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Here’s a conundrum. What do you do with three thousand tons of smelly garbage a day? Could you just, well, vaporize it?!
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- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Car companies say that flex-fuel vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But how do they measure up where the rubber meets the road?
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Okay -- so it sounds pretty disgusting when you first hear about it. But, well, here it goes. We may be able to get drinking water from treated sew...
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Over the years, treasure maps have been of such interest that the Library of Congress devoted a volume to them! Now, a new kind of map is proving t...
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Britain's Navy, it was once said, ruled the waves! Someday the island nation hopes to command its tides, and generate clean electricity.
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Riki Ott, marine biologist, fisherwoman, spill expert, reports from New Orleans. Antonia Juhasz, Global Exchange, on BP & D.C. lobby. Peak Oil guru...
- Added: May 06, 2010
- Length: 53:00
Hybrid vehicles on a wall socket: The next “plug-and-play” technology? We might have an answer soon.
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it’s the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
I don’t know if Santa Claus ever collected seeds, but one of his neighbors sure does. About 200 miles from the North Pole, the United States is bu...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
There’s a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason. Too much C02 can create global trouble by trapping heat in our planet...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Even if you don’t want to talk about the proverbial “elephant in the room,” you could at least count the number roaming around wild. Or so you’d t...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Old tires. Mountains of rubber. What’s happening with to them these days? Well, in Pennsylvania, they’re hitting the road!
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Followers of fish facts -- especially North Atlantic Cod enthusiasts -- are doing a double-take these days.
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
When it comes to discovering sources of renewable energy, Penn State engineering professor Bruce Logan is outstanding in his field. A corn field, ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 04:30
How do we handle Peak Oil AND climate change? Shaun Chamberlin from UK Transition Towns, energy writer Kurt Cobb, plus Heinberg on renewable hope, ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2010
- Length: 53:00
Looking back on an argument, it’s nice when it turns out they were wrong and you were right -- and it’s tempting to say “I told you so.”
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- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
So, what’s so great about fossil fuels, anyway? Well the truth is, they burn easily, so they’re handy for powering internal combustion engines or e...
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- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Experts say that as population and water use rise, the world's fresh water supplies are shrinking. Then why don’t we desalinate more sea water and…...
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- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Are you worried about global warming? Well, here’s an idea. How about rocketing one trillion miniature umbrellas into orbit somewhere between us ...
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- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Pass the fish and chips, please. Pardon me for eating on the radio, but I just can’t pass up the fish and chips. Neither can a lot of people it s...
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- Added: Mar 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The triple threat: economy, climate, Peak Oil. Kurt Cobb on navigating collapse. Carolyn Baker on psychological strength confronting chaos. Graham ...
- Added: Mar 21, 2010
- Length: 52:58
Jet propulsion doesn't always make you fast...Take, for example, the Antarctic scallop. These bivalve mollusks shouldn't even be able to move. Yet ...
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- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Crispy noodles: They're tasty, and...fuel-efficient! That is, if someday we're driving hydrogen-fueled cars.
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
What do you get when you cross folk art with photonic technology? A very bright idea.
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
