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Why Amyris is Focusing on Moisturizers, Not Fuel, for Now

It is a fair criticism that after 8, going on 9 years the process is still not competitive in an even higher value market.  To be stuck at almost... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 10, 2012 at 7:59 AM EDT

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GE's New EV Charging Stations Are Not Ugly

Form is important in a product's lifecycle, but I wonder how key it is at this stage.  Certainly it will help GE sell it's model over others where... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:01 AM EDT

Teardown Reveals the Remarkable Complexity of Chevrolet's Volt

@rgraban Not intending to argue facts, I just want to point out that the comments here so far, as is usually the case in general, take a strong... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:09 AM EDT

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Startup Aims to Bring the Liquid Battery to Market

This technology has some competition - which is a good thing.  There are other factors not addressed in this article which will impact its... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:24 AM EDT

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Google's Search for Clean Energy

People can criticize (bash?) Google if they want.  But this is the better path to creative and effective technology development than any number of... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:09 PM EDT

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Sapphire Energy Raises $144 Million for an Algae Farm

As described here it seems to me that Sapphire is still in a validation stage - or in a transition from R to D as it were.  Expect there to be more... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:40 AM EDT

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Battery Maker A123 Faces a Fight for Survival

I'm hoping to avoid the political onslaught otherwise going on here, but this appears on first look a prime example of ignoring lessons learned by... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:55 AM EDT

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What We Learned About Nuclear Safety from Fukushima

As is often the case, the real issue - call it the core issue - is the establishment of effective actions not defining appropriate technology. ... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 8, 2012 at 10:34 AM EST

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Report Recommends Changes for DOE's Loan Program

Sault, if your "facts" were true, then conversion to an all electric fleet in this country would allow us to decommission a number of electricity... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 14, 2012 at 11:49 AM EST

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Hoping for a Solar Breakthrough

Good grief Why are those who perhaps truly believe that most things involving mankind are bad, usually avoiding most of the facts (and reality for... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 10, 2010 at 11:40 AM EDT

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