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After decades of terrible pollution, a dirty coal plant turns into a solar farm
We will see this kind of news more and more. Last week the Danish state energy company announced it was divesting its oil and gas assets to invest in wind energy. Now, at the site where a polluting coal-fired power plant was closed in 2014, ground was broken on a 5.76-megawatt solar array—enough Read More...
U.S. is exploring burning trash to generate electricity
Burning waste to generate energy is a common practice in European countries. In the U.S, with its vast amounts of land space, the process is not very familiar as most waste—if it’s not recycled—goes into landfills. However, landfills are at odds with the protection of the environment and Read More...
The Second Law of Thermodynamics may not work always, and that’s important
This is not easy, but it is important. According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics entropy in the universe must always increase. That is: A fried egg will never become an egg again and free energy or perpetual motion is impossible. And, yet, we live in an endless universe where energy Read More...
Santa Monica, as first city in the world, requires net-zero new homes from 2017
It’s not easy to understand why city governments don't already require that all new commercial buildings need to have solar panels on their roofs. That seems a simple measure that will generate a lot of clean, renewable energy. Ideally, such a measure would apply to all new buildings including Read More...
Bringing wind energy at the price of an iPhone to the poor in developing world
When it comes to bringing electricity to the poor in the developing world, solar panels lead. But there are places where solar doesn’t work so well and where there’s abundant wind. However, wind energy requires expensive turbines that poor people cannot afford. Arun and Anoop George from Kerala Read More...
The population problem: Not as bad as you might think
First the good news: great progress has already been made! It turns out women around the world are on board with zero population growth! It turns out zero population growth is not all that difficult or expensive to achieve! The bad news: the people with wealth and power in the world are largely Read More...
A popular Japanese chain where diners eat in silent meditation comes to U.S.
If you were eating at an Ichiran restaurant right now, you wouldn’t be reading this article. You also wouldn’t be chatting with a companion or multitasking. What you’d do is slurp noodles in solitude at a solo booth. The chain of minimalist ramen shops that impose a Zen approach on diners is Read More...
Acupuncture lowers hypertension by activating opioids, study finds
Science News from research organizations Date: Source: University of California, Irvine Summary: Regular electroacupunture treatment can lower hypertension by increasing the release of a kind of opioid in the brainstem region that controls blood pressure, investigators have found. Share: FULL STORY Read More...
Why electric cars excite the world’s biggest mining company
BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest miner, is hot for electric vehicles. The Melbourne-based resources giant, which mines metals and coal used for both steelmaking and fueling power plants, is increasingly optimistic that there’ll be a surge in demand for some of its products as Read More...
Five reasons why you should stop worrying and go vegan
With the news that more than 540,000 people – more than 1 per cent of the population – now follow a vegan diet, 2016 has become the Year of the Vegan. But if you’re yet to be convinced, here are five compelling reasons to ditch animal products for good. There’s nothing like Read More...