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It’s promising. A super efficient all-in-one system which will provide electricity, heat and refrigerated cooling to your home is in the works. A research team at Newcastle University is working on a generator which will run on vegetable oil.

The vegetable oil will be the de facto source for the generation of electricity. The ensuing [...]

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Setting off firecrackers is seemingly the tradition in some countries. This is what people do when welcoming in the New Year because it is said to bring in good luck as well as ward off evil spirits.

Of course, the times are changing and there are things that you can do instead of firing away those firecrackers. See, firecrackers do harm the environment and that is not something that we want.

And that is why when I came across a list of things that we can do instead of those fireworks, I thought that it would be best to share them with you. Here. Read on.

1) Blow traditional horns or torotot.
2) Make and shake homemade maracas from used tin cans.
3) Jiggle the tambourine made from flattened bottle caps.
4) Clang improvised cymbals using pot lids or pans.
5) Knock empty coconut shells.
6) Play the guitar or any available musical instruments.
7) Play your favorite music.
Beep the bicycle or car horns.
9) Clap your hands and stomp your feet.
10) Sing, dance, and shout “Happy New Year!”

Source: PhilStar.com
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In the lead up to the New Year and a historic term as President of the United States, President-Elect Barack Obama recently unveiled the leading members of his energy team. These will be the heads that determine and regulate our energy decisions and policy; an issue that, as Obama himself so heartily asserts, is just [...]

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You’ve heard the old adage “where there’s a will there’s way.” Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, just upped the ante on the meaning of those words.
Bless their hearts. Here’s an old historical village just outside Barcelona, full of tradition and deeply religious, that had the desire to produce solar energy but nowhere to place [...]

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I just finished reading a good article over in the MarketBeat section of the Wall Street Journal. If you have the time it is worth reading.
A number of strategists have put forth the theory that the beginning of a new presidential administration will spark a bit of a market rally, in part because…

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As part of a general trend toward more efficient energy use, LED (AKA solid state) lighting shows promise.  From EE times.com:
White organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are already producing more light per watt than incandescent bulbs, according to engineering professor Stephen Forrest, but it is trapped inside the device. By fabricating a tandem system of grids [...]

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As part of a general trend toward more efficient energy use, LED (AKA solid state) lighting shows promise.  From EE times.com:
White organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are already producing more light per watt than incandescent bulbs, according to engineering professor Stephen Forrest, but it is trapped inside the device. By fabricating a tandem system of grids [...]

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LG’s display department has produced recently a new 14.1 inch LCD panel, that may be illuminated by ambient light and save some of the power the laptop uses.

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From an environmental point of view, the past few years have not been very encouraging. With increasing concerns coming to light - global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, dwindling resources, disappearing species, and contaminated air, water, and soil - the United States has been dragging its heels on addressing most of the relevant issues. As a [...]

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