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Smartest smart meter: The gasoline pump?
Americans do many things well. These things do not include sacrifice of creature comforts. So it came as a surprise to see US Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash) suggest we can avert 20% of our energy use if we take short “military showers” over 20 weeks. Who the heck is going to do that? We already know from Jimmy Carter-era energy policies that lecturing Americans does not result in sustained conservation. So what’s Baird getting at? A clinical psychologist, he is among a growing group looking ... |
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Plan B 4.0 by the numbers - data highlights on solar energy
Concerns about global warming, rising fossil fuel prices, and oil insecurity have prompted calls for a new energy economy, one that replaces fossil fuels with renewables. The sun is an enormous reservoir of energy; in fact, the sunlight reaching Earth in just one hour is enough to power the global economy for a whole year. Harnessing some of this energy is an essential component of Earth Policy Institute`s carbon cutting plan, as presented in Chapter 5 of Plan B 4.0. Here are some highlights from ... |
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TREE facilitates know-how transfer and capacity building ...
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2010 Deep Research Report on Global and China CIGS Thin Film Solar Cell Industry
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