Category: Sci Tech
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Tasteless Melon Mystery Solved?
Several months ago I visited relatives in the breadbasket region of Southern Manchester and St. Elizabeth , Jamaica . While admiring a seemingly endless field Continue reading
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Paulwell’s Damascus Moment: “Re-nationalize Electric Company”
A most auspicious moment has arrived for Jamaica, and like the natural mystic spoken about by the Hon. Robert (Bob) Nesta Marley, it is blowing Continue reading
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The Energy Message for 2009
The French term déjà vu means: “something tediously familiar or already seen” and so it is with the current energy scene. For this energy researcher Continue reading
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Termite Power: Alternative Energy Source?
Some three years have elapsed since I first, rather by a fortuitous accident of circumstances, stumbled on the idea that termites hold the key to Continue reading
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Electricity Self-sustainability – The Region’s Challenge
We are at a critical juncture in the history of the Caribbean region. The existing electricity sector model was built, decades ago, upon the premise Continue reading
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Implementing Caribbean Renewable Energy – The Policy Problem
Over the past year, it has become clear that the world is in the midst of a so-called “perfect storm” of high energy, food and Continue reading
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Ethanol – Sweet Deal for Brazil, Dark Corner for Jamaica
The recent so-called divestment of Jamaica’s sugar industry.should rather be termed “dash-wey”, for it is nothing short of a give-away. Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s administration, Continue reading
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As Prices Boom Renewable Energy Offers East Caribbean Hope
How often has the Caribbean been referred to as the home of “sun, sea and sand”? If a unit of electricity was available for every Continue reading
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Cell Phone That Feels Like Skin!
The iLifestyle era may have gone too far. Minutes after pulling oneself from the floor after rolling with laughter upon discovery of the Chumby, an Continue reading
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The Answer is Still No! – Yahoo! Holds Firm to Resist Microsoft Merger
On the verge…but not quite over Jerry Yang, Yahoo!’s chief visionary, may not be in shareholders’ good books for his refusal to accept Microsoft’s bid Continue reading