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We’re the New Renewables

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Because generating heat is an inescapable part of our metabolic processes, researchers have been working to turn a lightbulb moment—the idea of harnessing body heat so all that thermal energy isn’t wasted—into a practical device that yields electric power. Our bodies slough off a ton of heat too.

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Singapores A*Star Awards S$27.5M In Research Grants for Technologies for Sustainable Development

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A*STAR is also conducting research in Solar Photovoltaics, Next Generation Power Grids, Intelligent Energy Distribution, Fuel Cells, Sustainable Production of Fuels and Chemicals and Sustainable Manufacturing. The by-products of this can be used as construction or landfill materials. Carbon Capture and Utilization.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

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What excites me is the idea of cheap and accessible hardware! We would need to look to low-volume, high variability products which require quick adaptation. The elephant in the room is the application ideas, which are frankly ridiculous. Tesla would benefit a lot from collaborating with the community. BACK TO TOP ↑ ].

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ARPA-E Soliciting Second Round of Proposals; $100 Million for Advanced Energy Research Projects, with Focus on CO2-to-Liquid Fuels, Plug-in Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The objective of this topic is to develop an entirely new paradigm for the production of liquid fuels that could overcome the challenges associated with current technologies. Theoretically such an approach could be 10 times more efficient than current photosynthetic-biomass approaches to liquid fuel production.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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People actually love the idea of a bicycle that does not need pedalling. Digg Facebook Reddit more… Print Reprints & permissions Related Items From The Economist Two-wheelers take over Nov 13th 2008 Bicycle production Sep 22nd 2008 Electric bikes in China Aug 13th 2008 More. Exchange ideas in the boardroom.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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Neil Adger and Jon Barnett lay out four “reasons for concern about adaptation” to climate change, to counter “what we perceive to be a widespread belief that adaptation will be smooth, cheap, and easy to implement.”. Tags: Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation Policy. Required rates of decarbonization with the potential to.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

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utilizing these ideas and instructions in an attempting to enhance national security, reduce gas consumption, vehicle "emissions", your carbon footprint, or smog, you do so at your own risk & peril. Its a coalition between the Tree-Huggers, Do-Gooders, Sod-Busters, Cheap Hawks, and the Evangelicals". Tags: ev evdriven.

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