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Posted: Wed Nov 26th, 2008 08:51 pm

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Posted: Fri Nov 28th, 2008 11:58 am

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http://gas2.org/2008/11/25/silicon-could-give-lithium-ion-batteries-10x-more-capacity/

But, as published in the current issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie International (1), a team of scientists from South Korea has discovered a way to bulk produce these nano-silicon sponges so that they can withstand repeated charging and discharging cycles. Not only does this new material have a much higher charge capacity, the nature of its nano-structure allows for rapid charging and discharging.

The storage capacity of current generation lithium ion batteries remains a bottleneck for the widespread adoption of electric cars due to a perceived limited driving range. Although we could argue whether a 100-130 mile range really is that much of a limitation or not, perhaps the better solution is to be able to ignore that argument altogether by increasing battery capacity.

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Posted: Wed Dec 3rd, 2008 06:59 am

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http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/03/race-for-scotlands-15-million-marine-energy-prize-begins/

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Solving our energy crisis requires serious manpower— and serious incentives. That’s why Scotland has launched the $15 million (€10 million) Saltire Prize Challenge to create commercially viable wave or tidal power.

http://www.wavepartner.eu/page_1219330357093.html

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Waves work in a constant up-and-down movement, back and forth, and the WaveReaper, a simple mechanical device, takes advantage of this in a cheap way. As we said, the wave moves up and down, while most generators, rotate around an axle, and the wave size varies a lot, and creating problems, when you want to utilize their energy content. The current technologies regarding wave energy today is very costly, which means they can't compete with other ways of making energy. The technology can also be used to save the shoreline from The North Sea, Causing havoc in northern of Europe in Great Britain.

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Posted: Thu Dec 4th, 2008 08:03 pm

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http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Valcent-Products-Inc-OTC-Bulletin-Board-VCTPF-927196.html

Glen Kertz, Valcent's President and CEO commented, "The completion of the VertiCrop plant will demonstrate, on a commercial basis, the high quality food products the technology is capable of producing. With ten to twenty times the yields of conventional field crops, while using only 5% of the water and nutrients, VertiCrop technology will provide sustainable, renewable, high density food production, sited in urban areas, insuring food supply at reasonable cost. This new commercial plant represents a key sales tool in facilitating the Company's plans to market this technology globally."

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Posted: Mon Dec 8th, 2008 09:09 am

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http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/491.html

How would like like a building material that is stronger than cement and SIX TIMES lighter?

Better yet, one of its main ingredients in the waste product of a plant that literally grows like a weed.

Well, Big Brother says you can't have it because the plant - hemp - is "dangerous to society."

Here's the reality about cement:

1. The manufacture of traditional cement is incredibly energy intensive, so much so that many cement companies seek and receive legal variances to not only burn coal, but also medical waste and used automobile tires as fuel for their kilns.

2. After oil refineries and chemical plants, cement factories are the most polluting factories in the world, spewing tons of microparticles containing toxins like arsenic and mercury into the air.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/490.html

No less an industrial and financial titan than Henry Ford demonstrated that the plant hemp could be transformed into a lightweight material stronger than steel.

The perfect material for car bodies.

Who needs steel?

Maybe the guys who owned all the iron ore and coal fields (the Rockefeller syndicate) needed steel which is why for decades this simple technological possibility has been denied to us.

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Posted: Sat Dec 13th, 2008 11:54 am

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1865974,00.html

Dickson Despommier became the guru of vertical farming because his students were bummed out. A professor of environmental health at Columbia University in New York City, Despommier teaches about parasitism, environmental disruption and other assorted happy topics. Eventually his students complained; they wanted to work on something optimistic. So the class began studying the idea of rooftop gardening for cities. They quickly discarded that approach--too small-scale--in favor of something more ambitious: a 30-story urban farm with a greenhouse on every floor. "I think vertical farming is an idea that can work in a big way," says Despommier. (See pictures of urban farming.)

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Posted: Mon Dec 15th, 2008 10:44 pm

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http://www.americanwaymag.com/tabid/2855/tabidext/4343/default.aspx

One Word: Plastics Algae

Pond scum might turn out to be the world’s best source for, well, saving the world. By Heather Millar

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Posted: Sat Dec 20th, 2008 10:45 am

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081218/sc_afp/technologyenergysolarenvironmentautoswitzerland_081218192220

The three-wheeler solar taxi, which towed a trailer packed with batteries charged by the sun, reached speeds of 90 kilometres (55 miles) per hour. It had a battery for travel in the night and in cloudy conditions.

"One of my goals was to persuade as many people as possible that renewable energy is ecological, economical and reliable," Palmer told reporters.

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Posted: Wed Dec 31st, 2008 12:15 pm

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/28/BUA914SOEM.DTL

The financial crisis has made that leap more nerve-racking than ever. Many green startups are trying to wait out the storm. If their new biofuel or high-efficiency solar cell is still a few years away from production, they can sit tight, conserve as much cash as possible and hope the banks will start lending again by the time they need to build something. They can also look for more venture capital, but even that well seems to be drying up.

