Tag: Electricity - Page 7
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Sunless Farming Touted as Answer to World Food Problems
What happens when we change the climate so much, from temperatures to rainfall patterns, that crops can no longer be easily grown? For some, the solution seems
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Marijuana Industry Responsible for 1% of US Electricity Consumption, Has $5 Billion Energy Bill
Marijuana is a big industry in the US, especially as medical use of marijuana becomes more popular. And while we expect grow houses with tons of energy-sucking lights to have high bills, it might be a surprise to see the
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Top Ten Smart Grid Projects Globally
Curious to know who is leading the way to the smart grid of the future? CleanTechies has a great roundup of the top ten projects happening across the globe. It's a great 5 minute read for a fast catch-up on what is happening where. Check it out! Follow
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Graphene Could Help Electronics be Self-Cooling, Save Energy
Graphene is a substance that scientists have been highly interested in as an alternative material for faster-charging batteries. We've been hearing for several years about
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Plug In! First Electric Motorcycle Charging Stations in Barcelona
The other day, coming back from the beach, I saw some strange looking parking icons painted on the street; motorbikes with a plug! And indeed it seems to be happening now, Barcelona has launched its first electric
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iPods Powered With Our Heartbeat Within 5 Years? Scientists Say Yes.
We've heard about futuristic concepts about our body's movements powering up batteries, and we even saw the (rather gruesome) experiment with a rat powering a battery with its body
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10 Wacky and Unexpected Things Using Solar Power (Slideshow)
Solar power has lots of potential as an alternative to fossil fuels, but some of the things we use it for make more sense than others: From solar-powered food carts, airplanes, and vending machines to solar-powered dog
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10 Wacky and Unexpected Things Using Solar Power
Solar power has lots of potential as an alternative to fossil fuels, but some of the things we use it for make more sense than others: From solar-powered food carts, airplanes, and vending machines to solar-powered dog sweaters and beehives, read on to se
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How to Save Electricity in a Hurry, or Lessons from Tokyo
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have demonstrated the dangers of nuclear energy (or the success, depending on who you ask). The disaster also has reminded us just how dependent we are on electricity. But what if the power went
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Ask Pablo: Is It Better To Live Somewhere Hot And Run The AC Or Somewhere Cold And Crank The Heat?
Image credit: victoriafee, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Air conditioning uses a lot of energy but I am wondering if it is actually better (more sustainable) to live somewhere hot, where you need AC, or somewhere cold, where you need
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Smart Grid Technology to Slash Supermarket Emissions
Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has already started turning waste food into electricity, keeping bees at its flagship eco-store, delivering groceries by barge and even selling solar panels
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How Oklahoma Cut Peak Energy Use by 33%
Oklahoma isn't exactly a state that's known for its progressive energy policies -- its constituents, after all, continually elect Senator James Inhofe, who's perhaps the least green man in all the US
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Electricity: Incredibly Useful and Completely Artificial
You may not have thought about it before, but the electricity we use on a daily basis doesn't come from nature. Just like plastic and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), the electricity we use is the result of human effort and
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Americans Use 11,000 Watts to Live
Geoffrey West, a distinguished theoretical physicist, states in a New York Times
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Nissan's Mark Perry on the Arrival of the Leaf (Podcast)
Amid a media flurry starring a displaced polar bear and an easy-breathing Lance Armstrong, Nissan has become the unlikely leader as it delivers a mass-produced, affordable electric car. The Leaf is now arriving in the driveways of eager customers, and
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Monbiot: Biofuels for Electricity is "Eco Vandalism"
Image credit: pawpaw67, used under Creative Commons license. Malaysian palm oil producers may be committing to green(er) practices, but that's unlikely to appease George Monbiot. He has long been a critic of biofuels for vehicles, but he is absolutely
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Photovolatic Farm To Cosy Up With Wind Farm
Late last month, the NSW government granted planning approval for a $150 million AUD solar farm to be built near the town of Bungendore, not far from the Australian national capital of Canberra. The
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When Your Dress Transports You, Fashion Design Morphed With Mobility (Photos)
Imagine your dress becomes your means of transportation! This was the briefing the students at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Barcelona received from BMW. The result are 5 concepts for future mobility
