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Startup Promises a Revolutionary Grid Battery

Unlike combustion engines, the oxygen absorbed by a zinc-air battery during discharge is released during charge. This is true whether the zinc-air... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:10 AM EST

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Making Bacteria Make More Fuel

Hey, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. All we have to do is build a pipeline to the sun! (read full comment)  

Posted on August 22, 2011 at 4:22 PM EDT

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Dow to Test Algae Ethanol

Acres Land use isn't the issue with algae bioreactors. The most difficult barrier to overcome is capital cost. Comparing acres of cropland to... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM EDT

Algae-Based Fuels Set to Bloom

But algae's solar conversion efficiency isn't higher than 15%. In fact, the theoretical maximum efficiency of photosynthesis is 11%. Typical... (read full comment)  

Posted on December 15, 2008 at 2:59 PM EST

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Hell and Hydrogen

California electricity rates "Today, Romm writes, a Californian has an electric bill no larger than the average American's..." Wrong. Not even... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 4, 2007 at 8:15 PM EDT

100 Solar Megawatts

"An Arab businessman" That would be Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi oil minister from 1962 to 1986. ... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 29, 2007 at 5:00 PM EST

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