The Next Market Crunch: Water
To stave off water crises created by climate change, we need new systems that manage water, energy and ecosystems together. Here's why.
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Making Hay From Woody Waste
Biomass, for those areas with a reliable supply of woody waste, could be a dream source of renewable energy and the ideal enemy of carbon release. If only someone would try it ...
Tapping Solar for Places Where the Sun Don’t Shine
We've got deserts with no people and people with no power. So, like an electrical Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, we've got thinkers with an idea ...
Lunar Power: Running on Moonshine
While industrial production of ethanol may not be the savior as it was once heralded, home distillers are willing to tap into a more parochial form of energy independence.
Solar Building a Wise, and Ancient, Philosophy
The cheapest solar technology is just situating your home or office in the right direction when it's built. You don't have to be Socrates to understand the concept — but it might help.
Did Archimedes Solve Our Energy Crisis?
Sticking solar concentrators where the sun shines could potentially generate phenomenal amounts of electricity. But the perfect technology doesn't yet exist.
Electrifying the Developed World
The German experience offers an excellent model for creating a solar cell marketplace.
Solar Cells From Space to Earth
How the in-space success of the world's first solar cell-powered satellite encouraged their commercialization across the globe.
Nuclear’s On the Road Again, But It’s Uphill
Climate change and fossil-fuel costs have re-energized the flickering nuclear movement in the United States, but many proponents are the fairest-weather of friends.
A Really Inconvenient Truth
The climate problem can be solved. But tackling it is going to be a lot harder than you've been led to believe.