Archive for July 22nd, 2009

Winds of change

The U.S. can greatly boost clean wind power for 2 cents a day. Now all we need is a president who won’t blow the chance.

May 17, 2008 | A stunning new report just issued by the Bush administration finds that for under 2 cents a day per household, Americans could get 300 gigawatts of wind [...]

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Diesel-Electric Hybrid Train

Diesel-Electric Hybrid Train
Trials will start next year on what is being billed as Europe’s first hybrid high-speed train, which can cut emission levels by up to 50%. The system, which has been developed by Hitachi in Japan, consists of a battery-assisted diesel-electric traction engine. The traction unit uses the battery when the train is at [...]

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