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Power Efficiency and Smart Grids the Only Step Forward
Smart grids have the potential to reduce our energy needs and reduce emissions and, indeed, could be the only way forward.
For years, we've talked...
TransCanada Pipeline Explodes, How Safe Will Keystone XL Be?
TransCanada Corporation runs a number of oil and natural gas pipelines in North America, and is pushing to install the Keystone XL oil pipeline...
Tesla Motors Could Open Production Line in China
Tesla Motors, like any business, needs markets in which to sell its product, but if those markets are too far away, it could generate...
First Coast-to-Coast, Free Road Trip in a Tesla Model S Ended Successfully
A pioneering father/daughter team just finished a New York-to-Los Angeles trip in a Tesla Model S on January 25, and logged close to 3,600...
New Catalytic Converter Increases Fuel Efficiency and Drops Tailpipe Pollution
One of the most important components in a vehicle for controlling exhaust emission is the catalytic converter. Even though this is common knowledge, there...
Everything from Smart Grids to Electric Vehicles Improved by Self-Powered Sensors
In everything from electric vehicles to smart grids, including your laptop, smartphone, television, and house, sensors keep track of changing conditions, but they have...
Climate Change Will Drive Up Food Prices
The agricultural industry is notoriously slow to react to changing conditions, which leads some researchers to believe that climate change will inevitably lead to...
Research Says Electric Vehicles Don’t Reduce Emissions?
Fuzzy math is hard at work in North Carolina State University, specifically the engineering department, which released the results of a study that basically...
$70 Thermostat proves the power of open-source technology
Although every big corporation and patent troll would tell you otherwise, the open source model is one of the surest paths to technological innovation and progress....
Is Pope Francis an Environmentalist?
Pope Francis gave us all a big clue when he chose to name himself after Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and...
