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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Where countries stand on CopenhagenThere are just over four weeks to go before the Copenhagen conference intended to agree a new international framework for controlling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The final round of preparatory talks in Barcelona has revealed deep divisions between some of the key participants. Use this table ...
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Technosphere: eco-friendly Earth in miniature proposed for DubaiThe carbon-neutral Technosphere would house office and residential space as well as a hotel and public areas that enable it to function as a tourist attraction. Water would be recycled within the building and solar power used to supplement energy needs. Carefully positioned sky gardens provide ...
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Green Wavelength unveils bumblebee inspired wind turbineVertical axis windmills have been with us in one form or another for more than 1000 years. Designs have undergone constant improvement (including more examples of biomimicry using the whale as inspiration), but the efficiency of current wind turbines peaks at around 30%. To be fair, Betz's law, ...
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Ecosmackdown: Pets Versus Solar PanelsIt takes 17 times more land to feed American pets than would be required by solar farms producing enough electricity to meet all the demand in the United States. Why do we know this? A new book by Robert and Brenda Vale, two architects at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, ...
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3Ecosmackdown: 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 5 days ago
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3Asia 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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3Indian 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 5 months ago
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3Donut 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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3Ethanol vs. electricity - Cosmic Log - msnbc.comSo, it appears that the major reason to prefer ethanol is short term - in that we might be able to leverage it quicker for SOME reduction in CO2 and dependence on foreign oil.JDP added 6 months ago
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