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The Real Costs of Cellulosic Ethanol

The reason *corn grain ethanol* is heavily dependent on the price of natural gas is because natural gas it the main ingredient in the Haber Bosch... (read full comment)  

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 8:29 PM EST

Researchers Hijack a Drive-By Botnet

kcasey, One of the best posts I've seen, in a while. Nice. (read full comment)  

Posted on October 9, 2009 at 11:37 PM EDT

More Efficient, and Cheaper, Solar Cells

$ / kW; ¢ / kWh; 24 x 365 GO, GO, GO! Getting there. Solar doesn't work at night. It requires about 4x the kW *and* storage. (Solar only gets,... (read full comment)  

Posted on September 15, 2009 at 12:43 AM EDT

Solar Industry: No Breakthroughs Needed

¢/kWh; $/kW; on a 24/365 basis ¢/kWh; $/kW; on a 24/365 basis. A tough nut, for solar to break. 8760 hours per year. 2000 hours per year... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 4, 2009 at 5:46 PM EDT

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Solar Thermal Heats Up

$/kW; ¢/kWh; on a 24/365 basis For apples to apples comparison. $/kW; ¢/kWh; on a 24/365 basis (read full comment)  

Posted on July 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM EDT

A Better, Cheaper Multitouch Interface

Applications I can see a very useful and helpful application to human feet - inexpensively determining highest pressure points for the purpose of... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 2, 2009 at 4:58 PM EDT

Better Lithium-ion Batteries

Didn't spot specific reference to *solid* electrolyte. Could you be so kind as to point out a confirmatory link? Possibly a specific patent? (read full comment)  

Posted on March 27, 2009 at 6:04 PM EDT

Algae move by "singing" propulsion

More like oars, than singing? "tiny spikes or spicules that extend from the cell's inner membrane, out through a crystalline outer shell and into... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 25, 2009 at 6:53 AM EDT

Building a Brain on a Silicon Chip

memristors, anyone? Memristors, first proposed by Prof. Chua in 1971 and recently fabricated by HP seem like they would be a natural for brain /... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 25, 2009 at 6:01 AM EDT

DOE Finally Issues Solar Loan Guarantee

Govt notoriously bad at picking winners; Ethanol from corn - never ending subsidies Governments (politicians) are notoriously poor at picking... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 24, 2009 at 4:01 AM EDT

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