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Replacing Nuclear Power with Energy Efficiency
Is energy efficiency more cost effective and better for the economy than replacing nuclear power plants? The folks over at Energy Savvy seem to think so. And they do a damn good job at backing up their argument, crunching the numbers and offering the following. . . In this comparison, a new nuclear power plant [...]
Will Electric Glue Replace Photovoltaics?
Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. acquired an exclusive license forelectronic glue developed at the University of Chicago by AssistantProfessor of Chemistry, Dmitri Talapin. The glue could replace other,less-efficient semiconductors used in photovoltaics and other devices,like computer chips, light-emitting diodes and medical devices. At present most commercial photovoltaics, computer chips and othersemiconductor-based technologies, use large semiconductor crystals, such [...]
Can Renewables Replace Fossil Fuels?
With peak oil already upon us, sustaining oil supply is akin to running up a down escalator. Or, as Nate Hagens put it at the ASPO peak oil conference earlierthis month, “Technology is in a race with depletion and is losing (sofar).” The urgent question then is: Can renewables fill the gap of oil depletion? [...]