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The Energy of the Future

For thousands of years man has been exploiting solar energy (light and heat produced by the sun) with the aid of various technologies which have evolved and undergone improvements over time. There is no doubt that solar radiation is our … Continue reading

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Sustainable Energy for All: Utopia or Reality?

Let us imagine for a moment that we have no washing machines, no electricity, no cell phones, no computers, no motorized transportation, or the endless number of comforts provided to us by access to energy. What would our lives be … Continue reading

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What will the history books say about Durban?

The Durban Summit is over, but the problems are still there. What remains clear after the arduous negotiations is that we are having a hard time working towards the future, making sacrifices for others, and being accountable for the environmental … Continue reading

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The Fight against Desertification

As already discussed in previous articles, the main alternative sources of water are desalination, reuse of wastewater and recovery of contaminated aquifers. These new water sources are potentially of sufficient quality for many different uses, rangi Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Bitacoras.com … Continue reading

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Desertification, an overlooked Threat

Desertification is essentially land degradation, an undesirable effect that leads to a drop in, or disappearance of biological or economic productivity on dry and irrigated agricultural land, pastures and grazing land, and forests and woodland in ari Twitter Facebook LinkedIn … Continue reading

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Christmas lights

The President of the United States, Barack Obama, ushered in the Christmas season by lighting up the National Christmas Tree on December 9 at a chilly but festive Washington D.C. ceremony attended by people in their droves. Ever since 1923, … Continue reading

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Toward an energy New Deal [1]

The world is suffering today from total dependency on fossil energies. Accounting for over 80 percent of global energy demand, if oil and natural gas were to suddenly stop flowing from producing countries to consumers, our cars, trucks, trains and … Continue reading

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Bioethanol and Energy Security

  Energy security, defined as the capacity of a country to satisfy future domestic energy demand sufficiently, opportunely, sustainably, and at a suitable cost, is a crucial issue for any nation. With the e Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Bitacoras.com Meneame

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Biomass for generating energy

Biomass is the organic material from trees, plants and animal waste that can be turned into energy; it is a renewable source of energy because it has a fast regeneration cycle and, ultimately, it gets its energy Twitter Facebook LinkedIn … Continue reading

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How to reduce electricity consumption

Energy efficiency, understood as the set of measures intended to lower energy consumption, is related to the entire integral energy cycle, ranging from generation and transmission to distribution and consumption. Increased efficiency includes any Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Bitacoras.com Meneame

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