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Why SolarCity Is Succeeding in a Difficult Solar Industry

SolarCity's business model is a very lucrative way to fleece out the US government. They buy solar panels on the cheap, install them at prohibitive... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 4, 2012 at 11:02 AM EDT

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Tinted Windows that Generate Electricity

I wonder how long does it take before the polyester based panels become brittle or degrade in quality.  If you expose polyester ropes to sunshine,... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 17, 2012 at 6:13 AM EDT

Manufacturing Method Promises Cheaper Silicon Solar

@aunderdown  @trans sales tax comes directly from us, not the fossil fuel companies. The royalties and leases paid by these fossil fuel companies... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 12, 2012 at 12:38 PM EDT

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AT&T's Text Messaging Plans Are a Regressive Tax

Text messaging should be free. If companies cannot offer it, then they should not be allowed to enter in the phone business. (read full comment)  

Posted on April 12, 2012 at 4:07 PM EDT

NASA Wants to Launch Floating Algae Farms

@Curt2004  @JoeReal this process would waste tremendous amount of energy. You would spend at least 100 times more energy in collecting and... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 12, 2012 at 1:46 PM EDT

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The First Fuel Is Efficiency

what do we really need to live happy lives?  Do we need so much energy to stay alive and be happy?  The only reason why humanity is in trouble is... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 6, 2012 at 12:04 PM EDT

Was Cameron's Deep Dive as Useless as Manned Space Flight?

Why would Branson and other entrepreneurs spend oodles of money on space trips for tourists? And so I think, some of the MIT guys, especially the... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:09 AM EDT

Red Wine, Tartaric Acid, and the Secret of Superconductivity

@SteveChicago Wine contains a lot of other fermentation products aside from alcohol. For example, succinic and pyruvic acids and intermediary... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 22, 2012 at 1:16 PM EDT

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Startup Aims to Cut the Cost of Solar Cells in Half

Perhaps in just another two months, China have copied, mass produced and will be selling these new devices the world over. Thanks to China for... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:46 AM EDT

Photosynthesis Fuel Company Gets a Large Investment

This is what they all say. Remember Jurassic Park? It is eerily the same plot and promise of how to prevent contamination. Although Jurassic Park... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 20, 2012 at 9:58 AM EST

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