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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008When you hear about toys, you do not take them very seriously because only kids play with them. Actually, the story is a little different, as Horizon Fuel Cells is going to provide toy cars with small fuel cells. Their idea is to make educational toys because nowadays not many read books and what’s the [...]
Green Gasoline Created From Biomass
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008‘Green Gasoline’ is a liquid identical to regular gasoline in energy, but made from biomass sources such as poplar trees and switchgrass. Researchers seem to have finally discovered a way to create this sort of fuel, that could be of tremendous help to the U.S. economy, eliminating the need to import expensive oil supplies and [...]
Extension Of The Renewable Energy Tax Credit Proposed
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008After officials from the renewable energy industry tried everything to extend an important investment tax credit which is set to expire at the end of this year, two senators decided to help. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and Mary Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced a bill to extend the credit and offer incentives for measures regarding energy efficiency.
The Clean [...]
Fuel Cells For Mobile Devices By 2009
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008MTI Micro announced their intentions to build fuel cells for mobile devices since 2004, and seems that they are still working on them. The company has recently conjured some working prototypes that utilize methanol and have the goal of powering small gadgets such as handhelds, cellphones and even DSLRs.
The cells will be recharged just by [...]
The Ultra-Insulating Vacuum Glass
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Guardian Industries has recently announced the completion of their new breed of vacuum-glazed super glass that has a R12 to R13 insulation rating. The insulating rating is the way heat insulation is measured, and walls usually have an R12 rating.
A regular window glass has a rating around R1-R2, so you can imagine how efficient these [...]
