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Biofuels: better for charging batteries than making ethanol
arstechnica.com via @HomeRecycler &bull May 7, 2009; rel=shorturl Content-type: text/html Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 21:00:29 GMT Server: lighttpd/1.4.20 Full Story »
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Cumulative carbon and the problem of climate change
arstechnica.com via @kevinmcbride &bull May 4, 2009; rel=shorturl Content-type: text/html Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 12:06:34 GMT Server: lighttpd/1.4.20 Full Story »
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Water used for corn ethanol shows potential for waste
arstechnica.com via @Bitum &bull Apr 15, 2009; rel=shorturl Content-type: text/html Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:05:52 GMT Server: lighttpd/1.4.20 Full Story »
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Report: cyberwarriors probing US electrical grid
arstechnica.com via @jwestphoto &bull Apr 9, 2009Security officials from both past and current US administrations have owned up to the detection of foreign intrusions into our electrical and water infrastructures, but insist there's been no evidence that an attack has been attempted. The size of the… Full Story »
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Study: too late to turn back the clock on climate change
arstechnica.com via @nerdnews &bull Jan 28, 2009A new study in PNAS examines the impact of climate change over the long term, and finds that we're locked into sea level rises and droughts for the next thousand years as a result of past greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story »
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Slotz Racer for iPhone: Fun with little electric cars
arstechnica.com via @ArsInfiniteLoop &bull Jan 22, 2009Freeverse and Strange Flavour, the guys behind Flick Fishing, have re-teamed to bring iPhone users SlotZ Racer. It is, as the name suggests, a slot racing game. You race your little electric car around a slot track, applying the electricity… Full Story »
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Intel toys with running a datacenter on solar power
arstechnica.com via @ars2tw &bull Jan 21, 2009Intel has been a bit ahead of the curve when it comes to energy conservation efforts, as it has devoted a few million dollars of its annual budget to efficiency efforts for a number of years, and gotten an excellent… Full Story »
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Forestle eco-friendly search engine returns via Yahoo
arstechnica.com via @ars2tw &bull Jan 21, 2009It ain't easy being green—or at least a green search engine. Forestle.org debuted last year with a simple business model to raise donations for The Nature Conservancy, only to have Google pull its partnership plug just four days later. Now… Full Story »
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Electrodes flex for artificial muscles and consumer electronics
arstechnica.com via @haripakorss &bull Jan 15, 2009The inherent problem with producing flexible electronics is that you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Superior electrical properties are provided by semiconductors and metals, neither of which has been known for its flexibility, while polymers are willing… Full Story »
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Full of powerful wind? Bury it in the ground for later
arstechnica.com via @stewartwills &bull Dec 24, 2008A not-so-new notion is gaining traction for storing power generated at nonpeak times: compress regular air into underground chambers, then retrieve it later to spin turbines. Full Story »
