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Canadian Oil Sands Headed to Asia?

Since you've suggested our story contains several errors arnetwork, I'd like to respond and set the record straight. The story cites environmental... (read full comment)  

Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:02 PM EDT

Low-Carbon Fuel Rules

Mea culpa Dennis. My story mentions that California's low-carbon fuel standard sets standards for gasoline and diesel, but could also have... (read full comment)  

Posted on November 24, 2009 at 1:35 PM EST

Testing Cheap Wind Power

An intriguing question dtutelman. It does seem counter-intuitive to have mechanics taking over from electronics, but power applications are a bit... (read full comment)  

Posted on October 29, 2009 at 2:17 PM EDT

China Close to Firing Up Its Fast Nuclear Reactor

Yet again. The Japanese government's efforts to restart Monju went all the way to its Supreme Court, after an appeals court rejected a positive... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 8, 2009 at 3:55 AM EDT

Automakers Plan to Turn Gas-Guzzlers into Green Machines

Check out this post from Tesla Motors, which claims that the lithium battery modules for their Roadster EV sports cars are non-toxic, reusable, and... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 21, 2009 at 2:47 PM EDT

Should Obama Take the EPA Off the Road?

Well said wbdeville. But isn't it the height of arrogance (unless one wants to look for more cynical motives) for EPA to tell California that it... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 18, 2009 at 12:49 PM EST

Thin Film's Time in the Sun

I am not an accountant, but that's beside the point. As you have observed, a depreciated factory is no longer counted against costs. In First... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 27, 2007 at 6:31 PM EDT

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Ultraefficient Photovoltaics

Some of the 60% represents light that was not absorbed but some, as you suggest, represents light that is absorbed and converted to heat instead of... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 18, 2007 at 5:40 PM EDT

Cleaning Up Combustion?

Good catch. The surface area for a given mass will tend to increase exponentially as the MASS of each individual particle decreases, not as a... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 30, 2006 at 3:35 PM EDT

Chemical Industry Fights Anti-Terrorism Measures

Actually Union Carbide, now a Dow Chemical subsidiary, continued producing methyl isocyanate and its aldicarb pesticide in the U.S. after Bhopal.... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 17, 2006 at 2:27 PM EDT

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