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Mar
25

Energy efficiency? Alone, it's not all it's cracked up to be

Imagine a future in which all our cars, appliances and industrial processes are 10 times — maybe even 100 times — more
3 min read
Mar
25

Jurdy: Hungry for better solutions

Jurdy defines irony …
Mar
24

For smart grid to succeed, consumers need to be on board

All the bells, whistles and smart-energy technologies won’t be able to deliver on the promise of a cleaner, more
3 min read
Mar
24

Territorial dispute? Climate change has a solution

Well, thank goodness. Global warming is good for something after all, apparently. From IndianExpress.com: “Once a flashpoint in Indo-Bangla
Mar
24

The carbon market problem: We know price, but not value

While the price of carbon dioxide needs to be around $100 a tonne to make a clean-energy economy and a
2 min read
Mar
23

Peak oil coming soon? Let's see what it might look like

The words “peak oil” are being heard more often these days, and in increasingly exalted corridors, but what do they
3 min read
Mar
23

Report: Renewable heat energy key to UK's energy future

Peak oil might have been on the minds of business leaders who met in a behind-closed-doors summit with Britain’s
3 min read
Mar
22

Low-tech reactor converts wastes into clean fuels

A relatively inexpensive and low-tech reactor could help convert agricultural waste, used cooking oil and other biomass into super-clean fuels
2 min read
Mar
22

Twenty years later, is cold fusion energy poised for a comeback?

More than 20 years after the term “cold fusion” became a pariah in the science world, researchers are once again
2 min read
Mar
22

Top five threats to our freshwater supplies

We might not give the water we use each day much thought, but it’s worth reconsidering that blase attitude,
2 min read