Alternative Energy
Evan Bayh Hates The Environment
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Democratic Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana votes against the National Renewable Energy Standard that even some Republicans support
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Understanding Smart Grids
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Jesse Berst, managing director of Global Smart Energy gives a 3 minute introduction of the components of Smart Energy Grid technology at the Green: Net '09 Conference in San Francisco
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Coal Plants? We Don't Need no Stinkin' Coal Plants
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A government report released in March states that the dozens of coal plants on the drawing board for construction in the US are unnecessary to meet our future energy needs
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Saving the Planet with a Laptop and a Hammer
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I believe I swing a pretty mean hammer. Just talking with author James Glave about his book, Almost Green: How I saved 1/6th of a Billionth of the Planet, inspired me to go out to the tool shed and polish up my 20 oz., curved-claw Estwing. I missed it, and I missed the smell of pine sawdust. Glave made me realize something else I had missed through all my years of construction: Everything I had built for the last 20 years, I had built wrong; I had not considered my planet.
Read more »Students At MIT Create Electricity Generating Shock Absorbers
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By capturing the energy created by bumps and thumps in the road, MIT students have developed a replacement for shock absorbers that actually create electricity to power a vehicle's onboard systems.
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Renewable Energy World Conference, Las Vegas
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The 6th Renewable Energy World Conference will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 10th to the 12th. (Video)
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United States Making Significant Progress Towards Alternative Power
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The U.S. has taken the lead from Germany and become the world's largest wind power producer at 25 gigawatts, and is on pace to becoming the largest solar producer as well
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Taking Action To Get Green
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Power Shift is calling for action to force Congress to take serious action on renewable energy and climate change, assembling activists in DC with a show of support on February 27 through March 2nd
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Dumpster Power
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A company has packaged a trash gasification converter into a dumpster sized power plant, allowing you to turn solid waste into electricity to power your office or mebe a Death Star. Did something just move past my leg?
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Google Does The Numbers, US Could Be Coal and Oil Free by 2030
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Energy Experts hired by Google have concluded a study that shows that the United States can signigificantly reduce carbon as a source for electricity generation and nearly halve gasoline use in just over 20 years
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