13 September 2011

Of all the potential problems with carbon capture and storage projects (financial viability, scaling them to the level necessary to actually capture enough our prodigious carbon emissions to make a difference, being just two), a new study says that leaking CO2 killing people isn't one of them. Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of Edinburgh say that the risk of death from p... Read the full story on TreeHugger

13 September 2011

We've all heard of peak oil. At the rate we're consuming oil, we will either begin tapping into pristine wilderness (i.e., Alaska), drilling in areas that are entirely unsafe for drilling (i.e., even farther off-shore in even deeper waters), or we will be forced to make changes in our oil consumption patterns. Carsort, a newly launched website that helps people find "the perfect car" has put together an infographic on Peak Oil. Yes, it's entirely odd for a peak oil infographic to come from a... Read the full story on TreeHugger

13 September 2011

Image credit: Popular Mechanics From a heat-storing solar grill to solar ovens created for an international market, we've seen plenty of commercial models of sun-powered cooking devices. And from a solar oven death match to an Read the full story on TreeHugger

13 September 2011

While anti-solar distortions continue to proliferate, solar itself is looking like an increasingly serious player in the world of energy. And even though tumbling solar prices have seen some manufacturers go under, most notably the high-profile Solyndra bankruptcy, it's a much more positive environment for project developers. We've already seen, for example, plans ... Read the full story on TreeHugger