Tag: energy
Hackers Gain Direct Access to US Power Grid Controls | WIRED
Source: Hackers Gain Direct Access to US Power Grid Controls | WIRED
Sophisticated but low-tech power grid attack baffles authorities – LA Times
Police don’t have a motive or suspects in the attack on a…
Volvo says it will abandon traditional engines by 2019 – The Washington Post
Source: Volvo says it will abandon traditional engines by 2019 – The…
‘Clean coal’ showcase forced to stick with natural gas – The Washington Post
Source: ‘Clean coal’ showcase forced to stick with natural gas – The…
A bitter scientific debate just erupted over the future of America’s power grid – The Washington Post
Source: A bitter scientific debate just erupted over the future of America’s…
Coal in the Trump age: Industry has a pulse, but prospects for jobs are weak – The Washington Post
Source: Coal in the Trump age: Industry has a pulse, but prospects…
The Space Review: The EMP threat: fact, fiction, and response (part 1) (page 1)
Source: The Space Review: The EMP threat: fact, fiction, and response (part…
Alevo, The Other Energy Storage Gigafactory, Begins To Stir
Source: Alevo, The Other Energy Storage Gigafactory, Begins To Stir
NASA’s Physics-Defying EM Drive Passes Peer Review
Source: NASA’s Physics-Defying EM Drive Passes Peer Review
Scientists Are Turning Nuclear Waste Into Super-Efficient Diamond Batteries » Second Nexus
This novel solution to the world’s nuclear waste problem could power the…
Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere – Medium
Source: Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere – Medium
Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere – Medium
Source: Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere – Medium
Measurement of Impulsive Thrust from a Closed Radio-Frequency Cavity in Vacuum (AIAA)
Source: Measurement of Impulsive Thrust from a Closed Radio-Frequency Cavity in Vacuum…
Historian examines environmental cost of tapping alternate sources for water, oil — ScienceDaily
Source: Historian examines environmental cost of tapping alternate sources for water, oil…
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math – Rolling Stone
Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe – and that…
The New Abolitionism | The Nation
Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up…
Just 90 companies are to blame for most climate change, this ‘carbon accountant’ says | Science | AAAS
Richard Heede has become a thorn in the side of the fossil…
‘Not in my back yard’ gone haywire: local opposition threatens clean energy agenda – Canadian Manufacturing
Almonte, Ont. Source: ‘Not in my back yard’ gone haywire: local opposition…
Canadian firm builds giant ‘scrubber’ to pull CO2 from the air – Canadian Manufacturing
Carbon Engineering’s technology could produce renewable, synthetic hydrocarbons and ‘wind back the…
Researchers develop solar cell that captures CO2, converts it to burnable fuel – Canadian Manufacturing
Essentially an artificial leaf, device could make fossil fuels obsolete by generating…
The L.E.D. Quandary: Why There’s No Such Thing as “Built to Last” – The New Yorker
Building light bulbs to last poses a vexing problem: no one seems…
Exclusive: VW to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars – sources | Reuters
Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) and U.S. officials have reached a framework deal under…
Why licence plate bans don’t cut smog | Cities | The Guardian
Car bans such as the one earlier this week in Paris can…
Mexico City’s adopting a popular method to fight air pollution. It probably won’t work. – Vox
Source: Mexico City’s adopting a popular method to fight air pollution. It…
Bitcoin Could Consume as Much Electricity as Denmark by 2020 | Motherboard
An environmental researcher modeled pessimistic and optimistic scenarios for Bitcoin’s energy consumption…
BBC – Future – Cheap oil is taking shipping routes back to the 1800s
Plummeting oil prices have had many effects – one of which is…
MIT researchers turn waste gas into liquid fuel | Environment | The Guardian
Successful trial at a pilot plant in China using bacteria to convert…
Here’s How Electric Cars Will Cause the Next Oil Crisis
Here’s How Electric Cars Will Cause the Next Oil Crisis.
Post-war Iraq: ‘Everybody is corrupt, from top to bottom. Including me’ | World news | The Guardian
Post-war Iraq: 'Everybody is corrupt, from top to bottom. Including me' |…
Bill Gates urges boost in funding for ‘energy miracle’ – The Globe and Mail
Bill Gates urges boost in funding for 'energy miracle' – The Globe…
SUVs are crushing it in the US market – Business Insider
SUVs are crushing it in the US market – Business Insider.
Oil Prices: Is OPEC the Real Enemy of U.S. Oil? — The Motley Fool
Oil Prices: Is OPEC the Real Enemy of U.S. Oil? — The…
Guest blog: Scrap “The Call on OPEC” « The Barrel Blog
Guest blog: Scrap “The Call on OPEC” « The Barrel Blog.
Low Oil Price Challenge met with American Ingenuity
Low Oil Price Challenge met with American Ingenuity.
Within OPEC, Iran is a challenge to any deal on oil cuts: sources | Reuters
Within OPEC, Iran is a challenge to any deal on oil cuts:…
Iran pushes OPEC oil output to new high as sanctions are lifted: Reuters survey | Reuters
Iran pushes OPEC oil output to new high as sanctions are lifted:…
Iran pushes OPEC oil output to new high as sanctions are lifted: Reuters survey | Reuters
Iran pushes OPEC oil output to new high as sanctions are lifted:…
UPDATED: Should I Buy A Used Nissan Leaf (Or Another Electric Car)?
UPDATED: Should I Buy A Used Nissan Leaf (Or Another Electric Car)?.
A Tesla in Every Garage? Not So Fast – IEEE Spectrum
A Tesla in Every Garage? Not So Fast – IEEE Spectrum. I…
British Columbia’s Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax: A Review of the Latest “Grand Experiment” in Environmental Policy | Sustainable Prosperity
British Columbia’s Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax: A Review of the Latest “Grand Experiment”…
Proof That a Price on Carbon Works – The New York Times
Proof That a Price on Carbon Works – The New York Times.
Interesting talk by Lisa Margonelli of the New America Foundation Energy Policy…
The very definition of irony…
This ad from a gasoline company is the very definition of irony….
Wind Power Sucks More Than I Thought…
When needed most, it doesn’t deliver. Slate: Blown in the Wind
Tipping Point for Renewables in Ontario?
Now small-scale (10kW or less, such as might be installed a residential…
