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FROM THE IW FORUMS
Top 10 Cheapest Cars To Drive
"However, as you might
expect, the field was dominated by Japanese entrants, but..."
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Manufacturing Czar Visits 'Green Spot' Plant
"Sutton noted during his
tour that 'what happens here is as a company becomes a better
steward of the
environment it provides the company a real differentiator among
its
competitors.'..."
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Canadian Company Marketing Electric Cars
"Here's a comparison of
two Ohio-built electric cars that are touting about the same range
and cost per
mile as this Canadian car you mention..."
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Oil Company Lobbyist/Interior Department Sex Scandal
(Yawn)
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we wonder why we're losing our capacity to be shocked..."
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HP Wins Wal-Mart Award
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has given consumers
another reason to buy their product..."
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Who Benefits from Globalization?
"Since
when is America,
"We the Companies", instead of We The People?"
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Are 'Green Jobs' Equivalent to a 'Bridge to
Nowhere'?
"...government programs can create jobs, but only at the
expense of other jobs --
paying people to dig holes and then to fill them up again."
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FEATURED COLUMN
Taking the NanoPulse -- Plug in. Turn on. Green
up.
Could
nanotechnology be the ultimate renewable energy?
By
Scott E. Rickert
Wow. That's the only word to describe the innovations and insights
I saw at the
Nano Renewable Energy Summit last month in Denver. Entrepreneurs,
researchers,
business and government energy cognoscenti gathered for three days
of
high-powered talks on nanotechnology's role green energy. Here's
the good news:
nanotechnology is making possible breakthroughs that were just
science fiction
even a year ago. As the potential of nanomaterials, nano-chemistry
and
nano-engineering are being realized, they're going to form the
strong backbone
of our energy solutions.
Let's start with technologies that reduce energy use or help us
clean up
current energy sources. I see those as the big success stories of
the next five
to ten years. There are companies at or near the commercialization
stage for a
powerhouse store of nanotechnologies. Let's start with nanocoatings
that
control thermal transfer through architectural and transportation
glass. That
should help shut the window on this fact from the U.S. Department
of Energy:
one-fourth of all the energy used for space heating and cooling
goes out the
window, with a pricetag of about $20 billion. The next step is a
nano-enabled
heat-controlling skin for building walls that add significant
insulation.
Nanotechnology is bringing conservation to our gas-guzzling
vehicles, too. How
about nano-additives that squeeze 10% more mileage out of a gallon
of diesel
fuel? Or nano-catalysts that reduce emissions? Nanotechnology is
even helping
improve fiber optic sensors that increase the efficiency of power
generation...
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