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Archive for May, 2008


Green Asphalt?

Researchers are looking to devise a more environmentally friendly asphalt that requires less energy to create…but will that solve the problem of having so many non-porous parking lots everywhere?

My Submission to FUH2.com

FUH2My submission to FUH2.com: A tricked out Hummer seen at the Culver City car show on May 10, 2008. There was a noticeable lack of green vehicles at the event.


Grease Bandits?

Who woulda thought: Grease is now such a hot commodity as biofuel that it is being stolen…

Grease bandits strike as biofuel demand rises

Wind Energy on the Rise

From the Associated Press: Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically

Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth.

The report, a collaboration between the Energy Department research labs and industry, concludes wind energy could generate 20 percent of the nation’s electricity by 2030, about the same share now produced by nuclear reactors.

Corn Into Ethanol…Not Good?

I’m of the mind that if we can convert sunlight into energy there should be no reason why we need to burn crops to get fuel. Some feel that the trend of using cropland for fuel will cause food shortages and more…


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