Energy

China, India to drive global energy growth
If current energy consumption trends continue, global energy consumption could increase well over 50 percent by 2030; global carbon dioxide emissions from energy use would increase by 57 percent
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Canada's increasingly worried about Arctic vulnerabilities
The Arctic has immense oil reserves and mineral wealth, but Canada has been slow to protect its northern sovereignty; this becomes even more important as receding Arctic ice makes Canada’s northern frontier more accessible to uninvited guests
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DOE completes final environmental impact study of FutureGen
Project for cleanest coal power plant in the world clears another hurdle; FutureGen, a 275-megawatt power plant, will begin construction in 2009 and go on line in 2012; cost will be shared: $620 million by DOE, $250 million by coal mining and power industry companies
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Private equity firms focus on India's clean technology sector
Several PE firms allocate investments in India’s clean technology sector from their general funds, but others create India-only funds to focus on the sector even more
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Phononic computer processes information with heat
In addition to electronic computers and (theoretical) optical computers, we now have heat-based computers; such computers are based on logic gates in which inputs and outputs are represented by different temperatures; in run-of-the-mill electronic computers, inputs and outputs are represented by different voltages
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China's heavy use of coal degrades global environment
Worldwide demand for coal will rise by about 60 percent through 2030 — to 6.9 billion tons a year; China’s voracious appetite is the main culprit; environmental, health costs in China — and around the world — mount
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Bush administration's nuclear waste reprocessing plan criticized
Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel creates more fuel for nuclear plants, and reduces the need for nuclear waste storage; trouble is, reprocessing also creates weapons-grade plutonium; Bush administration believes there is a new, safer reprocessing method, but a panel of scientists says there is not, and until there is, the U.S. should continue to oppose reprocessing
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Green endurance race across Africa
An endurance car race in Africa in January will pit different alternative energy technologies against each other
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