in depth. It all takes place on Facebook, which means I get to work it into my schedule wherever it fits, instead of trying to make it to a meeting at a certain time.
There are several book club members I've never met in person, but we're connected through our book discussions, and I continue to grow in both my knowledge and passion for children's literature.
Some days I'm still trying to figure out how to connect with readers, but I've learned a lot about the importance of connecting with a community. Writing discussions aren't just reserved for snowy hilltops, they can happen in coffee shops, libraries and even on Facebook.
You just have to say "yes."


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The reality is that China will likely have a fully operational space lab, and perhaps even a space station, orbiting Earth by 2020. Not ironically, that is the very same year the International Space Station (ISS) may be decommissioned. If that becomes a reality, China could host the only permanent human presence in space. This scenario poses a grave threat to American national security, not to mention to our stature as a world leader.
According to Chinese state-run media, CNSA has three goals for its space program. Phase 1 was the launch of a manned space vehicle to execute various space experiments. This phase was accomplished by the Shenzhou 5 and 6 missions which, occurred in 2003 and 2005, respectively. Phase 2 involves the launching of a Chinese space laboratory, as well as a docking mission between a manned space flight and the prototype for the Chinese space station. China has already completed one of the milestones of Phase 2, which was CNSA's first extra-vehicular activity, or spacewalk, in 2008. Phase 3 involves the operation of China's full-size space station, scheduled for 2020.
While CNSA maintains that it is pursuing a vigorous space program for peaceful purposes, China's space program is inherently a product of its military. Formed in the 1950s, China's early space program was embedded in the Chinese military. Chinese space development efforts have long been linked with their development of missiles and nuclear weapons. The program rapidly expanded to include mid- and long-range ballistic missiles, as well as an atomic warhead. In the 1990's China's space program was officially detached from the People's Liberation Army, although the CNSA continues to have strong ties to the military.
China's progress in space exploration is motivated by a number of factors, including the vital one of expanding military capabilities. China has demonstrated both a willingness and ability to deploy military resources into space. In 2007, its military successfully used a ground-based missile to hit and destroy one of its aging satellites in orbit. Chinese hackers are also suspected of interfering with U.S. satellites four times in 2007 and 2008 in an effort to test their vulnerabilities.
These incidents not only demonstrate China's ability to target our satellites, but also their clear intent to use that ability. It would be folly for the U.S. to underestimate the threat posed by the growing capabilities of the Chinese space program.
Since the first Mercury flight, the U.S. human space flight program has been a source of pride and inspiration for our nation. NASA has been an important motivator in accelerating the technological and industrial capabilities that have ensured U.S. global dominance in space. The new threats America faces from China are a powerful reminder of why we must invest in human space exploration with a clear mission and national support. China understands that space is the ultimate high ground. America must remember this and increase our efforts to stay ahead of our adversaries, real and potential.
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By Chris Mooney • Monday, March 19, 2012 - 08:43
There was the Tweet, from Andy Revkin: "Scientists Call For Stronger Global Governance To Address Climate Change." Revkin linked to a Forbes story, that, in turn, linked to a new paper in Science by the "Earth System Governance Project," described as "the largest social science research network in the area of governance and global environmental change."
So why, then, don't these scientists seem to know much about the social science when it comes to communication?
If you are a U.S. conservative, then "global governance" is automatic fighting words. Conservatives have individualistic values, as per Dan Kahan; they interpret the moral foundation of "liberty/oppression"—as per Jonathan Haidt–as a cry to resist power grabs by big government, and even more, global government.
This is deep seated, emotional, and powerful. And scientists have just brazenly triggered it by talking about "global governance."
Look: I'm no purist about communication. I know it is partly theory, and partly an art form. It requires creativity and humor as much as it requires listening to what science has to say about what persuades people (and what doesn't).
But there are a few obvious tripwires that by now, people really should be aware of. And triggering the Tea Party's "don't tread on me" reflex surely ought to be one of them.
The "Earth System Governance Project" is, admittedly, a global group of scholars, so perhaps some of them are not attuned to the nature of politics in the U.S. But other members are indeed American. And all of them are working in a highly contested and politicized area, something that is rather hard to miss even in the ivory tower.
So if the problematic nature of their message did not occur to them, or to their editors and peer reviewers at Science, then this means the quest to improve science communication–based on science–still has a very long way to go.
