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Peter Fairley via TechnologyReview.com

Two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami, Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex continues to spread both radiation and distrust of nuclear power as the plant's situation lurches from hopeful to harrowing and back again.

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www.drscoundrels.com

In one of the stupider acts that George Bush ever put forth, this one didn’t rate a light bulb over his head. Or ours. But they legislated our choices and even jobs out of the people’s hands. The question remains – does the change to the “cu

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AZcentral.com

Electric-bike sales seem to be trending upward. Sales in the U.S. are just under 100,000 over the past few years, said Frank Jamerson, 83, founder of the Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports. But places like China are far ahead, with more than 25 m...

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arclein

While Japan's water-dependent nuclear power plants suck and wheeze and spew radioactive steam, "there has been no wind facility damage reported by any [Japan Wind Energy Association] members, from either the earthquake or the tsunami," says

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TheAutomaticEarth.blogspot.com

Corporate media pundits are simultaneously talking about how tragic the disaster in Japan has been, and how it could also provide an opportunity for renewed economic growth through the rebuilding of its infrastructure. This latter claim is...

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arclein

The California company claims that it has just completed the prototype design of “the world’s first thin and flat solar concentrator for direct placement on top of existing solar cells.” Each sheet will contain a matrix of optical concentrators that

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arclein

This experimental EROI value for energy from algae must be kept in perspective of the stage of development of the entire technology and process of inventing new energy sources and pathways. It is important that we understand how to interpret findings

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Science Daily

(This article is from last summer, but I just came across it and thought I would share) Researchers at Bristol Robotics Lab (BRL), a collaborative UWE/University of Bristol research facility, are looking into the use of urine as the 'fuel."