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  • Energy sources and conservation

    03/17/2011 10:02:00 AM PDT · by renewableenergy2 · 20 replies
    Energy Savers 2 | 03/17/2011 | YJ Draiman, Director of Utilities & Sustainability
    Energy sources and conservation Our energy sources should not be limited to PV/Solar. It should be a combination of PV/Wind and many instances Geothermal.
  • A European approach to nuclear power, safety and security (Europeans finally waking up?)

    01/11/2007 11:03:59 PM PST · by WesternCulture · 11 replies · 682+ views
    www.europa.eu ^ | 01/10/2007 | European Commission
    The EU disposes of 154 nuclear reactors altogether. The US has 104, Japan 55 ones. This more or less goes hand in hand with the respective populations (in neither case a number of reactors very far from one for every 3 million inhabitants). Is 154 reactors enough for 496,000,000 Europeans? More and more EU citizens are beginning to think it's NOT. The biggest non-EU European country, Russia apparently want more nuclear power too. Russia are presently more than DOUBLING their number of reactors, going from 29 to 59 ones. This is being accomplished with giant loans from the EU. The...
  • Cheap Hydrogen Fuel: GE says its new machine could make the hydrogen economy affordable ...

    03/09/2006 7:45:38 AM PST · by aculeus · 312 replies · 4,427+ views
    Technology Review ^ | March 9, 2006 | By David Talbot
    GE says its new machine could make the hydrogen economy affordable, by slashing the cost of water-splitting technology. Among the many daunting challenges to replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen is how to make hydrogen cheaply in ways that don't pollute the environment. Splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity from energy sources such as wind turbines is one possibility -- but it's still far too expensive to be widely practical. Now researchers at GE say they've come up with a less expensive, easy-to-manufacture apparatus that can directly produce hydrogen via electrolysis for about $3 per kilogram -- a...
  • The Nuclear Power Option

    05/04/2005 4:44:49 AM PDT · by ricks_place · 91 replies · 1,146+ views
    New York Times ^ | 5/4/05 | Editors
    n his sketchy speech on energy policy last week, President Bush placed a high priority on nuclear energy, which he described as "one of the safest, cleanest sources of power in the world." The president had good reason to suggest an important role for this much-feared energy source. The price of natural gas ... has risen sharply...global warming may dwarf any environmental risk posed by nuclear power. It is therefore critical to keep nuclear power as part of the nation's energy mix. But Mr. Bush will have to address some crucial concerns before the public will follow him down the...