To advance it, let me lay out one simple principle for contemplation: Don't trust your instincts in communication. They are very probably wrong.
In general, scientists, liberals, and university-based people share a set of assumptions. To be brief, these are the Enlightenment assumptions….lay the facts out there, they are accepted, the world gets better, we change and improve.
But these assumptions are not universal, and in assuming they are, we completely hobble our communications.
Starting from their liberal Enlightenment framework, members of the "Earth System Governance Project" naturally assume since climate change is real, and since global institutions have failed to address it, we need better working global institutions. The steps from problem to solution are, for them, perfectly obvious.
And that's precisely the problem.
Here's a simple trick that might help scientists in such a situation: Try writing the Fox News headline for your paper. In the present case, I think that says it all.
Look, I want better global governance as much as the next liberal—but I know that the to express oneself in this way is to trigger conservative ire. And that goes doubly or triply if you're a scientist and you want to be seen as a nonpartisan expert who is fair and even-handed. The call for global governance will appear inherently political to conservatives; heck, I am willing to bet that in a controlled experiment, such a framing will also drive them to deny global warming even more strongly than they do normally.
So what should scientists do? First and most obviously, read the research. And doing so leads to the conclusion that you can't just think about the science, or about the policy—you must also think about the cultural meaning and the system of morality you are conveying.
Second–because I know this objection is coming–this doesn't mean that you can't propose the ideas or solutions that you think are the correct ones. But it does mean you probably ought to do so in a context that also credits some solutions that we know appeal to conservatives, like nuclear power and various forms of geoengineering. (See Dan Kahan's take here.)
And yes, I know very well that that may feel uncomfortable. But I promise you this: It's no less uncomfortable than the "global governance" framing feels to conservatives.
Finally, three: Everybody's free to take this advice and leave it. But don't be surprised if your communications backfire, if you get labeled political, or if someone uses you to support the idea that there really is a scientific conspiracy to sell us global warming when the real goal is socialist global government. (Yup, it has already happened.) You've been warned.
Randy Olson replied on Permalink
The Gang that couldn't Shoot Straight
You're absolutely right, Chris. And all I can do is groan, once again. You've been very gentle with your comments here, I'd be a little more blunt about it. How can scientists continue to be "The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight" with their communications efforts?
This blunder is the result of two big things. First, it's the tin ear of scientists when it comes to mass communication. The "global governance" headline is the equivalent to the embarrassing wardrobe of the guys on "The Big Bang Theory" sitcom. Why not just title the paper, "The need for a stronger Big Brother system" just to make certain that every Tea Partier is alerted.
And second, it's the "do it yourself" mentality of scientists which I know all too well because I was one for nearly 20 years. Scientists are cheap, cheap, cheap, resulting in this group crafting their own message rather than hiring a professional who would have instantly seen what you have here, that "global governance," is just a ridiculous term in today's political landscape.
Chris saw it. He's a professional. Why not at least reach out to some people who are in the trenches dealing with these communication dynamics on a daily basis? Honestly, this just goes on and on – like the petition of scientists a couple years ago in Science that ended up being accompanied by a photoshopped photo of a polar bear on an ice floe. There are ways to avoid these blunders. You just have to be savvy enough to admit that communication is important.
Windy replied on Permalink
Mission Creep?
Has the political ideology of climate justice been infused into the original goal of CO2 reduction? For example would a solution that provided CO2-free cheap energy be acceptable to those who also want wealth transfer to be a cornerstone of any solution?
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Wow. I voted you up.
Yes. I believe so.
However there is a zero wealth transfer solution.
I refer you to a solution that is Zero Government, and approved by a Republican Economist;
My personal values do indeed lie with 'climate justice'. I feel that international cap and trade is a good thing. We can pollute a lot more by paying Brazil not to trash the Amazon.
I have been swayed by conservative values and would be happier with just a tax. (Of course in Canada since they've stated such values, they've gone on to do nothing.)
Windy replied on Permalink
Brazil must trash the Amazon
in order to take advantage of UN incentive money doled out to those countries that convert forest into croplands to persue the green dream of bio-fuels so that Richard Branson can believe he is a climate hawk by burining bio-fuels in his jet fleet. It's all good.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Dumbest thing I ever heard.
