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Beyond Oil: Unconventional Solutions to the U.S. Energy Crisis (satire)

8/15/2008 - (NaturalNews) When it comes to the energy problem facing Western civilization today, there's a lot of talk in Washington about doing something. But that's all it is: Talk. Senate talk. Congress talk. Presidential talk. Yabbing, jabbing, jawing poppycock...

Google Pours Massive Investment into Renewable Energy Research

5/17/2008 - (NaturalNews) Google Inc. has announced plans to invest millions of dollars in order to move into the renewable energy business. "If we achieve these goals, we are going to be in the [electricity] business in a very big way," said Google co-founder Larry...

San Francisco to explore renewable energy from tidal power

9/27/2007 - (NaturalNews) The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), the Golden Gate Energy Company and the City and County of San Francisco have signed an agreement to conduct a comprehensive study into the feasibility of tide-generated power in the San Francisco...

House bill would require electric companies to gradually shift toward clean, renewable energy sources

9/11/2007 - A bill introduced into the House of Representatives this year would require utility companies to generate 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources -- such as biofuel, geothermal, solar and wind -- by the year 2020, according to a press...

After peak oil: Will America survive?

7/21/2007 - (NaturalNews) As public awareness about peak oil continues to grow, and even the big oil companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. are now starting to admit that the future supply of oil looks troublesome (see this Boston Globe article), there's an increasing...

Clean energy legislation would require U.S. to shift to 20 percent renewable energy by 2020

6/3/2007 - The Union of Concerned Scientists has praised the introduction of a House bill that will move the world toward energy independence. With efforts to lessen the nation's reliance on foreign oil, energy bills could soon be voted down in favor of alternative...

Big Oil invests big in wind power

3/15/2007 - (ConsumerWellness.org) Shell Oil Co. and BP plc (formerly British Petroleum) recently have become two of the largest investors in commercial wind power in the United States. Shell ranks among the top five wind-power generators, while BP has announced...

New solar technology company plans to rent panels to homeowners to make solar more affordable

3/7/2007 - (NaturalNews) A start-up named Citizenre has announced a plan to rent out solar panels rather than selling entire systems, in an attempt to make solar energy more affordable to the average consumer. This would enable consumers to avoid the large up-front...

Solar thermal hot water heater technology gaining momentum in America

3/4/2007 - (NaturalNews) Let the sun's energy heat your water: It's an idea that's been around for generations and may be making a comeback in the coming years in the face of rising natural gas prices, predicted experts. Jump directly to: conventional view |...

HelioVolt engineers new solar solutions with lower installation costs

2/5/2007 - (NaturalNews) Solar technology company HelioVolt is working to reduce the cost of solar electric systems by developing new technology that is cheaper to install than conventional solar panels. According to John Langdon, HelioVolt's vice president of...

Liquid fuel from common trash: new technology coverts municipal waste into ethanol

1/24/2007 - (NaturalNews) A new conversion technology takes organic items otherwise headed for the landfill and turns them into usable fuel. The double-punch effect of this technology comes from the fact that it vaporizes organic material, releasing a mixture...

Solar industry to soar in 2007 as consumers, cities seek renewable energy solutions

1/5/2007 - (NaturalNews) Cost and efficiency issues have plagued solar technology's standing as a front-runner in the race for clean, renewable energy resources for years, and shortages of silicon have not helped matters. But recent jumps in fossil-fuel costs and...

Startup hopes to convert chicken fat into biodiesel

1/4/2007 - (NaturalNews) A Missouri man named Jerry Bagby and his longtime friend Harold Williams have amassed $5 million with which they hope to build a new plant where they can create biodiesel from chicken fat. Only a small fraction of U.S. biodiesel is currently...

Blueberry pigments may replace silicon in solar panels

12/21/2006 - (NaturalNews) Blueberries are some of the most healthy foods on the planet, according to many naturalists and holistic health practitioners. The berry itself has flavors that range from mildly sweet to tart and tangy, and in addition, blueberries can...

Sandia National Labs and LiveFuels partner up to produce vehicle fuel from algae

12/18/2006 - (NaturalNews) Sandia National Labs is working on a new fuel, which they are calling "Supercrude," made from everyday algae from ponds, and they plan to market the gas by about 2010 with the help of LivingFuels. "We believe Sandia has the strengths...

Boeing develops breakthrough solar cell almost twice as efficient as standard models

12/12/2006 - (NaturalNews) The best silicon solar cells on the market convert 22 percent of the sunlight they receive into electricity, but Boeing-Spectrolab has developed a new cell that nearly doubles that number, and other companies are following suit. Physics...

U.S. voters mandate shift towards renewable energy

12/1/2006 - (NaturalNews) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law this past September that accelerates the timetable for 20 percent of electricity to come from solar, wind and other clean power sources. The move to renewable energy is gathering steam in...

GS CleanTech Bioreactor converts CO2 into oxygen, reduces greenhouse gas emissions

11/9/2006 - (NaturalNews) GS CleanTech Corporation's CO2 Bioreactor was created to help reduce the United States' significant and damaging greenhouse gas emissions, as well as alleviate dependence on foreign oil by efficiently converting harmful CO2 emissions into...

Solar startups to offer affordable, thin-film solar cells

11/7/2006 - (NaturalNews) Solar energy startup companies are promising advanced solar technology -- such as thin, solar-cell-printed "power plastic" for use anywhere from rooftops to cell phones -- and investors are taking them at their word as more than $100 million...

Revolutionary solar panel technology start-up receives $35 million in funding

10/30/2006 - (NaturalNews) Solar energy is one of the most promising renewable energy technologies, but one of the hurdles standing in the way of it replacing quickly dwindling fossil fuel supplies is the cost of implementation on a mass scale. California-based company...

Wind power gaining acceptance, expanding capacity in the United States

7/28/2006 - (NaturalNews) With recent energy blackouts impairing large U.S. cities, experts say the answer to America's energy problems may be found in wind power. Though wind power currently accounts for less than 1 percent of the nation's electricity, the 2,400...

Producing biofuel from plants uses more energy than it produces

7/6/2006 - (NaturalNews) A joint study from the University of Cornell and the University of Berkeley has uncovered evidence that producing biodiesel from plants such as maize and sunflower uses up more energy than the resulting fuel produces. Hot on the heels...

Solar tower project in Australia could represent the future of clean energy

1/12/2006 - The time is right for alternative energy sources. With the price of fossil fuels climbing to prohibitive levels and pollution causing severe global consequences, more and more people and businesses are looking for alternative sources of clean power....

California leading the way with plan to add solar power to 1 million homes

8/7/2004 - California is once again leading the way in renewable energy and solar power by offering a plan that would add solar power to 1 million homes in California over the next 10 years. The plan, backed by the California Environmental Protection Agency and...

V2G technology allows hybrid vehicles to feed electricity into city power grids

8/3/2004 - Twenty years from now, when you're driving your fuel cell vehicle, you may be able to earn money by plugging it into your city's electrical grid when you're not driving. That's the promise of V2G technology, or vehicle-to-grid. V2G technology takes...

Beyond batteries: laptops to be powered by solar power, micro fuel cells

7/19/2004 - The future of portable power for notebook computers is fast approaching, and it looks promising: batteries will soon be augmented or replaced by more exotic power systems. The two most promising candidates are solar power and micro fuel cells. Solar...

Researchers use phytonutrients in spinach to create highly cost-effective solar panels

7/6/2004 - It sounds bizarre, but it's true: researchers are using phytonutrients found in spinach plants to create fascinating new "green" solar panels that covert sunlight into electricity. The idea stems from the realization that spinach plants already turn...

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