Meet Some Of The World’s Super-Fast Electric Vehicles
• earthtechling.comWho says that electric transportation needs to be slow?
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One Way to Solve Fracking’s Dirty Problem
• Technologyreview.comGE has demonstrated technology aimed at addressing one of the biggest challenges with fracking: water pollution.
Startup Shows Off Its Cheaper Grid Battery
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Martin LaMonicaStartup Sun Catalytix is designing a flow battery for grid energy storage that uses custom materials derived from inexpensive commodity chemicals.
Startup Shows Off Its Cheaper Grid Battery
• Technologyreview.comSun Catalytix is making a new type of flow battery that could store hours’ worth of energy on the grid.
NASA's Innovative Ion Space Thruster Sets Endurance World Record
• space.comA five-year test of NASA's latest ion drive for future spacecraft has set a new world record for the longest single space engine test.
75,000 Commit to Civil Disobedience if Obama Cuts Deal on KXL
• http://www.commondreams.org, Jon QueallyLeading green groups warn president against deal-making with Canadians on tar sands pipeline
TED Talks Justin Hall -Tipping Point: Freeing energy from the grid
• Intellectual Revolution TVWhat would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of 'normal' can lead to extraordinary breakthro
Who Drives Electric Cars?
• http://online.wsj.com, Yuliya ChernovaElectric cars are still such a novelty that little is known about their owners and how they use the vehicles. But recent research is beginning to unlock some of the mysteries.
US Solar Growth To Explode
• arcleinCurrently, the ITC stands at 30% of the cost of purchase. Deutsche Bank assumes there will be a big new push into solar as the ITC expires. But if it's extended Deutsche Bank estimates a full 47 states will be able to reach grid p
Ecuador: Some Observations Regarding the Yasuní-ITT Proposal
• upsidedownworld.orgThe remarkable Ecuadorian proposal to leave about 900 million barrels of heavy crude in the ground in exchange for international contributions amounting to about half its value, was recently abandoned by President Rafael Correa.
Single Cylinder Stirling Engine
• http://www.animatedengines.com,This type of Stirling engine, known as the beta configuration, 3 features just one cylinder with a hot end and a cool end.
Two Cylinder Stirling Engine
• http://www.animatedengines.com,The Stirling engine is one of my favorites. It was invented in 1816 by Rev. Robert Stirling of Scotland.
Capturing and Storing Carbon Dioxide in One Simple Step
• Technologyreview.comSpeeding up a natural weathering process could be a practical way to capture and store carbon dioxide from power plants.
How much methane leaks out during fracking?
• Mother Nature Network.comA new study claims leaks of the greenhouse gas aren't as numerous as estimated, at least during one part of the process.
8 Cities Embracing Natural Gas
• Huffington PostEvery sector of our society is looking for “the next big thing,” that one change or discovery to move our nation forward.
Once upon a time at Formula E...
• youtubeEnjoy our special cartoon video on the 'birth' of the new Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E car which was first shown during the car unveiling at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Halve emissions to avoid dangerous climate change
• newscientist.comWe're in trouble but there is a way out. It is still possible to keep a lid on climate change, preventing temperatures from rising by more than 2 °C, the limit beyond which it would be difficult to adapt. But only if we part with some serious cash.
Electric vehicles, hybrids flaunt advantages on the race track
• eenews.netFormula One race cars will take to the track this week in Singapore, where they'll reach blistering speeds above 200 mph, some of them with the aid of electric drive technology.
Colarado's Oil and Gas Infrastructure Drowning in Climate-Driven Floodwaters
• Common DreamsFossil fuel industry not immune to the climate-driven disaster it helps create
North Dakota sets oil, gas production highs
• breitbart.comThe number of wells currently producing oil and natural gas in North Dakota reached a record high for July, the state resource officials said.
A Device That Converts Sunlight Into Hydrogen Fuel
• http://www.popsci.com, By Erik KoepfCanned sunshine!
Solar Nanoheater: A Third World Germ Killer
• earthtechling.comIt looks like something you’d use to pick up the Moldova soccer league on your TV from a distant satellite.
Lobbyists helping Ron Binz, Obama’s FERC pick, move through Senate
• Washington TimesPresident Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is coordinating his campaign with two lobbyists for energy companies and several other green-technology strategists, in an unprecedented effort to
The Power Has Gone Out In Downtown Detroit
• Business InsiderDowntown Detroit was hit by a power outage at around 1 p.m. today.
Utility Pre-pay Economics Work
• arcleinNow, I've never really been a fan of strip clubs. The whole idea of walking into a place where you know the whole point is to get hustled never really made much sense to me. Not that I have a problem with strip clubs. After all, those girls have t
New Solar Cell Design Can Handle The Power Of 70,000 Suns
• Business InsiderPhysicists at North Carolina State say they've come up with a way to drastically improve solar cell efficiency.
Audi’s Diesel V10 SUV Supercar Somehow Gets 30 MPG
• Wired.comWhat has two doors, four-wheel drive, and more torque than a Caterpillar Earthmover?
Solar-powered catamaran completes journey to study Gulf Stream with stop in Paris
• Fox NewsThe world's largest solar-powered boat has docked on the banks of the Seine River, its final port of call after a three-month voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to study how the Gulf Stream and climate change could influence each other.
Nanotechnology enabled solar steam generation to disinfect medical instruments (w/video)
• nanowerk.comA revolutionary new solar energy technology that turns water into steam without boiling the entire container of water has become the basis for new devices to sanitize medical and dental instruments and human waste in developing countries.
Sprawl Is Still Sprawl Even When It Is Green
• earthtechling.comDoes the lead photo with this article look like a good place to put over 1700 new homes on a little over 600 acres? What if I told you it was working agricultural land in a remote location 45 miles north of San Diego and 61 miles south of San Bernar
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