I know, I know, I know. It may be too much to ask. But can we please do the following next year? 1. Learn more about global climate change. 2. Encourage others to learn too. 3. Use renewable energy...
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If you are looking for small acts that mean a difference, look no further. Students from Appalachian State University has led an initiative to use cleaner fuel for their buses. At a mix of 20%...
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Just after that piece of Prime Minister Howard, I looked up the price of Uranium. No surprise here, the price of Uranium has increased by ten times. This is due to high crude oil prices and energy...
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Aluminum is a major component of any cars and fortunately for the US, cars are often recycled for aluminum which makes the sourcing of the metal relatively easy. About 90% of automotive aluminum is...
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mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan shall soon work with US conglomerate General Electric to develop nuclear and wind power generation ventures, according to this article. The two giants will bid for...
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A French-led satellite project was launched to explore Earth-like planets beyond our solar system. This project is known as COROT, and will send into orbit a telescope that will detect planets smaller...
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Talk about huge savings! Tax credits to the tune of $125M was awarded by the US Bureau of Internal Revenue to E.On US for its low-emissions generating station planned for Trimble County, Ky. The...
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It is a bit of disappointment, Honda believes that the year that fuel cell cars will flourish would still be more than ten years away. According to this article, Honda believes that by then, the cost...
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It looks like 2006 was one of the six hottest ever-recorded year, according to this article. And apart from all the bad news you have already read about how the world is suffering due to climate...
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Its the end of the year and for those of you who are buying new cars in 2007, please consider the 2007 Fuel Economy Guide published by the US Department of Energy (you can read the DOE press release...
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Filed in archive Wind
by Reden Rodriguez on December 30, 2006
Talk about massive. Southern California Edison (SCE) recently signed a wind energy contract that will give it a 1500 MW capacity of Renewable energy sourced power. This came off with an agreement with...
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Water is needed everywhere. fresh water, that is, not salt water. Did you know that approximately 50% of the cost of desalinating water is attributed to energy use? Quite a lot when you sum...
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Next time you are planning to go out for vacation, you might want to consider going to Jamaica (land of Ska and bob marley) to do your environmental bit. This is because the country intends to put up...
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Entrepreneurship is hard anywhere, even in China where the economic boom has been led by the young and able-bodied who combine hard work with technology from the rest of the world. The same is true...
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It looks like another country will go down the Nuclear route, as Australian Prime Minister John Howard promised that swift action will be taken in favor of recent findings on the viability of nuclear...
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2007 may be the year of the Pig but it is the Polar Bear that will probably tip the scales and warm the ice-cold Bush administration's heart on the topic of Global Warming. What hundreds of...
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The New Yorkers may have something to cheer about soon (No, the Knicks was deleted from the list of things to cheer about long ago) and it may come in the form of a $20 million test plant that...
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The card shown here comes from the Democratic Party's official website which you will find here and features the first female speaker of the House in the person of Representative Nancy Pelosi. But...
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I have said this before, the Japanese lead the world when it comes to capitalizing on problems. Their last deal with the Chinese government on helping China acquire energy-savign technologies from...
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I side with US Secretary of State condoleezza rice on this one. Why would Saudi Arabia, the world's largest producer of oil, need nuclear energy now? The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council...
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Filed in archive Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on December 18, 2006
Palo Alto based Nanosolar Inc. will put up its thin-film solar cell manufacturing plant in San Jose, California. The proposed $102 million plant will produce an equivalent of 400 megawatts of solar...
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Last week, 80 members of the US Congress sent a letter to President George W. Bush to ask for more Renewable Energy support by way of funding initiatives through a greater allocation in the White...
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Because I work for a renewable energy company that focuses on Bioethanol production (from cane) I know for a fact and have written numerous times about the many difficult aspects of putting together...
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Filed in archive Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on December 18, 2006
When I reported that solar cells are now 40% efficient, little did I realize how much it really meant to the world. Last week, a huge number of industry experts, research and development participants,...
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