The website wattzon.org hosts
a rich set of graphed statistics about energy that should be required
reading. First off, the site points out the amount of energy the average
American uses... [more]
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Susan Hockfield, Washington Post
Reimagining
Energy
San Francisco Chronicle
Think
globally, power up locally
Wall Street Journal
Mighty
Wind: How Long Will Economics Work in Favor of Clean Energy?
Wired
Home-Brewed
Biodiesel Goes Prime-Time
Wired
Algal
Jet Fuel One Big Step Closer to Reality
AP
Could
Stinkweed Ease Energy Crunch?
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RESEARCH
 Send
gasoline or diesel fuel through a strong electric field just before
it goes into a fuel injector and you can boost a vehicle's fuel efficiency
by about 20 percent. [more]
RESEARCH
Mix the right metals into watered-down sugars from grasses, wood and
agricultural waste and you get an organic oil. Mix other catalysts
into the oil and you get gasoline, diesel or jet fuel. [more]
RESEARCH
Knock the right genes out of a certain heat-loving bacteria and you
can get it to ferment biomass into ethanol and only ethanol. [more]
RESEARCH
Modify a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon with the right molecules and
you have the makings of an efficient way to store lots of electricity.
[more]
RESEARCH
Form molecule-size pillars on one-atom thick sheets of carbon, load
the material with lithium, and you have a good way to store hydrogen
at room temperature, at least in theory. [more]
FUNDING
The US Department of Energy has awarded seven companies and six universities
up to $35 million over four years to develop heat storage technologies
for concentrating solar power systems. [more]
FUNDING
Entice thousands of people to propose crazy ideas for solving the
energy and environmental crises and you just might spark a breakthrough
or two. [more]
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September 22/29, 2008
Perspective
More work and effort is needed
to communicate what is a complex field -- this is vital if governments
are to be motivated by informed public opinion to make some of the
hard decisions we are facing in meeting our growing energy demand
in a sustainable way.
- Nigel
Brandon, ICL
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