New energy uses for asphalt
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If you've ever blistered your bare feet on a hot road you know that asphalt absorbs the sun's energy. A Dutch company is now siphoning heat from roads and parking lots to heat homes and offices.
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Advances in lithium polymer technology could put an end to exploding power sources. A side benefit: smaller, cooler gadgets. In Gear Factor.
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The cars, SUVS and pickups people will buy in the years ahead are likely to use less fuel, and many will rely on ethanol or household electricity instead of gasoline. The energy legislation pushed through the Senate this week provides a roadmap to the future, demanding higher automobile fuel economy, mandating huge increases in ethanol as a motor fuel and supporting more research into building "plug-in" hybrid-electric vehicles.
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It's like an outdoor radiant floor heating system. It melts ice and the excess energy can help heat or cool buildings.
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By Frank J. Dinan  Two critically important energy problems face us at this early point in the 21st century, and our best approach to dealing with each of them is likely to involve technology that resembles a lawn mower much more than it does an oil well.
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Not overnight. However, new offerings such as Honda&#39;s high-performance Accord hybrid will help push this new breed into the mainstream.
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Will a new law send a surge through energy-related companies?
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The idea of renewable energy at home is  no longer as distant as an offshore wind farm. More companies  are waking up to the popularity of green energy and the Web  hosts many sites showing steps people can take -- or gadgets  they can buy -- to use renewable technology, from renting a  solar panel to burning calories with a pedal-powered washing  machine.
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Building-integrated photovoltaics gets a boost with power-producing terracotta roof tiles.
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By Swanson, John A  Take a look around. Much of what you see has, in some small or large way, been simulated on a computer prior to production. Numerical simulation helps build safe bridges, improve gas mileage, and guide the manufacture of plastic parts.
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Chemists unveil a type of material that could eventually help power plants generate electricity without emissions.
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It should come as no surprise that a new forecast of United States energy use through 2030 shows that energy consumption is expected to rise.
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British scientists say they have found a new, greener way to power cars and homes using sunflower oil, a commodity more commonly used for cooking fries.
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Carcasses of unused oil equipment litter the Gulf Coast. Now they're being repurposed to harness the power of the wind. By John Geoghegan from Wired magazine.
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Thanks to global warming, nuclear energy is hot again. Its promise of abundant, carbon emissions-free power is being pushed by the president and newly considered by environmentalists. But any expansion won't come cheap or easy.
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Scientists at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory say they have developed the first system to convert dirty diesel fuel into a quiet, self-contained and efficient energy source.
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A vast new energy supply in hard-to-tap older oil fields may be generated simply by feeding fertilizer to some deep-dwelling, gas-making microbes, new research suggests.