Harvesting Energy From Bumps In The Road
Alaska Becoming Fertile Ground for Green Power With its windy coasts, untapped rivers and huge tidal and wave resources, Alaska can quickly become a national leader in producing alternative energy. Although Alaska is the second-largest oil producing state in the country, the citizens have had to pay very high electricity bills recently; oil is no longer easily available for producing and [.]Posted in: Environment, Industry, Politics |
Harvesting Energy From Bumps In The Road Dont curse the potholes, they can give you energy, says a team of MIT students. The MIT undergraduates have devised a shock absorber that can smoothen your ride as well as harvest energy from bumps that will generate electricity! The study was published in MIT Tech Talk on Wednesday. The team wanted to figure [.]Posted in: Hybrid Cars, Inventions, Transportation |
| Climate change will hit water first. Whether through drought, floods, melting of ice or a rise in sea level, water will be the first to feel the effects of climate change, says Dr. Mark Smith. A Q&A with the water programme director at the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the world’s largest environmental network. |
| Energy Innovators Just Wanna Have Fun One of our most striking discoveries while working on Earth: The Sequel was just how much fun energy innovators are having. (First came the book, and the Discovery TV show airs tonight at 10pm ET.)Bernie Karl spent $20,000 building an ice hotel in the Alaskan interior, and another $700 a day on diesel refrigeration, [.] |
| Is Peak Oil Almost Here? To a geologist, gauging how much coal the world has left to burn is a fairly straightforward, if daunting, business. Millions upon millions of drill holes have revealed where the coal is. So geologists can just evaluate each seam’s quality and the cost of extraction. Add up all the coal worth mining and you’ve got lots and lots–within the United States, a century or even two of U.S. consumption; globally, 150 years’ worth for the world. |
| Antarctic ice sheet could collapse due to global warming, scientists warn. Global warming could cause the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet, leading to a catastrophic rise in sea levels, scientists have warned. |
| Russia launches European gravity probe. The European Space Agency’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer’s mission is to deepen understanding about fundamentals of the planet. Scientists say it will be especially useful in gathering data about climate change and its impact on Earth. |