... And Now, Gas Prices Are About To Become A Big Issue
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe WeisenthalJust in time for the home-stretch of the Presidential campaign, gas prices are becoming a big story again.
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Does the Wind Production Tax Credit Matter?
• Mike Orcutt via TechnologyReview.comThe fledgling U.S. wind industry would be significantly set back if the credit isn’t renewed.
Shell shuts oil station in Nigeria, activists report spill
• The RawStory.comShell said Thursday it had shut down an oil processing facility in southern Nigeria over a pump failure, but denied reports that a significant amount of oil had spilled in the area.
A car that runs on air
• www.youtube.comTired of high gas prices? How about a car that runs on compressed air!
This Simple Engine Modification Could Increase Your Car's Mileage And Decrease Its Emissions
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Noah PlaueThis is part of a 30-part series called "Game Changers." This special series investigates the most remarkable advancements in science, energy and health — and how they will impact the way we live.
Geothermal Gains Favor in Japan After Fukushimaa
• arcleinScientists believe the sector’s share could rise enormously. That’s thanks to the feed-in tariff, new subsidies to fund test-drilling, and official recognition that nuclear’s heyday has passed. In the long term, Ikeda believes Tsuchiyu will become
DHS & GAO Warn Of Vulnerable Power Grid
• http://govtslaves.info, All GovFederalism—the division of power between federal and state governments—is making the nation’s electrical grid less safe and more vulnerable to attack by thieves as well as by terrorists.
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08-15-12 -- Mr. X Arizona - Judge Jim Gray - (Video & MP3 Loaded)
Program Date:Judge Jim Gray (Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate) is in Phoenix for an event with LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) and comes on the show briefly to talk about the campaign - Also, Mr. X, living on the road in Arizona
This Concentrated Solar Cell Could Be Powering Cities 'Within Years'
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob WileIn 2011 new solar cell technologies from Solar Junction, a company based in San Jose, California, stored a record 43.5 percent of the energy it captured from the sun.
How The Most-Efficient Solar Module Gets Made
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob WileSolar Junction solar cell technology, which recently set the record for most efficient solar cell, can't work alone. (FreedomsPhoenix 'Battery Project' will primarily rely on Solar for Battery charging... improvements keep coming)
Victory for Anti-Nuclear Power Movement in the US
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Matthew RothschildScore two for the movement against nuclear power in this country.
Explosion monitor in Bayou Corne sinkhole area ‘goes off’
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou waters percolating with chemicals as residents told not to worry A community monitor went off in Assumption Parish’s Bayou Corne sinkhole area, now the size of a football field Thursday, reaching an explosive limit of 2
A Glut of Natural Gas Leaves Nuclear Power Stalled
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Martin LaMonicaThe outlook is bleak in the U.S. and complicated in other countries.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Suspends New Licenses, Renewals
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staffAcknowledging the problem of nuclear waste disposal, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ordered a hold on issuing new nuclear plant licenses or license renewals on Tuesday
Cold fusion chemist Martin Fleischmann dies at 85
• APBritish chemist Martin Fleischmann, who stunned the world by announcing that he had achieved nuclear fusion in a glass bottle, has died after a long illness. He was 85. His son Nicholas said he died Friday at his home in Tisbury, England. He had
Saying Goodbye to Batteries
• http://www.youtube.com, by josephspaguniakProfessor Joel Schindall of MIT's Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems discusses his work in developing a fast-charging, long-lived ultracapacitor that has the potential of replacing standard batteries; a tour of the lab is provided.
Better control over nanotube growth promises important advances in electronics
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Dario BorghinoResearchers have found that using argon or helium during the nanotube growth process can influence their nature.
Fuel Cells Take to the Runway
• Duncan Graham-Rowe via TechnologyReview.comAirbus will test a system that could reduce fuel consumption by 15 percent.
Assad Strikes Oil Deal to Keep War Machine Moving
• Robert Beckhusen via WIRED.comThe regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad is falling apart. Its prime minister has fled the country, and its military equipment is reportedly breaking down.
Propane Gel Fracking
• arcleinAccording to an industry report, the project is focused on using a technology that pumps a thick gel made from propane into the ground as opposed to using traditional methods of hydraulic fracking that make use of a mixture of water, sand, and chemic
Total and Amyris Recommit to Biofuel Joint Venture
• Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.comHaving suffered from production snags and delays, Amyris gains $82 million comittment from Total to make fuels from sugar cane.
$3.2 million to develop battery management system for electric-car batteries
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Diana LutzThe Department of Energy (DOE) announced Aug. 2 that a team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis will receive $2 million to design a battery management system for lithium-ion batteries that will guarantee their longevity, safety and per
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Transparent Solar Windows at 4% Efficiency
• arcleinThe near-infrared photoactive polymer absorbs more near-infrared light but is less sensitive to visible light, balancing solar cell performance and transparency in the visible wavelength region.
Panasonic's Artificial Photosynthesis Turns Water, Sunlight, and CO2 into Useful Chemicals
• http://www.popsci.com, By Clay DillowArtificial photosynthesis--the idea that we might be able to create energy and other useful thing from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, as plants do--is something of a holy grail for energy and green chemistry researchers.
Yet Another Study Predicting a 'Worldwide Glut of Oil'
• http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff ReportThere are many opportunities for us to say "told you so," as the 2000s wind on. We've been "on the money" about gold and silver going up, about the establishment of an Islamic crescent arc in the Middle East and generally about the elite's phony scar
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Get second Look
• arclein"VAWTs are elegant in terms of their mechanical simplicity," said Josh Paquette, one of Sandia's two principal investigators on the project. "They have fewer parts because they don't need a control system to point them toward the blowing wind to
Aging power grid on overload as U.S. demands more electricity
• Washington PostThey began to bend in the roaring wind, then their steel girders snapped like twigs, the towers toppled and the lights went out. Minutes before the windstorm arrived to pummel the Washington area on June 29, it swept east through West Virginia, cr
German Solar Sets Record
• arclein"This shows Germany is capable of meeting a large share of its electricity needs with solar power," Allnoch said. "It also shows Germany can do with fewer coal-burning power plants, gas-burning plants and nuclear plants."
Drought spurs ethanol push-back; World Bank watchful
• ReutersThe debate over using crops for fuel burst back onto the political stage on Monday as U.S. ranchers and poultry producers sought "a little help" from the government by waiving its ethanol mandate in the face of a dire drought.
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