Last night, the local news ticker noted that Catholic University in Washington, D.C. is constructing the largest solar panel capability in the district. A short while later, I ran into three friends from Catholic whom had heard the news. None were enthused. "Yeah, I...
A look at Solar Energy and whether it can live up to our expectations and provide clean energy to the masses. Solar energy and wind power are renewable energy technologies that have been lauded in the press
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By, Uwe Paschen. Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister intends to keep his electoral promises in spite of resistance on several fronts. Japan’s Democratic Party just won last August National...
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The benefits of building a solar panel into your home and "going green" are much more positive for the environment and could reduce global warming. It seems that over the last few decades the human population has been increasing faster and faster which results in the...
The solar-powered ‘dragon’ stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is the world’s first stadium which gets all its power needs from the sun.solardragon-stadium-in-kaohsiung-taiwan-1.Designed by Japanese architect Toyo on a steel-rod structure with a roof covered with solar...
As elections approach, political parties in India are promising the sky to woo voters. Populism is the flavour of the day. It is not even 'Buy 2 Get 1 free.' It is 'Buy Nothing, Spend Votes, Get Everything free', at least in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The Telugu Desam Party...
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Cost has been the main factor inhibiting large scale use of solar energy, an abundant and clean form of energy. A large portion of this cost goes for solar panels that contain photovoltaic cells necessary for converting the sun’s energy into a usable form...
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Some of Japan's top scientists recently expressed data against the popular belief that global warming is a trend caused by human influence. Going against the generally accepted western idea that human interaction and...
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By, Uwe Paschen. The Problem with partial news in Science is that We do often see article claming this find or that result and every one that is not working with in science and research, jumps up or down screaming...
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" |"A US-based company has successfully tested a revolutionary solar panel, that is expected to cut the costs of photovoltaic solar power generation by more than 50 per cent, and herald a new era of improved...
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By, Uwe Paschen. Toyotas First Solar Powered car Toyota is in spite of a Global Recession and maybe soon to be Depression, as well as its first annual loss in 70 year still investing into environmental...
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There's a brand new neighbourhood housed within Canada's borders: a solar-powered community, the first of its kind in North America. 52 homes in Okotoks, Alberta are powered by solar energy, which provides over...
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This article in New Scientist features interviews with people who've green-powered their homes by making them energy efficient and using solar, wind, hydroelectric, etc. Storage is still a problem- space and cost- but improvements are being made and things are getting...
US researchers have taken photosynthetic molecules from plants, attached them to gold sheets, and are harvesting solar power. Still in the intial stages of research." ...
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WASHINGTON – Solving world hunger has been at the top of the humanitarian agenda for decades -- even centuries, but now there are solutions evolving that could take center stage during the World Critical...
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