BLAST FURNACE
Heat is generated by injecting pure oxygen into a furnace. It reacts with the carbon emanating from rotting garbage in[…]
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LESS COAL, MORE CORN
Our corn and soybean production has increased. Wheat too. That’s probably thanks to declining coal power plant production of electricity.[…]
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SAVING WATER
Three percent of our nation’s energy goes to pump and treat water, so cutting back water use conserves energy and[…]
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FLYING HIGH
Delta is committing $1bn to mitigate all its greenhouse gas emissions over the next 10 years. BP plans to reduce[…]
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EXPANDING ENERGY
Global renewable electricity supplies are growing faster than expected, possibly expanding by 50% within a few years, powered by a[…]
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THE POWER OF WATER
Hydropower is usually created by damming rivers and installing turbines inside the dams which can damage fish and the river[…]
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HERE COMES THE SUN
Photograph: FLPA/Mike Powles/Rex/Shutterstock Global supplies of renewable electricity could expand by 50% in the next five years, powered by a[…]
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PIE IN THE SKY?
Credit: © abriendomundo/Adobe Stock A specially designed photovoltaic cell could generate up to 50 watts of power per square meter[…]
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THE POWER OF WATER
Credit: © Guy Sagi / Adobe Stock It seems that a drop of of water released from a height of[…]
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SMARTFLOWER
Similar to real flowers, this self-contained solar system unfolds its petal-panels at sunrise, directs them toward the sun and produces[…]
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