"All we have to do is tread water and we'll be OK," he said. "And I'm pretty sure we'll do better than that."

Add that article above, where credit is not flowing to empower electric car production, to this:

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/545.html

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Posted: Tue Jan 6th, 2009 11:41 am

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http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/04/green-algae-bloom-process-could-stop-global-warming/

The researchers, aboard the Royal Navy’s HMS Endurance, have found that melting icebergs off the coast of Antarctica are releasing millions of tiny particles of iron into the southern Ocean, helping to create huge ‘blooms’ of algae that absorb carbon emissions. The algae then sinks to the icy depths, effectively removing CO2 from the atmosphere for hundreds of years.

According to lead researcher, Prof. Rob Raiswell of Leeds University, “The Earth itself seems to want to save us.”

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Posted: Tue Jan 6th, 2009 11:51 am

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http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/01/02/science/975algae010109.txt

Now, with the economy tanking again, another bunch of scientists is telling anyone who will listen that the region's next economic boom might be borne out of pond scum.

Algae that is -- green gold, San Diego soda.

San Diego, already home to dozens of companies involved in solar or wind energy, would be a major player in the nation's multi-trillion-dollar energy economy if a group of local researchers succeed in turning algae into a commercially viable transportation fuel, something they think they can do within a decade.

"[It] is the scientific challenge of our generation," said Stephen Mayfield, a cell biologist and associate dean at the Scripps Research Institute, referring to the need to cure America of its 200-billion-gallon-a-year oil addiction. "And algae is the answer."

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Posted: Sun Jan 11th, 2009 12:25 pm

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11electric.html?_r=1

Ford would not say what its electric car will cost. The Chevrolet Volt is expected to cost around $40,000.

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Posted: Mon Jan 12th, 2009 03:19 pm

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http://www.wired.com/cars/coolwheels/news/2009/01/insight11

The new Honda Insight hybrid promises to revolutionize the hybrid market by making gas-electric cars affordable. But the five-door hatchback with a rock-bottom price isn't the Prius killer Honda might have hoped for.

Honda isn't saying exactly what the car unveiled today at the Detroit auto show will cost when it rolls into showrooms on April 22 (Earth Day) but it will undercut the Toyota Prius by several thousand dollars. That won't be enough to knock a car that's synonymous with hybrid technology from its pedestal, but the 2010 Insight poses the first credible threat to Toyota's dominance of the hybrid market.

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http://carsguide.news.com.au/site/news-and-reviews/story/toyota_ft_ev_electric_car_beats_volt/

The tiny Toyota is bigger than a Smart city car but smaller than most other hatchbacks and can be fully recharged in a little more than seven hours.

It is due to go into production in Japan in 2012 and it could be on sale in Australia soon after.

“We are certainly looking at,” said Toyota Australia’s product planning manager Peter Evans. “It’s a fascinating vehicle. It is definitely one of our priorities for the Australian market. I think you will start to see a major shift towards these sorts of vehicles from 2012 and beyond.”

Toyota would not speculate on the retail price of its new electric car so far out from launch, but a similarly-sized petrol-powered hatchback costs about $15,000, and an electric motor and battery pack would likely add about $5000 to the cost of the car, say industry analysts, bringing the total close to $20,000.

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Posted: Fri Jan 16th, 2009 08:54 pm

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Water as fuel - old news

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http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-01-22-laventosa_N.htm?csp=34

Mexico is trying to exploit its rich wind and solar potential after relying almost exclusively on petroleum for decades. With oil production down by 9.2% in 2008, Mexico now is turning to foreign companies, mainly Spanish, to tap its renewable riches.

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http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Jose-Tesla-Suffer-Huge-Setback-Over-Plant.html

San Jose Business Times reported Thursday afternoon that the car company could not get the $100 million in venture capital it needed to build the plant.

High-level officials at the company have said they believe they will get through the financial turmoil they have seen thus far.

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Wind industry jobs jumped to 85,000 in 2008, a 70% increase from the previous year, according to a report released Tuesday from the American Wind Energy Association. In contrast, the coal industry employs about 81,000 workers. (Those figures are from a 2007 U.S. Department of Energy report but coal employment has remained steady in recent years though it’s down by nearly 50% since 1986.) Wind industry employment includes 13,000 manufacturing jobs concentrated in regions of the country hard hit by the deindustrialization of the past two decades.

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http://ecoworldly.com/2009/02/06/will-bolivia-be-ruined-improved-or-hated-because-of-electric-cars/

Most electric cars will be powered by lithium batteries, and Bolivia has more lithium than any other nation worldwide. How this development will affect Bolivia

is unknown, but will squarely place the South American country at an intriguing and crucial crossroads.

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