April 25th, 2009

Nuclear conference fails waste and weapons tests

The program for World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2009 shows the nuclear industry promotional conference, held in Sydney 22-23 April 2009, fails to address longstanding unresolved concerns about nuclear waste management and the ‘dual use’ of uranium – for electricity and deadly nuclear weapons.
The Australian Conservation Foundation said other countries were backing away from the toxic [...]

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November 10th, 2008

Geothermal Power as Alternative Energy

There is one other option for the continuous production of power. Geothermal energy has a long history, yet despite the considerable amount of heat lying between our feet and our planet’s molten mantle, geothermal technologies provide a mere 10,000 megawatts of power worldwide.
Geothermal power (from the Greek roots geo, meaning earth, and thermos, meaning heat) [...]

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October 23rd, 2008

Energy Efficient: New car runs on Air

Melbourne, Australia is set to be the manufacturing home base for a car that operates with zero emissions and can run solely on compressed air.Guy Negre, who used to design engines for Formula One team Renault, has spent the past 15 years developing the air engine and says the first manufacturing [...]

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