Commentary
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Apr 12, 2012 |
Solar energy can be the source of many benefits for India and the environment. Solar energy has the potential to re-energize India's economy by creating millions of new jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce the trade deficit and propel India forward as a "Green Nation." Solar Energy offers too many benefits for India to ignore or delay its development. -
Apr 05, 2012 |
Although primary energy sources are different world over, world's production and use of energy over the past 15 years have shown striking changes. The World relied heavily on oil for many energy applications including electricity production in the pre-1973 era. -
Apr 03, 2012 |
Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week. -
Mar 15, 2012 |
The ongoing global fiscal situation may require national governments in Greece, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Portugal and even Poland to reduce national expenditures. Some of these governments may face the prospect of wary investors declining to buy their government bonds. -
Mar 06, 2012 |
Challenges create opportunities. The world has experienced numerous energy challenges in the past 40 years. Many new technologies have been developed in response to these challenges. -
Feb 21, 2012 |
Food waste is an untapped energy source which mostly ends up rotting in landfills thereby releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Food waste is difficult to treat or recycle since it contains high levels of sodium salt and moisture, and is mixed with other waste during collection. -
Jan 19, 2012 |
Many meteorologists have blamed water vapor and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for warming the earth. Below is an excerpt from a paper1 written by meteorologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "Water vapor plays the central role in the atmospheric branch of the global hydrologic cycle -
Jan 17, 2012 |
We've seen the movie and we know the outcome. The unsinkable Titanic hits the iceberg and two-thirds of the ships passengers and crew were lost. What if the captain had ample warning of the danger that lay ahead? The history of that fateful event would be altered forever. Today the ship is much bigger -- what visionary designer Buckminster Fuller called Spaceship Earth with the rider that "we are all crewmembers, not just passengers." -
Dec 07, 2011 |
Canadian engineer Louis Michaud of Vortex Engine has undertaken much research into producing artificial tornadoes that may drive wind turbines. Michaud based his research on the occurrence of natural tornadoes, cyclones and the counterpart, waterspouts that occur over water.
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Oct 27, 2011 |
While the call for reduced dependence on coal-fired power plants and nuclear reactors to fuel the U.S. electricity grid is not a new concept, it is one that continues to grow louder. Renewable energy is the alternative generation source preferred by many, but non-hydro renewables made up less than five percent of the fuel mix in 2010, despite net generation from renewable sources more than doubling over the last decade.
