SUSTAINABILITY
Scientists find 'Holy Grail' of science as they mastermind the world's first artificial leaf
Douglas Gorney | 3 comments | 03/29/11
Very cool, very timely. Placed in a single gallon of water in a bright sunlight, the device could produce enough electricity to supply a house in a developing country with electricity for a day, Nocera said. It does so by splitting water into its two components, hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen gases would be stored in a fuel cell, which uses those two materials to produce electricity, located either on top of the house or beside it. Although at this point the "leaf" lasts only about 45 hours, it is ten times as efficient as a real leaf at this kind of "photosynthesis".
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Symphony of Science - "We Are All Connected" (w/ Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson, Nye)
Douglas Gorney | 2 comments | 02/27/11I'm not usually an autotune kind of dude, but this completely speaks to my view of the universe. From…
Great to see this trend, long predicted by sustainability advocates, being borne out. I'll be interested to see this mindset…
Deforestation & Hurricanes May Have Triggered Haiti's Catastrophic 2010 Earthquake
Douglas Gorney | 0 comments | 01/13/11Here's the drill: Climate change causes warmer ocean waters, triggering more, stronger hurricanes. Man-made deforestation leaves hillsides vulnerable…
The inescapable problem of growth: Arithmetic, Population and Energy
Douglas Gorney | 2 comments | 12/13/10Just as an academic exercise, let's forget about global warming for a moment. Say we drill, baby, drill. Think we…
Another eyebrow-raising project from David Garcia Studios. This one focuses on Antarctica, where increasing human presence — both scientific and…
CraftedSystems: Aurelie Tu models the healing power of sustainable business practices
Douglas Gorney | 0 comments | 11/19/10For her new craft studio, Nike designer Aurelie Tu reaches out to women in transition in her hometown of Portland…
Solutions to our ruination of the biosphere may come from the simplest and unlikeliest of sources. Here's a great example.
First up, the Brammo Empulse — the world's first production motorcycle with performance specs comparable to a gas bike. 100…
The 100-mpg Fiat 500, the magic of the market and the coming apocalypse
Douglas Gorney | 0 comments | 11/01/10As one of the commenters on this Autoblog post said, "Mention 100 mpg a few years ago and others would…
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