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Doubts raised on nuclear industry viabilityThe investment in nuclear power has been growing around the world over the last few years, being viewed as a means for countries to control their energy security, avoid the price fluctuations of other energy sources, and reduce their carbon dioxide emissions, but concerns are now being raised. A...
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Nuclear fusion: Coming to a basement near you soon | DVICELawrenceville Plasma Physics Inc. debuted their Focus-Fusion-1 dense plasma focus research reactor in mid-October, after nearly 8 years of research and building. In the blink of an eye, this freezer-sized nuclear fusion demo machine can push more than 100 gigawatts of power through a space ...
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Advanced nuclear fuel sets global performance recordThe fuel pellets contain a kernel of enriched uranium surrounded by carbon and carbide layers that act as a containment boundry for the radioactive material. Idaho National Laboratory scientists have set a new world record with next-generation particle fuel for use in high temperature gas ...
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Thinking solar for your home? Armageddon it | DVICEFour-leaf clovers might bring you luck, but Armageddon Energy's three-leafed SolarClover solar panels promise something more concrete — cheap, green energy. Using standard silicon solar cells embedded in a Teflon medium, each three-panel unit generates about 400 watts. By comparison, a typical ...
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Climate Change About National Security, Not Just Hugging Trees -- Sphere News, Opinion and AnalysisThe United States is in "a defensive crouch" on climate change that threatens its national security and must go on the offense by signing an agreement to combat global warming at an international conference in Copenhagen next month, reporters were told here. "Climate change would act as a ...
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1Climate Change About National Security, Not Just Hugging Trees -- Sphere News, Opinion and AnalysisDUH! Mainly Repbulicans (but also many Democrats) serving their corporate energy company masters have for years "buried their heads in the sand" about this. If we had reduced or eliminated our dependence on foreign oil as Jimmy Carter urged and attempted to implement (torpedoed by the Saudi's ...JDP added 9 days ago
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1Ecosmackdown: Pets Versus Solar PanelsNow if we can just figure out how to get solar panels to purr, roll over, and fetch the newspaper ...JDP added 2 weeks ago
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1Asia Challenges the U.S. for Green Tech Supremacy - Yahoo! NewsWill the Republican "NO" machine ensure that the USA falls behind the rest of the world in the most important technology race of this new century ... in order to protect their special interest masters (the current crop of energy companies)?JDP added 4 months ago
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1Indian students design an air-powered motorcycleOf course, something must produce the electricity for the compressed air. However, current gas stations typically have compressors (whether strong enough for this application, unknown). And how far does it go without a "fill up". Note that in many Indian cities, 18km/h won't be a problem due ...JDP added 6 months ago
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1Donut shaped modification makes wind generators more efficient » Coolest GadgetsMore green jobs to retrofit current wind turbines!?JDP added 6 months ago
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