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If you think that graphene is the wonder material that can completely transform the future solar cells, electronic devices, and batteries, wait until you read this. A new, artificial graphene, has the same structure as the real thing but...
The black sheep of the clean energy family, nuclear power, has dealt with a PR stigma for decades. Some of it deserved (potential destructiveness in a weaponized form) and much of it undeserved (panic over instances like Three-Mile Island, which resulted in zero...
Just a week after India announced their plans to open of the world's largest solar power plant, the guys from NRG Energy, BrightSource Energy and Google, actually went ahead and did it. As of yesterday, 140,000 Californian homes will...
The problem of dealing with large amounts of plastic waste is growing, despite all efforts of governmental officials to prevent it. Changes in policies, increase in prices of packaging, and even bans, do not seem to be very effective, probably...
The Audi A3 G-Tron is a multi-fuel vehicle, which runs on regular gasoline or natural gas. Combined with the installation of an all-new e-gas plant, the car runs carbon-neutral, sort of. First, Audi A3, which is probably the cheapest way...
Do automakers run attack ads? See for yourself as the Chevy Volt leaves pure electric vehicles to die in the desert! Whoa! Did you read that correctly? At least, that's my impression on seeing a recent ad, featuring a Chevy...
An internal combustion engine (ICE) is essentially an air pump. The more efficient the air flows through the air pump (ICE), the better power and fuel economy the ICE can deliver. The ICE is a complex high-speed ballet of mechanical...
If you've followed Fox's relationship with electric vehicles for any length of time, you'd note a decisive, head-in-the-ground pattern, which is perpetuated in a recent segment on Fox Business. Lauren Fix, “The Car Coach,” is a regular contributor to Fox...
Carsharing is a great idea for reducing emissions, congestion, and personal expenses, but not everyone sees it that way. First, what makes carsharing such a great idea? In a city, such as New York, New York, or San Francisco, California,...
We all love Instructables, the site that can never let us get bored for even a second, with the numerous 'Do-It-Yourself' ideas often going beyond our imagination. This is why, as soon as I came across the winners of the...