Statements like that are the same as saying, "Its too hard, so why bother." "Its too complicated, so we can't solve it.", "Some criminals got away, so why bother solving crimes."
What you are saying is retarded and extremely low brow. Grow Up.
In the oil and gas industry when we are confronted with a challenge, we rise to it and solve it.
How come you folks aren't smart enough to rise to a challenge?
Windy replied on Permalink
Sarcasm is underappreciated
[Statements like that are the same as saying, "Its too hard, so why bother." "Its too complicated, so we can't solve it.", "Some criminals got away, so why bother solving crimes."]
Actually in my sarcasm what I said is that UN/global governence can't solve it. Look at the Kyoto failure and the crashing carbon trading market, need I say more?
[In the oil and gas industry when we are confronted with a challenge, we rise to it and solve it.]
I know, that's the power of a solutions oriented, financially motivated private sector. The oil industry sure proved those peak oil fabulists to be morons, didn't they?
[How come you folks aren't smart enough to rise to a challenge?]
I can only speak for the "retarded and extremely low brow" who didn't "Grow Up" and we don't want to rise to any challenge because we're content with wasting resources on developing 12th century technology like wind power. It doesn't matter if we actually have any valid solutions as long as we feel good about ourselves and maintain an egomaniacal view of moral superiority. We're simply too busy, writing books based on on pseudoscientific psycho-babble intended to paint others as trogladites, to use our brains for anything else.
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Windy replied on Permalink
Let's discuss reality rather than PR garbage you linked
Your links are to IEER, a left leaning think tank/PR firm. It is not an independent first hand source of information. Do as I did and go read the engineering reports on wind energy from EON-Netz in Germany and Energy companies in Denmark, or look for published retrospective studies based on actual wind efficiency data including costs and pollution of back up power for the 80% of the time that wind turbines aren't providing enough energy. Here's an example published just last October.
Denmark citizens are paying 41 cents/kWh and Germans are paying 33 cents/kWh. According to EIA the average US home used 11,496 kWh of electricity in 2010.
At 33 cents/kWh that's $3,793.68 per year per household. The problem I saw when I read your link report was that the enviro impacts compressed air energy storage on a massive basis is an unknown nor do we know if it is feasible on a scale this large. There are no plans to test this until 2013 in Germany. Did you even read the report? It doesn't look like you did to me. As I prefaced this post this is a PR fluff document based on too many maybes, mights and ifs. What's funny is that you blindly accept what's written in the report as if it's gospel and then you consider me a denier of technology. Talk about irony.
My next criticism is that when solar PV gets down to an installed cost of $2.00/watt, which it will in 5 more years, I can put up my own solar panels, 3200 watts for my house, hook up 50 rechagable car batteries a propane backup system and I'm my own energy company charging myself a rate of 4.5 cents/kWh and no taxes added. Expalin to my why in the world I would want to pay some rip-off energy company 20 or 30 cents/kWh for their green energy?
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
While I don't disagree that Desmogblog doesn't discuss the science very well.
That's not its purpose. Please read their mission before commenting mindlessly about your latest crackpot science theories. Please attempt to use facts in your discussions.
So… you grabbed a blog post and called it fact. Nifty. Personally I prefer reports from responsible organizations and peer reviewed journals. (And there are lots that would actually take the time to publish your agenda. So why your bloggers are that illiterate is beyond me to understand.)
Now if you want to talk about solutions. This isn't the place to hammer that out. As a capitalist I'm a strong believer in letting Market forces deal with this. Carbon Tax Carbon Tax Carbon Tax.
There's a great solution from a Republican Economist, that meets Libertarian Ideals, presented by James Hansen.
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IANVS replied on Permalink
Wind power already half the cost of new nuclear.
As we all know, nuclear power has been in decline worldwide for some time now & is being replaced by renewable energy, particularly wind power.
In fact, in just 1 year, 41.2 GW of windpower was installed. That's 1.5 times more than all the nuclear power built during the last 10 years. And for 3 years running, 1.3 nukes worth of wind power has been installed each month.
"Last year alone, the world installed 50% more new wind-power capacity (41.2 gigawatts) than all new nuclear capacity installed from 2002 to 2011 (27.3 GW). In terms of electricity production, the wind-power industry has installed the equivalent of 1.3 nuclear reactors per month over the past three years."
And within a single decade, Germany plans to replace its entire nuke fleet with renewables.
