The Daily Sprout
Nanowires Could Harvest Power From Power Walking: Georgia Tech researchers have developed a fabric made of flexible fibers coated with zinc oxide nanowires that can convert mechanical energy into electricity, harvesting power from the wearer’s walking, breathing, and heartbeats - MIT Technology Review.
Shell Bets Americans Love Their SUVs: The president of Shell Oil said that despite the federal mandates to raise vehicular fuel efficiency Americans will continue to “love their big cars and I think the auto companies will follow the market” - The Detroit News.
40 More Years of Coal, Says Shell: More encouraging words from the Dutch Oil giant included Shell VP Jeremy Bentham pointing out that “coal’s widespread availability in places like China and India” will underpin its growth - AFX Financial News.
WorldWater & Solar Announces $35.64M Private Placement: The company plans to use some of the financing to build a 50 MW facility in Texas as well as hire personnel and expand R&D.The Quercus Trust provided the funds - Renewable energy Access.
Green energy is definitely the best solution in most cases. Technology like solar energy, wind power, fuel cells, zaps electric vehicles, EV hybrids, etc have come so far recently. Green energy even costs way less than oil and gas in many cases.