Category Archives: energy sources

Good News Friday

Posted on 5 August 2016 by

Another week has rolled by, and it’s time for another Good News Friday installment. This week’s post is going to focus mainly on Israel’s technological prowess. My first item is about Israel’s well-known advances in desalination. A Scientific American article … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Good News Friday

Posted on 15 January 2016 by

This week’s Good News Friday installment was written by reader and frequent contributor Brian Goldfarb {with occasional comments and additions from me). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just like pretty well all the readers of these pages, I look for good news from the … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday – Shabbat Chanukah edition

Posted on 11 December 2015 by

It’s that time of the week again, and this being the eve of Shabbat Channukah as well as erev Rosh Chodesh (the start of the month of) Tevet, a big dose of good news is just what we need. With … Continue reading →

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Israel assists the Middle East through oil and trash

Posted on 26 August 2015 by

A couple of stories caught my eye this week through which a common thread runs – that of Israel being able to provide a solution to assorted Middle Eastern problems. Lebanon is in the throes of a trash crisis, as … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 5 December 2014 by

After yesterday’s depressing post I feel an urgent need to post a Good News Friday installment to put us in a better mood for Shabbat. My first item concerns Israel’s burgeoning solar energy sector, but this time its use is … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 17 October 2014 by

It’s been a while since I last posted a proper Good News Friday post, so it’s good to get back into the swing of things. We’ll start with green energy, or perhaps it should be considered clean-tech: Israel is teaching … Continue reading →

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