"In Germany, where nuclear power accounts for 22% of electricity production, replacing reactors with renewables is already viewed as a realistic alternative. Indeed, according to a report by the German government's Ethics Commission, Germany should be able to replace nuclear power with renewables in a decade. The German government estimates that domestic electricity prices would rise by just €0.01/kWh, equivalent to €3 ($3.90) per month for an average German household, if it phased out its nuclear fleet. If Germany can do it, so can the United Kingdom (where nuclear power accounts for 16% of electricity supply) and Spain (where the share is 20%)."
So who's next? Britain? Spain? Japan?
"Wind power has received a fraction of the financial support that nuclear energy has received – and yet wind can provide electricity at less than half the cost of new nuclear-power plants. According to the European Environment Agency, 80% of the total energy subsidies in the European Union is paid to fossil fuels and nuclear energy, while 19% goes to renewables. Moreover, wind energy has zero fuel costs, minimal waste-disposal and decommissioning costs, and a tiny fraction of nuclear power's risk to human health or the environment."
With onshore wind energy already half the cost of new nukes, it's time to shift those nuclear & fossil fuel subsidies to rapidly deploy those clean, renewable energy technologies with those zero fuel costs.
"Meanwhile, offshore wind is already competitive with new nuclear energy, and there are at least ten other renewable energy technologies that are smarter, cleaner, and less risky than nuclear power. Indeed, it is nuclear power, not renewables, whose future in Europe presupposes continued massive government subsidies."
Indeed, with offshore wind already competitive & without massive nuclear subsidies, nuclear power is proverbial toast as renewables power clean energy economies into the 21st Century .
"In short, the answer to whether renewable energy can fill the gap left by declining nuclear power is yes. Europe does not need nuclear power to meet its future energy needs."
Blowing away nuclear power
Do try & keep up, windy, the world is moving on.
IANVS replied on Permalink
Climate Denial Be Damned!
Despite windy disinformation & denial, we are full-speed ahead with aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals, vehicle emission standards, and renewable energy targets to provide a sustainable clean energy economy.
"Long ahead of the rest of the U.S. on environmental policy, California is taking bold steps to tackle climate change — from committing to dramatic reductions in emissions, to establishing a cap-and-trade system, to mandating an increase in zero-emission vehicles. The bottom line, say state officials, is to foster an economy where sustainability is profitable."
Electric power from renewable energy to 33% & beyond.
"California already has the most aggressive renewable portfolio standard in the U.S.; it requires 33 percent of the state's electricity to be generated from renewable sources by 2020. California is ahead of schedule to meet that target, Alex asserted, thanks not only to the Million Solar Roofs program but also the installation of 4,242 megawatts of large-scale solar plants in the deserts in the southern part of the state. Governor Brown "has said 33 percent should be a floor, not a ceiling, and we need to think about how we get to 40 percent and even 50 percent,"
CO2/GHG reductions to a million tons per year.
"California is also poised to transform its vehicle fleet, which in turn promises to bring greener cars and trucks to the U.S. as a whole. As directed by AB 32, the Air Resources Board has required automakers to increase the amount of so-called Zero Emission Vehicles [ZEVs] — electric cars, hybrids, hybrid-electrics and hydrogen-fueled vehicles — sold in California by 15 percent by 2025, as board chair Mary Nichols explained in an interview with Yale Environment 360. This policy is projected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 52 million tons a year by 2025, the equivalent of taking 10 million cars off the road."
Insurance companies to disclose climate risks, starting in CA, NY, & WA.
"California's decision this year to require insurance companies to disclose climate risks promises to have a similarly out-sized impact, especially since New York is joining California in the initiative. "Most insurers operating in the United States are operating in those two markets, and therefore need licenses from us," commissioner Jones explained. Washington state is also requiring insurance companies to disclose these risks."
And as history shows, where California leads, the nation follows.
California Takes the Lead With New Green Initiatives
Windy replied on Permalink
I mentioned real data in an earlier reply to your post above and here is more real info including a comment fro Eon energy the company whose engineering reports I read. Do you still want Obama dumping billions into the lost cause of trying to compete with the Chinese on solar PV as is? Do what I did and research the cost of extracting rare Earth elements (REE) needed for wind and solar PV in China and then compare the Chinese costs to what the extraction costs will be here in the USA, and then tell me if you think we can be competetive on a massive scale. Here's a little clue to get you started friendo. How many flat panel TVs were manufactured in the USA in 2011?
