A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to

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"...a reactor fuelled entirely by thorium would have significant advantages over conventional uranium or mixed-fuel reactors." They're a smart bunch, those Scandinavians.

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"World Without Oil asks what would happen if we ran out of oil on April 30, 2007. The month-long alternate reality game, aimed at raising awareness of and promoting discussion about oil dependenc

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This month's lead candidate for Best. Blog-post headline. Evar.

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"They all went in two days last October." Respect.

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"ExxonMobil Corp. gave $16 million to 43 ideological groups between 1998 and 2005 in a coordinated effort to mislead the public by discrediting the science behind global warming, the Union of Con

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"Novelist Iain Banks has swapped his collection of gas-guzzlers for an eco-friendly motor. The Scottish writer has opted for a hybrid - thought to be a Toyota Prius - after selling his black conv

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"NASA's planned moon base announced last week could pave the way for deeper space exploration to Mars, but one of the biggest beneficiaries may be the terrestrial energy industry." Oh, great

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"The discovery of a mysterious solid form of natural gas off the east coast of Canada could bring one of Earth's biggest untapped sources of energy a step closer to commercial use, according to s

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"The engine is an offshoot of the rotary design, which replaces the reciprocating motion of the piston with a single rotor that moves around an oval chamber."

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"...scientists at the University of Bath have invented a material which stores and releases hydrogen at room temperature, at the flick of a switch, and promises to help make hydrogen power a viab

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"Conjured up from thin air at the flick of a switch, this slippery blanket will help transport a fully laden tanker or container ship across the ocean at higher speed, and using far less fuel, th

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"The molten salt reactor (MSR) does what it says on the tin. It uses molten salt at atmospheric pressure to cool the reactor. The radioactive fuel is also contained within the molten liquid. So,

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"In a recent press release, Brazilian technology company Abcesso announced that they would begin exporting an add-on component that essentially turns your standard gas-only car into a flex-fuel v

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"With two 65-kilowatt fuel cells and six hydrogen tanks under the floor and a secondary battery on the roof, the clean train emits only water and runs without receiving juice from power lines.&qu

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"The U.K.-based rocket manufacturing company Starchaser unveiled Thursday its first prototype rocket at Salford University." Excellent to see things happening here on the island. w00t!

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Does what it says on the tin.

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"A British nuclear plant recently constructed to make plutonium fuel for power reactors in Japan and Europe has been plagued with so many breakdowns that it may have to be shut down." One of

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"The Virgin boss said he would commit all profits from his travel firms, such as airline Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Trains, over the next 10 years." There are few capitalists I respect, but

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"... the U.S. Air Force is getting set to trial a B-52 powered by a mix of synthetic and JP-8 fuel ..." Smells like...partial victory.

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"A team of Korean scientists has developed a new method of storing hydrogen as a solid, easing potential complications associated with the commercialisation of fuel cell technology." A step

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Bruce Sterling on nets and jets, and their potential for disruption weighed against their force for change.

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Bruce Sterling has more on the potential ethanol-fuel economy in the US.

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Regular readers are probably aware that I'm not a big fan of nuclear power. If we absolutely must build more reactors (and I'm not so sure we should), using this stuff as fuel sounds like a much bette

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Buit not for long, says the Futurepundit, and there'll be plenty of improvement in the long run. Plus, if the price of meat goes up, we'll have no need for that obesity pill, right?

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Captain Sterling strikes again...laying out plans for a new America, one with a fuel economy based on locally grown ethanol crops.

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Captain Sterling discusses an entrepreneur called Vinod Khosla and his plans to make cheap fuel from organic farming waste products, and then extrapolates in the classic Sterling fashion

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The 'fuel from crap' meme is spreading swiftly

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"We have the means, now we need the will," said Claude Mandil, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Well, duh.

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Talk about serendipity; find a way to store hydrogen as a fuel in carbon based materials, and at the same time find a way to produce nanocrystalline diamonds. Result!

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