Have you ever been driving in rush hour and wished you could just zone out and read a book during your trip instead of stressing about the traffic? Well, the EU is testing a way to make that possible while cutting fuel consumption at the same time. The idea is that eight vehicles would travel as one “train,” linked by wireless sensors. It’s believed that
Imagine a building designed with the
Eco Factor: Replacing silicon with pyrite for cheaper solar energy.
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Switzerland-based NLV solar are of the opinion that the solar panel industry needs to think of newer materials that could lower the cost of panels considerably. Replacing conventionally used silicon, with cheaper materials like pyrite would make solar panels much thinner and cheaper.
Photo: Device measuring outgassing of nitrogen from desert soil (Cornell University)
You may have heard of nitrogen being lost through processes such as soil erosion, but according to a new study from Cornell University, warming climates are also causing soils to lose
Back in September
Continuing our week of water themed posts, we’ve had an email from Chris:
Being a good green hippy, I’ve got two waterbutts in my garden, which I use to collect water for my garden. But now it’s winter my garden
Situated in an defunct arms manufacturing facility in
More than $300 million in funding for research and development of geothermal energy has been announced by U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu. This now pushes Google.org into second place behind the government in domestic geothermal R & D funding.
The projects funded by this program address a
Eco Factor: Storing solar energy in the form of hydrogen for fuel cells.
The current technology might have enabled us to install a solar plant right on our rooftops, but all that energy is of no use if there isn’t enough storage medium available. Currently most PV plants use batteries as a storage medium, which not only is an expensive way but the low-energy density of batteries makes them impractical for normal use.
Photo via First Strung
A new report from the Friends of the Earth says that cap and trade systems