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Iowa?s soil is great for growing corn. But it?s not so great for building roads. Iowa?s soil is mostly soft clay and till deposited by glaciers. It?... 20 Dec, 2007 01:31 pm
Plans for large scale use of harvest residues to produce biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel will be detrimental to soil quality... 19 Dec, 2007 10:11 am
Energy researcher Charlie Hall's balloon graph challenges the notion that alternative energy sources will provide a smooth transition to a post-fossil... 18 Dec, 2007 11:30 am
Today?s technological know-how makes it possible to construct a dam across the southern entrance of the Red Sea. Evaporation is high in the Red Sea,... 10 Dec, 2007 10:51 am
New research indicates that the putative strategy of "seeding" the oceans with iron filings and other nutrients in an effort to cause blooms of phytoplankton... 7 Dec, 2007 06:24 pm
Wind is a clean and never ending source of energy, but also an unreliable one, because it blows intermittently... 30 Nov, 2007 01:30 pm
In terms of its achievable potential, financial and social cost, and even carbon dioxide emissions, nuclear power is not an optimal solution. 26 Nov, 2007 02:00 pm
Green roofs are roofs with vegetation and substrate. They promote energy conservation in buildings, reduce the urban heat island effect,... 23 Nov, 2007 11:34 am
This is a short article on community transformation in a time of preparation for a post cheap oil future. On the face of it,... 20 Nov, 2007 11:04 am
Some 350 years ago, mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal argued that it is better to wager for the existence of God than against it since the benefits... |