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Aquaponics to the Rescue: Veggies, Water, Fish and Worms
Aquaponics, which not only grows vegetables in tanks of water but adds fish to fertilize them while growing worms in vegetable trash to feed the fish looks like it could be a major answer to growing more food in less space -- if a larger scale can be achieved. Read More...
Let The Bugs Do It: 15,000 Gallons of Ethanol per Acre
A genetically altered cyanobacterium that "sweats" ethanol into its surroundings is a very promising new technology. It is one of several attempts in the works to produce fuel from organisms instead of from petroleum. Think 15,000 gallons of fuel/acre/year vs 328 gallons per acre of corn per year, and you'll get the idea. Read More...
Flying by Train at 1000 Kilometers an Hour
The Chinese are at it again, and we may be -- building the fastest (1000 KPH+) train in the world. This is what Detroit & the rest of the rust belt should be doing, and it's not. Read More...
Clean, Cheap Fuel Cell Technology Meets Skeptical Reception
On February 24, Bloom Energy is formally announcing the advent of a low-cost, very efficient fuel cell technology that requires no exotic materials to make, and has had some serious -- and successful -- beta runs at major operations like Google. The reception, however, isn't jubilant, but very cool and skeptical, like this story... Read More...
Three New Materials that will Change Building Envelopes
This time we’re presenting three materials that are going to have a big impact on the design of envelopes for sustainable buildings. The first is a Green Cement that is made as a precipitate of processed CO2. Another is Nansulate®, a coating that has excellent thermal resistance properties and also provides mold protection. The... Read More...