Tag: alternative energy
member name: Steve B.
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October 07, 2007 08:28 PM EDT --
Regardless of your feelings about Wal-Mart as a corporation, it is no small matter when the corporate giant begins installing energy saving solar systems on its supercenters. This past week, Wal-Mart and . . .
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October 31, 2007 06:48 PM EDT --
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is nearing completion of a solar-hydrogen fueling station that will fuel 14 hydrogen, fuel-cell cars. The demonstration project will be completed at the end of . . .
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November 15, 2007 04:26 PM EST --
In recent days, you may have read that the congressional democratic leadership has backed away from renewable energy by dropping from the current energy bill the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and . . .
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December 04, 2007 05:41 PM EST --
Sierra Club is reporting that Pelosi will introduce the energy bill in the House this week, including CAFE standards of 35 mpg by 2020. In releasing her press statement, Pelosi said, "This comprehensive . . .
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December 08, 2007 11:41 PM EST --
The House of Representatives passed the energy bill this week, which would require automakers to achieve a fleet average of 35 mpg by 2020. The bill also included a renewable portfolio standard, which . . .
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November 28, 2009 10:24 AM EST --
According to a new report, "Rising Tigers Sleeping Giant", the Asian countries of China, Japan, and South Korea are far outdistancing U.S. investments in "New Energy". According to the report, China alone . . .
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October 05, 2006 09:54 AM EDT --
Fifteen month old article in USA Today stated
Posted 6/12/2005 7:31 PM Updated 6/13/2005 6:15 PM
The debate's over: Globe is warming
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
Don't . . .
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September 26, 2007 06:44 PM EDT --
I continue to be surprised by the solar energy activity in Canada. Listening to some skeptics, you would think that solar energy won't work outside southern or southwestern U.S. In a previous article, . . .
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October 16, 2007 05:10 PM EDT --
Nuclear proponents often proclaim that nuclear energy is safe, and that worries about its safety are irrational and emotionally laden. When challenged, they will quickly assert that nuclear energy has . . .
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October 23, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
The Nanosolar Corporation, initiated in 2002 by Martin Roscheisen and Brian Sager, had the goal of mass manufacturing medium-efficient solar cells at one-tenth of the cost of traditional, silicon-wafer . . .
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November 11, 2007 09:44 PM EST --
The Rocky Mountain Institute and the U.S. Green Building Council have teamed up to produce a program (approx. 30 minutes), which features the economic sense of building green. In this program, several . . .
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April 02, 2009 11:57 AM EDT --
First Solar reported in February that the clean energy company reached the holy grail of renewables: $1/Watt, or equivalency/parity with coal. That is, First Solar now is able to produce solar energy . . .
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September 27, 2007 07:47 PM EDT --
Skeptics about renewable energy will frequently say things like, "Solar and wind will never be anything but a minor contributor to the entire energy needs of our country." If that is the case, . . .
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September 29, 2007 03:56 PM EDT --
The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), founded by Amory Lovins, has just commemorated its 25th anniversary. The Institute was founded in response to the U.S. energy crises of the 1970s. Instead of focusing . . .
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October 01, 2007 01:36 PM EDT --
Critics of hydrogen will often write that hydrogen is not an energy source, but an energy carrier. This is true, but deceptive. The issue has to do with efficiency, which I addressed here:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977120951 . . .
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October 04, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --
Nuclear energy is prohibitively expensive
In Part One, I gave ten reasons "Why Nuclear Energy Is Not the Solution to Global Warming".
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977118748 . . .
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October 18, 2007 12:55 PM EDT --
JUST SAY NO - DETAILS BELOW
I have been writing a series of articles on "Why Nuclear Energy Is Not the Solution to Global Warming."
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977118748 . . .
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December 13, 2007 12:42 PM EST --
Senate republicans, by a single vote, successfully blocked an energy bill that would have extended tax incentives for renewable energy. Incentives for renwable energy sources, totalling around $24 billion, . . .
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December 17, 2007 07:22 PM EST --
Last week, the senate fell one vote short of passing an energy bill with moderate support for renewable energy. The main reason for this was simple. Funds dedicated to tax incentives for renewable . . .
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July 30, 2008 06:51 PM EDT --
In his 2006 State of the Union speech, George W. Bush stated, "America is addicted to oil." It was not an original metaphor, but it was an accurate one. So it is quite surprising to . . .
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