Tag: energy
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Welcome the Negawatt Revolution
Slate: Welcome the Negawatt Revolution Finally, the United States is beginning to take energy efficiency seriously. … … The Negawatt is the general principle of cutting electricity consumption without necessarily reducing energy usage through things like energy efficiency. Lovins first introduced it in the keynote address to the 1989 Green Energy Conference in Montreal: …
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Finally, Globalization May Help American Workers
U.S. News: Finally, Globalization May Help American Workers It's a stunning thought: The United States, long dependent on foreign oil, may actually achieve energy independence over the next two decades. And by 2030 it could become a net exporter of oil. … … That intriguing possibility has generated most of the headlines, but the IEA…
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DOE promotes small-nuclear reactors (SMRs)
Homeland Security News Wire: DOE promotes small-nuclear reactors (SMRs) South Carolina’s Savannah River Site (SRS) located in Aiken, along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), have announced three partnerships to develop three small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) at the SRS facility; SMRs produce less energy than a regular reactor, but they produce enough energy…
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The Most Energy Efficient US Economy Ever
Carpe Diem: 2011: Most Energy-Efficient Economy in History Data Source: Energy Information Administration
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Who Gives A Crap? Sanitation, Energy and Entrepreneurship in Kenya
Forbes: Who Gives A Crap? Sanitation, Energy and Entrepreneurship in Kenya … The toilet they threw open is Sanergy, a year-old for-profit social enterprise that manufactures high-quality, yet low-cost and compact toilets for urban slums in the developing world and then uses human waste to produce energy and fertilizer. It is an “affordable, accessible and…