Tag: Energy - Page 11
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Conan O'Brien's Ron Paul Ad Parody Calls for the Destruction of All Government (Video)
Let's detonate the EPA, the Dept. of Energy, the Dept. of Education, all of it!
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Obama Announces $4 Billion Initiative to Upgrade Energy Efficiency of Nation's Buildings
Bill Clinton joins the president in launching a new private-public initiative that will create tens of thousands of jobs and drastically lower energy costs.
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Most Popular Articles of November: Fracking Causes Earthquakes, Lt. John Pike's Pepper Spraying Revolution, and More
A British energy company admits they caused earthquakes with fracking, Lt. John Pike's pepper spraying is seen around the world, and an octopus walks on land: Find this and More.
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Bill Gates: U.S. Should More Than Triple Energy R&D Budget to $16 Billion
Without cheap clean energy, we won't be able to solve many of the world's problems. Now is not the time to cut energy R&D in the name of 'austerity', but rather the time to invest more.
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Google Drops 'Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal' (RE<C) Research Project
I think it's a mistake to stop R&D efforts. If they weren't getting results, they could have re-focused efforts or partnered with someone else rather than stopping completely.
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Winners of Cleantech Open 2011 Announced
This year's winners are as impressive as ever, and the grand prize goes to a smart idea in energy technology.
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Clever! Geothermal Power Plants Could be a Massive Source of Lithium for Batteries
Demand for lithium is growing very rapidly thanks to portable electronics and electric vehicles. What if we could get a lot of lithium cheaply, without building new mines?
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24V Invisible Radiant Heating System Spotted at Casa Decor '11
M-Therm Comfort-Heating is a new energy- and material-efficient way to heat our homes. I spotted these two rolls of heating foil in one of the rooms at this year's Casa Decor in Barcelona. You simply apply the foil like wallpaper to the walls or place it
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The Capitalist Case for Why Solar Subsidies Make Sense
No energy source has been developed without Government support. Solar is no different.
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Power Plants Stressing Freshwater Resources Around the Country
Analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that coal and nuclear power plants are using "vast amounts of local water for cooling", stressing watersheds.
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The Cloud Is Only As Green As The People Using It
Cloud computing is offered up as a way to green up the IT industry, but reports point out that human behavior is the greatest influencer.
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How to Greenify Data Centers (Infographic)
Data centers use up gads of electricity keeping us all connected. Here are ideas on how they can go from chugging to sipping.
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New Rumble Strip Gets Kinetic Energy from Cars
A circus and gun show fires up the first working model of a rumble strip system that collects kinetic energy from decelerating cars.
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In Defence of the Eco-Elite: Robert Llewellyn on Solar, EVs, Jeremy Clarkson and Feed In Tariffs (Video)
A comedy legend weight in on wealth, environmentalism, solar subsidies, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson and Red Dwarf.
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Boulder, Colorado Voters Approve Measure to Break From Xcel, Establish Municipal Utility
Election day in Colorado yesterday, with the most-watched ballot issue in Boulder was whether voters would allow the city to establish a municipal electric utility. Turns out that voters did support the initiative, though fewer wanted to pay for it.
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Venus Fly Trap-Like Robots Eat Bugs and Could Use Them for Energy
New robot prototypes mimic the Venus fly trap's ability to catch insects; preexisting technology could let them digest their prey to generate electricity.
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YouTube Killed The TV (infographic)
YouTube has taken off as a way to watch shows and movies online, but is it really replacing televisions?
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UK Company Pulls Out of Controversial Kenya Biofuel Project
Conservationists are celebrating a British firm's recent pullout from a biofuel project in Kenya that they say would have destroyed the Tana River Delta, a wetland ecosystem crucial for regional wildlife.
