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Cost of Nuclear Power Too High Compared to Renewables

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 06:14:34 +0000

While many expected to see a reemergence of nuclear power, the cost of building and maintaining reactors is less financially efficient than simply switching to clean energy technologies. Global investments in nuclear are now an order of magnitude less than those put into renewable technologies, and at least eight countries derive more energy from renewable sources […]

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Scare Tactics – Renewable Energy will Spike Electricity Prices

Benji Jerew — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:42:18 +0000

We know that, to reduce emissions associated with power production, fully we need to make the switch to renewable energy. Some say this will cause energy prices to “skyrocket.” So far, United States’ adoption of renewable energy has been poor, at best. Power producers, responsible for about a third of US greenhouse gas emissions, could […]

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Switchgrass Biofuel Makes Home Energy Costs Drop

Mila Luleva — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:23:21 +0000

According to a study conducted by the USDA Agricultural Research Service, the burning of biomass in the form of switchgrass, instead of oil, could cut down energy costs of companies and homes. The study shows that this is particularly true for regions such as the Northeast, where the price of oil as well as the […]

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Efficient Electricity Production from Onion Juice

Cristi — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:00:34 +0000

The future life style is quite different than we could imagine right now. Many experts predict that we will not need to transport our energy around the world as it will be produced in our community.

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Waste From Beer Factories Turned into Energy

Cristi — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:05:13 +0000

Wolfgang Bengel and his partners have found a way to efficiently recycle the waste grains and wastewater and use them to fuel the beer factories.

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