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Indian Tribes See Profit in Harnessing the Wind for Power October 10, 2008

Filed under: News — jaykeating @ 11:05 pm

Native American tribes in South Dakota are hoping to build turbine farms to take advantage of some of the country’s strongest and most reliable winds.

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Biofuels are Here To Stay: What To Do About Food Supply? October 10, 2008

Filed under: News — jaykeating @ 11:29 am

So, if biofuels are here to stay, how can the global community prevent millions of people from falling into famine due to competition of food land with biofuel land when biofuel land turns out to be more profitable?

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Lockheed Martin to Develop Ocean Thermal Energy Prototype October 10, 2008

Filed under: News — jaykeating @ 11:25 am

The US Department Of Energy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2 million contract to construct a thermal piping system to capture the ocean
’s absorbed solar heat. The energy produced could be used to generate electricity or to fuel desalination.Scientists developed the concept in the 70’s, but the technology has not been commercially viable so far.

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