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Clean Air Killing Rainforests

Yes folk, clean air is taking its toll on the Amazon rainforest. At least according to a study done by UK and Brazilian climate scientists presented in the journal Nature. The new study proclaims that there is a link between reducing sulphur dioxide emissions from burning coal and increasing sea surface temperatures in the tropical […]

How many gallons of water do you need to power a lightbulb?

Sounds like a mediocre Scientific Method, science project for a grade schooler doesn’t it? Well…I know you realize that there was probably a purpose to this question that had something to do with energy. It did.
According to the study: it takes between 3,000 gallons and 6,000 gallons of water to power a 60-watt incandescent bulb […]

Sugar Powered Hydrogen Cars

Sugar gets us rolling, why not cars?
Chemists are describing development of a “revolutionary” process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen, which could be used to cheaply and efficiently power vehicles equipped with hydrogen fuel cells without producing any pollutants.
The method is being described as the most efficient method for creating hydrogen ever introduced. Of […]

SF Mayor on Green Tech

San Frisco is a city that on being one of America’s Greenest cities coming in at #2 in CNET’s recent study. Mayor Gavin Newson recently answered questions about his plans for the city that include being carbon-neutral by 2020 by retooling laws and taxes related to energy, transportation, buildings, wildlife, waste, and environmental justice in […]

Lake Mead Drying Up?

Today I realized that there is a serious lack of actual science articles here. Now I understand that space/astronomy is considered science, but at the same time there are many other fields out there and a lot of interesting articles that I read that need comment from time to time. Not sure if this subject […]

Space Magnetism May Hold Secret to Fusion Power

The never-ending search for alternative fuel sources for our planet that has not only a future of shortages, but fuels that are contributing to problems in our atmosphere may have some solutions in space.
New discoveries about magnetic field lines and the first-ever direct observation of their reconnection in space are offering hope that scientists […]

New Method to Convert Organic Matter to Hydrogen Fuel

Hydrogen may now be closer to an everyday fuel source than most of us had originally thought. With new research it is being said that it may be possible to convert cellulose and other biodegradable organic materials directly into hydrogen. Researchers used naturally occurring bacteria in a microbial electrolysis cell with acetic acid — the […]

The Solar Decathlon

I don’t usually post many of these articles, but this one is pretty interesting to me. Every other year the U.S. Department of Energy and various sponsors put on what is called a Solar Decathlon. This year it is sponsored by an energy leader in BP, so it is being called the BP Solar Decathlon.
What […]

Soybeans in your gas tank

So what do you put into your gas tank? Obviously it is some sort of fossil fuel that is pulled out of the ground as a derivative of petroleum, but what about soy beans? More technical bio-diesal. Instead of being derived from petroleum, biodiesal is a processed fuel that comes from biological materials such as […]

Breaking the mold in solar power

This is interesting news. I know I am certainly going to check into this since I would love nothing more than to have solar panels on my next home. Depending on what these costs actually are it sounds like it may be a better option. The cost compared to financing these things has to be […]