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• Advantages of Biomass - Carbon Neutral Energy Generation

  
  EbioAnt — Authority: 144
  By David M Phillips A review of alternative energy approaches will show the significant advantages of biomass, and a key characteristic is that combustion does not add to carbon cycle in the unsustainable way that fossil fuels do. As the levels of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, continue to rise, the need ...
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• World’s Biggest Green Sweepstakes

  
  Life within me — Authority: 139
  The climate crisis is upon us with a new sense of urgency, as WE ADD UP launches the ‘World’s Biggest Green Sweepstakes,’ geared to create awareness and action for climate change. With the recent passing of the American Clean Energy and Security Act by the House of Representatives and international climate talks ...
  17 hours ago

• Bihar’s per capita energy consumption lowest: Report

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) Bihar’s per capita energy consumption is the lowest in the country and the government’s rural electrification campaign is a “failure”, according to a report by the Greenpeace India Society.“Bihar’s per capita energy consumption, at 75 kWh (kilowatt per hour), is the lowest in India and ...
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• US Team Sets Uranium Fuel Energy Release Record

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 422
  Idaho National Laboratory (INL) scientists are working with Babcock and Wilcox Inc., General Atomics, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to establish standards and procedures for the manufacture of commercial-scale new uranium fuels.  The team has set a new world record with next-generation particle fuel (aka fuel ...
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• Progress On the Path to Harvesting Heat

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 422
  Starting from scratch, without trying to improve existing technology MIT’s Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Peter Hagelstein and graduate student Dennis Wu aimed to find how close realistic technology could come to achieving the theoretical limits for the efficiency of harvesting waste heat energy. ...
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• Green Tech for a Green Fleet

  
  The Flash Point Blog — Authority: 119
  Last month, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus committed to making the US Navy a “green fleet” – by 2020, 50% of all energy consumed by the USN will be supplied by renewable energy sources. To that end the Navy will expand its use of hybrid vehicles, solar and wind, and perhaps even pave the way for [...]
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• China, energy & economy

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 137
  Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) — China may spend $700 million to help fund expansion of Costa Rica’s Refinadora Costarricense de Petroleo SA oil refinery. China is seeking to strengthen political ties with the region, Juan Lindau, a political scientist specializing in Latin America at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, said ...
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• Preparedness and Possibiilities

  
  UrbanWorkbench — Authority: 117
  The media madness and hype has whirled around the topics of peak oil and peak energy – there have been the deniers, and apparently any argument that goes against the mainstream business as usual case needs to have it’s fair share of deniers. More power to them, freedom of speech and all that. But what baffles ...
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• By Force or a Lure Will You Drive an Electric Car?

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 422
  Monday Nov. 16 saw The Electrification Coalition in Washington D.C. to persuade the government to pull the financial levers for an electric car revolution.  The coalition seeks a goal made with 75% of light duty vehicles to be electric powered by 2040.  The group’s forecast is their goal would essentially end ...
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• Will You Pay Extra for Green Power?

  
  Solar Power Updates & News — Authority: 104
  Around one-fourth of the country’s utilities offer green power programs, and at present big utility companies can’t deliver 100 percent renewable power to their customers. Rather, their electricity comes from different sources such as coal plants, solar power farms, and wind farms and go through the same power ...
  3 days ago

• Conference Alert: Marines Ass Kicking on Energy Continues

  
  The DOD Energy Blog — Authority: 119
  The Jarheads are clearly on a roll re: examining and improving their operational energy posture. See recent DEB posts to this effect here and here . Now theres more, and you heard it here first (or maybe second). You know the 4W+H format by now: What: Marine Corps Expeditionary Power and Energy Symposium When: ...
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• American Agri-Women concerned about a climate change bill (AG Weekly)

  
  Newsalistic — Authority: 167
  Washington, DC – The House has recently passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), and Senate action is expected this fall. Read the original here: American Agri-Women concerned about a climate change bill (AG Weekly)
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• On the Hunt for Cheaper Algae

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 422
  A major potential from algae is they could change the energy source of fuels from the ancient fossil fuels to current account renewable fuels.  That goal has two Kansas State University engineers assessing systematic production methods that could make the costs of algae oil production more reasonable. Algae ...
  4 days ago

• Power to the People: Giving consumers more control over energy will pay off big

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 153
  Timely information is essential when you’re operating in a competitive marketplace. Information enables better, more informed decisions — whether you’re trading stocks, bonds, precious metals or soybeans.It’s no different when it comes to consumers and the services they use in their homes. Energy is by far the ...
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• Deloitte Weighs in on Current DOD Energy Situation

  
  The DOD Energy Blog — Authority: 119
  Ollie F, and now Karen A have made it plain: this Deloitte energy security report needs its 15 minutes of DOD Energy Blog fame and it needs it now. I dont want to steal its thunder, but to help you better prioritize your time, here are some of its main focal points: Rising Energy Use in Warfare Global Oil Supply ...
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• U.S. Army’s New Research Center Puts Fossil Fuels on Notice

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 616
  If we need just one more reason to be convinced that the era of fossil fuels is quickly winding down, 30,000 square feet of evidence is going up right now in the suburban Detroit town of Warren, Michigan. That’s where the U.S. Army is building its new Ground System Power and Energy Laboratory (GSPEL), and ...
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• Peak oil & the energy crisis

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 137
  More on oil and Wednesday-night.com Oil Notes For several years, Wednesday Nights have witnessed often passionate discussions on the validity of M. King Hubbert’s prediction of the early depletion of ( easily accessible - ‘cheap’ ) fossil fuels. With current rising oil prices, Hubbert’s Peak has ...
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• India, Iran to combat terror in region, discuss pipeline (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Iran Monday renewed its invitation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Tehran as the two sides decided to scale up their counter-terror cooperation and give a push to the stalled tri-nation pipeline that also involves Pakistan.External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna held delegation-level ...
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• Going Nuclear

  
  Stephen Kinsella — Authority: 133
  I’m getting a lot of email about this today, so to save time, here are some of the points I made on Today FM’s Sunday Business Show . Before reading my points below, please read this , this , and maybe even buy this . Image via Wikipedia 0. The problem is a complex interplay of the existence ...
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• Genome Sequenced for Ethanol Producing Yeasts

  
  New Energy and Fuel — Authority: 422
  Scientists from Duke University with colleagues from Brazil led by Lucas Argueso have analyzed the genome structures of bioethanol-producing microorganisms , uncovering genetic clues that will be critical in developing new technologies needed to implement production on a global scale. Researchers at Stanford ...
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