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How Will Tariffs on Solar Panels Affect Innovation?

@James A. Burt  @CurtHowland And your proposed protectionism will help keep the wealthy wealthy, and keep others less fortunate from becoming so. (read full comment)  

Posted on May 23, 2012 at 9:24 PM EDT

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Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy by Half

"""Diesel engines are 40 to 45 percent efficient in using the energy in fuel to propel a vehicle, compared to roughly 30 percent efficiency for... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:41 PM EDT

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Why SolarCity Is Succeeding in a Difficult Solar Industry

@dcard88  @arpad  @crandy That's completely false.  With regards to the office of governor in California, Grey Davis was *entirely* responsible for... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:50 PM EDT

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NASA Wants to Launch Floating Algae Farms

@stormhand  @mbthink Yes oil still contained in single *cell* algae would die and largely not present a problem.  However, that algae must be... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 16, 2012 at 2:34 PM EDT

New Cement-Making Method Could Slash Carbon Emissions

""" intermittent operation isn't ideal for an industrial process. """"   Wrong in this case.  When the output of the operation can be stored (and... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 11, 2012 at 6:14 PM EDT

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Teardown Reveals the Remarkable Complexity of Chevrolet's Volt

@tbuelna """ It's also true that the overall conversion efficiency between IC engine/transmission is better than 35%."""   Not true, no stock... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 26, 2012 at 5:38 PM EDT

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Hydrogen Storage Could Be Key to Germany's Energy Plans

@mattgroom   Norway's renewable makeup is 98% hydroelectric.  How does that possibly demonstrate the maturity of wind/solar/biomass? (read full comment)  

Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:34 PM EDT

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Sapphire Energy Raises $144 Million for an Algae Farm

@mkogrady Everybody and his uncle in the algae game have looked longingly  at the Salton sea.  Problem is nobody has a workable scheme for open... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 9, 2012 at 12:58 PM EDT

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How Do You Know An Autonomous Vehicle Has Seen You?

@GuyFalkes As opposed to being hit by a human driven car, which kills ~5000 pedestrians/year now? (read full comment)  

Posted on May 4, 2012 at 2:14 PM EDT

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