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Why is Hydroelectricity So Green, and Yet Unfashionable?

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There is no end of gushing about China’s cheap solar panels—but when was the last time you saw a paean to hydroelectricity? The manufacture of solar panels involves the environmental costs from mining, waste disposal, and carbon emissions. You would think this is about as “green” as it can get, but in 2022 that would be a mistake.

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Polymer microcapsules with liquid carbonate cores and silicone shells offer a new approach to carbon capture

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These permeable silicone beads could be a “sliced-bread” breakthrough for CO 2 capture—efficient, easy-to-handle, minimal waste, and cheap to make. Nature Communications 6, Article number: 6124 doi: 10.1038/ncomms7124. William Bourcier and Chris Spadaccini, all of LLNL; James O. Satcher Jr., Bourcier, Christopher M.

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Stanford, SLAC team cages silicon microparticles in graphene for stable, high-energy anode for Li-ion batteries

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This new method allows us to use much larger silicon particles that are one to three microns, or millionths of a meter, in diameter, which are cheap and widely available. Particles this big have never performed well in battery anodes before, so this is a very exciting new achievement, and we think it offers a practical solution. 2015.29.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL. A Battery for Heat Made from Sand Noted chemical engineer Donald Sadoway is quoted as saying: “If you want to make a dirt-cheap battery, you have to make it out of dirt.” Sand is efficient, nontoxic, portable, and cheap!”. “We There is nothing special here!”

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Stopping Infection Outbreaks with AI and Big Data

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And it was a great waste of time. I was surprised by the result, but when you think about it, whole-genome sequencing is relatively cheap. You co-wrote an editorial for an article about this vaccine in the New England Journal of Medicine. Oftentimes, I was rounding [i.e., Apparently, this is an incredibly dangerous disease.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

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HEV - The current generation of production Hybrids are 100% gas fueled vehicles with a few EV tricks like Regen Braking and no wasteful Idling. They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. PiPrius : Open Source documentation and kits.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. In general, the sponsor’s goal is to use as much cheap debt financing and as little equity as possible to complete the deal. DOE and Speed of Loan Guarantees.

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