The German solar industry faces hard times due to excess capacity and falling funding - the competition with Chinese vendors does a: after Solon and solar Millennium has it now also Solarhybrid caught.
The Solarhybrid AG was announced by Tuesday evening in Brilon, that you had requested the opening of insolvency proceedings in the District Court Arnsberg due to inability to pay. The company received 2008 at the stock exchange specializes in the construction of large solar power plants. The entire industry suffers from overcapacity and falling support.
The special company had distributed in October 2011 still optimism and growth for 2012 prospect. In addition, the company in the first nine black figures wrote. Apparently it has taken over itself but in the financing of major projects.
Even Chinese manufacturer write red numbers
Solar hybrid is a comparatively small Member of the industry. The crisis has affected the already long time ago also the major solar companies. Sofight Conergy and Q-cells to survive, and once always optimistic Solarworld Chief Executive Frank Asbeck Meanwhile warns permanently hard times.
"If the reduction so goes through, the entire industry is forced to sell below their cost." "We hold out that long", he said on Tuesday compared to FOCUS online to the planned reduction of solar promotion. There is no company more throughout the industry, write the numbers still black. This also applies to Chinese producers.
E.on expects at the end of the German solar industry in five years
IANVS replied on Permalink
Germany's transformation to a clean energy economy.
If you can't keep up, windy, take notes.
Germany already has 53.8 Gigawatts of wind & solar generation in place & plans 25 Gigawatts of offshore wind power to replace their nukes.
"Already, Germany has built the world's biggest renewable generation complex, with 53.8 gigawatts of wind and solar generators at the end of last year. Italy last year added a record 9 gigawatts of solar panels, overtaking Germany for the first time. The U.K. plans 18 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2020, up from 1,500 megawatts now."
"Not since the allies leveled Germany in World War II has Europe's biggest economy undertaken a reconstruction of its energy market on this scale. Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning to build offshore wind farms that will cover an area six times the size of New York City and erect power lines that could stretch from London to Baghdad."
"Germany aims to replace 17 nuclear reactors that supplied about a fifth of its electricity with renewables such as solar and wind."
Worldwide, over the next couple decades, at least $10 trillion is needed to add 5.9 GW of electric power, & at least half will likely be renewable.
"Germany is among the first nations to grapple with a global need to upgrade power stations. By 2035, at least $10 trillion of investment is needed to add 5,900 gigawatts of generation worldwide, more than five times the capacity of all U.S. utilities, the International Energy Agency estimates. Half of that will come from renewable. A gigawatt is about enough to supply 800,000 homes in the U.S. and a bit less than the capacity of a nuclear reactor."
Taking the lead, Germany plans to up its already 20% renewables to 35% within the next 8 years.
"Norbert Roettgen, the 46-year-old lawyer who is Merkel's environment minister and protege, is managing the transition and aims for the nation to generate at least 35 percent of its power from renewables by 2020, up from 20 percent last year. Roettgen seeks 25,000 megawatts of power generated by wind farms in the North Sea and Baltic Sea by 2030, about the same as 25 nuclear power stations. About 200 megawatts of offshore wind plants are working now."
Germany's $263 Billion Renewables Shift Biggest Since War
Don't get left behind, windy.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
They did all that?
And propped up Europe from Economic collapse?
IANVS replied on Permalink
3,000 Gigawatts of renewable energy over next 20 years
Let's make that,
"Worldwide, over the next couple decades, at least $10 trillion is needed to add 5.9 TERAwatts of electric power, & at least half will likely be renewable."
That's almost 3,000 Gigawatts (~3 Terawatts) of renewable, clean energy installations, mostly wind & solar, over the next 20 years or so.
Personally, once we get the denial behind us & really get rolling, it'll more likely be closer to 75%, or 4,500 Gigawatts of clean, renewable, mostly wind & solar generated electric power.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
Talking about Solyndra?
That was George Bush, not Obama who started that venture.
But I'm glad you pointed out that it has nothing to do with solar par se, and more to do with manufacturing competition.
Come to think about it… Obama inherited an awful lot of issues from Bush.
Martin Vermeer replied on Permalink
Yeah, and
… Michael Mann shouldn't have called that directory on his hard disk 'censored'.
