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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. When you ask people about cleaner energy, they think of electricity,” says Tommi Eronen, CEO of Polar Night Energy. There is nothing special here!”

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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

Green Car Congress

Wind, solar and biofuels are expected to be the fastest-growing energy sources, increasing about 6% a year on average through 2040, when they will be approaching 4% of global energy demand. The Outlook for Energy identifies a significant evolution in the trade of oil and other liquids. —Outlook.

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National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

Green Car Congress

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. of the estimated total.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Smart Grid City will easily support up to 1,000 easily dispatched distributed generation technologies including PHEVs, distributed batteries, solar and wind. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. You also repeat the "peak oil" argument that Ive been reading since the 60s. We have oil! Think Bakken and Alberta sands.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

Scout out some furniture in the house or on a marketplace that needs some TLC, give it a sand down, change the handles, try painting it a different colour, or maybe even multi coloured! Remove single use plastic products from your cleaning routine and swap to to a cleaner way of cleaning with Ocean Saver Products.

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