| 2/20/2010 | America’s Wind Energy Potential Triples in New Estimate - by Alexis Madrigal - Source: Wired News
Current wind technology deployed in non-environmentally protected areas could generate 37,000,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year.
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| 10/17/2009 | Ethanol Refinery Turns Wood Chips Into Fuel - by JAson Paur - Source: Wired News
Trash may be one fuel of the future. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 6/5/2009 | Permaculture Teacher Training, August 9-15, 2009 - by Jude Hobbs - Source: Zenzibar Alternative Culture
Learn how to teach Permaculture in a variety of settings. Posted by Denise-Christine
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| 3/31/2009 | British Steam Car Loses Steam But Keeps Going - by Tony Borroz - Source: Wired News
When you build a 3-ton car powered by steam, make sure your water filter works. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 3/3/2009 | 5 Huge Green-Tech Projects in the Developing World - by Alexis Madrigal - Source: Wired News
Any solution to global climate change will eventually have to involve the whole globe, not just the richest countries. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 2/25/2009 | Americans Don't Get No Super-Clean Volvo Diesel - by Keith Barry - Source: Wired News
The C30 offers a hybrid-like 60.3 mpg but, given America's aversion to diesels, few automakers are willing to sell them here. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 2/11/2009 | Biggest Solar Deal Ever Announced — We're Talking Gigawatts - by Alexis Madrigal - Source: Wired News
The largest series of solar installations in history, more than 1,300 megawatts, is planned for the desert outside Los Angeles. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 2/9/2009 | Can Crazy Techno Schemes Actually Save Us from Climate Change? - by Gwen Schantz - Source: AlterNet
From blocking out the sun with 'space shields' to fertilizing the oceans with carbon-consuming algae, will the magic of science save us? Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 1/15/2009 | Team Steam Chugs Toward 170 mph - by Tony Borroz - Source: Wired News
A British team wants to break a hundred year old land speed record for a steam-powered vehicle. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 1/10/2009 | International Energy Agency 'Blocking Global Switch to Renewables' - by David Adam - Source: Common Dreams
Agency accused of consistently underestimating potential of wind, solar and sea power while promoting oil, coal and nuclear as 'irreplaceable' technologies. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 12/4/2008 | Saltwater Crops May Be Key To Solving Earth's Land Crunch - by Alexis Madrigal - Source: Wired News
Saltwater-loving plants could open up half a million square miles of previously unusable territory for energy crops. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 11/15/2008 | Air New Zealand Schedules First Commercial Biofuel Flight - by Nick Chambers - Source: Gas2.0
Air New Zealand will be the first commercial airline to power one of its jets with a second generation non-food biofuel made from the Jatropha plant. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 11/6/2008 | Eco-Friendly AirPods Get Airport Test - by Jason Sattler - Source: Wired News
A former aeronautics engineer with the idea of building cars that run on compressed air has convinced a European airline to use his 'AirPods.' Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 8/6/2008 | 10 Green Concept Cars That Are Waaaaay Out There - by Chuck Squatriglia - Source: Wired News
The students at Royal College of Art designed cars that run on things like electricity and algal fuel. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 7/28/2008 | Alien contact covered up, says Apollo veteran Edgar Mitchell - by - - Source: Daily Telegraph
Former NASA astronaut and moonwalker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens do exist. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 7/4/2008 | Laugh at High Gas Prices With a 282-MPG VW - by Chuck Squatriglia - Source: Wired News
Volkswagen is bringing new meaning to the term 'fuel efficiency' with a bullet-shaped microcar. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 6/18/2008 | Toyota Jumps in the Fuel Cell Race - by Roddy Scheer - Source: E Magazine
Not to be outdone by rival Honda, Toyota last week announced it, too, will begin leasing a new hydrogen-powered, emissions-free fuel cell car. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 5/12/2008 | Wind Could Power 20 Percent of US Grid by 2030 - by Alexis Madrigal - Source: Wired News
A new report from the Department of Energy claims that wind turbines could generate 300 gigawatts by 2030. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 4/30/2008 | Thinking Electric - by Roddy Scheer - Source: E Magazine
Make way for a new entrant in the greenest car on the road contest. The two-seater revs up to about 65 miles per hour and is 95 percent recyclable. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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| 4/6/2008 | Top 5 Recreational Drug Experiments - by Aaron Rowe - Source: Wired News
Recreational drugs are a ridiculously fun topic for scientific research. Posted by Zenzibar Alternative Culture
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