I don't know Chris. Should the scientific literature really have its allowable language circumscribed by the political sphere? Is that compatible with academic independence?
It's not scientists' job to 'convince' anyone. It's their proper job, backed up by things like tenure, to tell it like it is. It's about time citizens take some responsibility.
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
I think the answer is somewhere in the middle.
For the most part scientists aren't trying to convince anyone of anything, except maybe other scientists. (These days there seems to be more coming out with climate scientist bashing, but its pretty unusual to to drag them out of their ivory towers.)
Ultimately if it were a PR issue, then the one's with a glad hand, a smile, and an advertising budget would be the winners and facts would be out the window.
It would appear that this is the technique being used by the skeptics, and the results ain't right.
On the other hand perhaps communication should be a subject being taught to scientists, or certainly required for senior ones.
IANVS replied on Permalink
Most climate scientists not speaking out.
And that's the problem. Clearly, many more scientists must learn the confidence of good communication skills & use them to timely inform & alert the public, as a responsible primary care physician should a chain smoker with COPD.
Windy replied on Permalink
Beating a dead horse
Chris in all seriousness do you really believe that framing will matter when it comes to asking Americans to forgo their sovereignty? Secondly I know that lawyers have been preparing for years to battle against transnational progressivism. It just isn't going to happen in the USA son. You would be better off spending time and energy on technical solutions that would be acceptable to the economies of wealthy nations. Maybe target black carbon aerosols first to stop the polar ice melt to buy more time for developing CO2 absorption technology or better solutions to increase surface albedo until we can transition to lower carbon energy.
If not, then the economists better factor in the cost of a civil war here in the USA in assessing the cost of climate change mitigation, because ceding sovereignty to the crooks involved in the UN, will never ever, ever, ever be acceptable to Americans who are not political progressives, which is most Americans. Plus, I'm sure the Republicans would love you to push your agenda of giving up sovereignty to progressive Euro eco-extremists who are writing laws to endow vegetables with legal rights. Good luck with that! :-)
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
No horses were beat in the production of my post.
Framing makes all the difference. As does use of buzz words.
Transmeta was unable to raise Venture Capital funds until they coined the phrase 'Code Morphing'. It was just too complicated to describe what made their processor different. When they first used the term 'Code Morphing' it was a matter of minutes before the VCs started using the term themselves. Then the money flowed.
You do raise interesting issues about sovereignty, and this isn't the first time the US's interests have clashed with foreign values.
I would respectfully point out that the value of the United States has been dwindling steadily for 60 years. Where the US controlled 50% of the world's wealth after WWII, it now controls 20% (?).
The United States is no longer the dominant super power it thinks it is. Its just a team member that is getting dragged along against its will. By the way this is the reason Paul Martin (Canadian Liberal PM) created the G20, and invited the US to join along.
Personally I've been swayed away from Global Carbon Trading by conservative values. (I like the idea, but we'll just ship money away from ourselves and not do ourselves any good. And yes it does look like a socialist plot. I can see that.)
If you want to see an American Capitalist Selfish solution to climate change watch what James Hansen has to say about it.
Bill Gates has other ideas about hwo R&D dollars should be applied; (And you would be a complete 'tard to call him a socialist green shill);
Martin Vermeer replied on Permalink
There will be governance
> I would respectfully point out that the value of the United States has been dwindling
> steadily for 60 years. Where the US controlled 50% of the world's wealth after WWII,
> it now controls 20% (?).
I'm not sure about the numbers, but yes, the economic clout of the US (and the Western world) is on the way down. By 2050 latest the Asian big powers will be calling the shots. And they won't be kindly disposed to those that put the world in the mess that will by then be abundantly clear to anyone.
Can you say punitive import duties on American/Western export products graded by carbon footprint? (And yes, this includes services containing the carbon footprint of the work force.)
AnOilMan replied on Permalink
I can't even remember where I heard those numbers.
But I do believe that they are guiding Obama.
Windy replied on Permalink
Are you aware that China surpassed Italy in CO2 per capita?
"By 2050 latest the Asian big powers will be calling the shots. And they won't be kindly disposed to those that put the world in the mess that will by then be abundantly clear to anyone."
