Bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol

Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide ‘renewable petroleum’. Genetic alteration of very, very small bugs makes it possible for them...

selsam windturbines - the future of wind power?

Popular Science has named Doug Selsam’s Sky Serpent one of its top inventions of 2008. Selsam’s multi-rotor arrays come in all sizes and configurations, from small wind to giant building...

rising gas prices - what’s up with that?

A recent telephone survey found that 67% of American drivers have changed their driving habits in response to rising gas prices. A robust 85% say they will change how they haul-ass down the highway...

rising gas prices - what’s up with that

A recent telephone survey found that 67% of American drivers have changed their driving habits in response to rising gas prices. A robust 85% say they will change how they haul-ass down the highway...

community-based wind power projects

Gas prices are skyrocketing, home heating and electricity costs will soon follow, Washington is wrestling with the costs of ‘going green,’ biofuel production is cutting into food stocks -...