Is the urea – also called carbamide – found in urine a waste that may be too precious to waste? NewScientist hints that it might be a new source of fuel for producing renewable energy. “An adult produces enough urine each year to drive a car 1678 miles (2700 km) on energy from the urea [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Electricity Generation’
Not Just for Treating Jellyfish Stings; Urine Powered Fuel Cells
August 27th, 2010 
Justin Manger Solar House Doesn’t Just Produce Electricity; It also Rotates
August 23rd, 2010 Justin Manger Well, at least the roof rotates. That’s still pretty wild and, it turns out, solar efficient. The Heliotrope, designed by German architect Rolf Disch is a wild looking structure located in Germany that has a rotating array of solar panels to follow the sun during the course of the day. A “Sun Sail” on the [...]
Infographic: What if solar power grew as fast as Facebook?
August 21st, 2010 Justin Manger The following interesting graphic comes from 1BOG (One Block Off the Grid), a company that helps consumers pool together to get discounts on solar panel installation. The graph extrapolates the growth of solar power if its use were increasing at the rate of Facebook’s growth. Currently, solar power grows 60% each year, according to 1BOG. [...]
Poll: Would you Pay More for Electricity to Have a Better Grid?
August 18th, 2010 Justin Manger Recent storms in the DC metro area have once again rendered the grid weak and response to blackouts inadequate. This doesn’t happen in countries such as Japan where electricity rates are higher but power companies respond quickly to any downed trees or disruptions in service. That begs the question, would you pay higher rates in order to update and [...]
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Tags: Electricity Generation, Grid 
View CommentsEco-Clothing Company Rapanui Focuses on Product Traceability
August 15th, 2010 Justin Manger Aiming to make “eco-fashion cool for young people”, Rapanui Clothing produces “organic clothing that is eco-friendly, ethical and sustainable” and claims to be the “first clothing company in the world to establish on page [on-line] traceability for all products.” Founded by brothers Rob and Martin Drake-Knight in early 2008, the company is based in England’s [...]