China is already consuming 3 times as much coal as the USA. Co2 emissions in China are already twice that of the USA and scientists have estimated that China will produce 4 times as much CO2 as the USA before 2020. Why do you think China misled President Obama at COP-15 and then did a 180 and said they would not agree to CO2 emissions targets at COP-16? The USA is far more wealthy in food and energy resources than China or any Asian country and unlike China the USA isn't outstripping its resources with population growth the way China is.
Hank_ replied on Permalink
It's not just conservatives....
Seriously people, it's not only the Tea Partyists that are averse to world governance. Go back and look at the comment section of the Scientific American article. Clearly almost everyone that took the time to comment had something to say against the idea.
I do agree with Chris on quite a few points, a rarity for me, but I also thought Wendy's realistic assessment was worthwhile too if just a bit strongly worded. I'm not sure why that was voted down so quickly.
Phil M replied on Permalink
"Wendy's realistic assessment
"Wendy's realistic assessment was worthwhile"
I've seen Windy being called "Wendy" a few times now. Maybe I missed an alternate name Windy goes by in other comments, or some people translate New Zealander accents into writing?
dreater replied on Permalink
These authors aren't "scientists."
The Forbes article characterizes the Science article authors as mostly "policy experts," and a check of those affiliated with US universities confirms that. An economist; a Ph.D in urban planning; a geographer; a gaggle of political scientists. What they have in common is an advocacy of supra-national governmental institutions. These folks aren't climate scientists, or scientists at all, really. You may have a point about scientists' communications skills…but this article is a bad example, because it's not a communication by scientists, and it's not fundamentally about science; it's political advocacy, written by a group of political scientists/policy wonks with an agenda.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
In the old days
science was used to descibe knowledge about the world including the human aspects. So in that wider sense, the report writers are all scientists.
walter.borden replied on Permalink
Global Warming, as per its
Global Warming, as per its name, is a global problem. Somehow the communication has to address this, politesse or otherwise. If the US or China continue to sit out of the "solutioneering" around GHG pollution/remediation, little can be done in the short and mid terms. As we know, if Hansen et al. are correct and the WSJ wrong, we're doomed.
As for the US not being progressive (as some commentors here assert and cable news cycles insist), that may well be so in a strict sense yet, but perhaps not in the way alot of people assume:
1. Most US citizens acknowledge Global Warming as a problem – 62%
2. Most US citizens support a 1% tax – 60%
3. Most US citizens support the EPA – 63%
4. Most citizens oppose the Citizens United Decision –70%
5. Most citizens support SS, Medicare (too many to cite, but admittedly "support" of this means many things to many people)
6. Most citizens reject DOMA – 54% with only 34% in favor.
Points 1-3 suggest that using a Pigovian Tax and/or a Cap and Trade (as devised by self-described free market economic thinkers) would indeed find a broad base of support, among voters coming of age now and the general public. The difficult step is eliminating alot of the noise from the signal without being shrill or arrogant. No doubt application of new methods from communication science is key here.
Point 4 indicates that US citizens know votes are being purchased, but realize the Supreme Court is beyond any real, direct, popular influence.
So while the conventional wisdom (Thomas Friedman, most of the Washington Post, Fox News, WSJ) is that the US is mostly a conservative nation – it really isn't. The News Corporation cognition drivers are effective. (Murdoch's big idea: if you control most of the English Speaking Media, you control most of the English Speaking Media, and thats alot of control over alot of levers of global power).
So the points about communication are key. But the problems, while not intractable, are very large, given the way mass media platforms are operated and deployed in order to influence opinion on single issues like AGW to the extent of causing voters to abandon larger perspectives for future generations. And indeed in many cases vote against their own publically affirmed self interests.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
What is
walter.borden replied on Permalink
Defense of Marriage Act. An
Defense of Marriage Act. An outlier I know – but I added it simply to note that the notion that the US is mostly conservative can't even be established on defining marriage as only between a man and woman, which if the US were so stoutly so, surely we would find at least 66% or better, a supermajority if you will.
IANVS replied on Permalink
If not us, who? If not now, when?
"Is it enough for a scientist simply to publish a paper? Isn't it a responsibility of scientists, if you believe that you have found something that can affect the environment, isn't it your responsibility to actually do something about it, enough so that action actually takes place?… If not us, who? If not now, when?" – F. Sherwood Rowland
The Passing of F. Sherwood Rowland http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/the-passing-of-nobelistf-sherwood-rowland/#


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