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The Breakthrough Institute has a knack for summing things up succinctly The reason Obama’s plan for economic renewal through clean energy came up empty cannot be blamed on Republicans and global-warming deniers. In truth, the president’s strategy was flawed from the start. Cap-and-trade would not have birthed a domestic clean-energy economy — indeed, it wasn’t [...] Geothermal plant Wired profiles ten companies doing amazing, positive things, creating our new energy future. The innovations include plants that turn themselves into sugar, speeding the process to create biofuel; high altitude kites that produce electricity from the jet stream, superconductor electricity lines that carry more and waste less, and new ways to harness [...] Missourians gather at State Capitol to promote energy efficiency. Photo by Jason Hughes All over America, the news is spreading that long-term investment in our national infrastructure, is — amazingly — a good idea. I guess people start to wake up when bridges start to fail, schools fall apart, etc; the writing’s on the [...] The Army is researching hybrid and fuel cells for vehicles as well as better battery systems. They understand that energy security means creating your own energy. The Army is well aware of its potential for pulling the entire civilian market into a more sustainable future in which oil and other fossil fuels follow national defense [...] “I want to apply rather stringent criteria to the investments,” said Soros in an e-mailed message. “They should be profitable but should also actually make a contribution to solving the problem.” Welcome news indeed. More and more, the really smart money is investing long-term in cleantech. Because whoever funds a company that, say, makes [...] That’s what The Breakthrough Institute asks, saying that the US is dropping fast in funding for cleantech and in education for science. If America does not take immediate action to bridge its energy education gap — and if we fail to make substantially larger investments in our own clean-energy economy — we will effectively [...] Sunlight and titanium oxide nanotubes can transform carbon dioxide into methane. Methane can be utilized as energy source. It seems like double benefit. At one hand, we are reducing the quantity of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we would be less dependent on fossil fuels. This is one of many exciting new technologies being [...] In testimony Thursday before Congress, Sec. Chu detailed the $150 billion budgeted for clean energy R&D and called for additional funds for deployment of the technology. This will create thousands of new jobs and probably entire new industries too. Many of the jobs will be in rural areas where the wind and solar is, [...] |  | ||||
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