energy

Unlocking Bolivia’s Lithium Wealth

Image via Wikipedia High in the Andes lie the world’s largest reserves of lithium, the metal which is likely to help power the electric and hybrid vehicles of the future.Watch this great report by Lindsey Hilsum, UK Channel 4 News (Updated on 07 April 2009): Related articles by Zemanta Hybrid Car Future Hinges on Bolivia’s …

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School in India Teaches Women to Improve Lives, Towns

Image by Barefoot Photographers of Tilonia via Flickr The following is from the excellent PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and his team. Imagine the opportunities, not just for solar power as in Bunker Roy‘s school, but for Tech Laureate D. Vidya Sagar’s stoves that protect rural people from indoor smoke and the external environment from …

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Tapping the Sun: Africa

Earth at night: Compare Africa with the industrialized and industrializing nations. No lights except in a few spots. No electricity. See also Energy key to Africa’s prosperity. Then see the cover story in C&EN, August 27, 2007, Volume 85, Number 35, pp. 16-22, “Tapping The Sun: Basic chemistry drives development of new low-cost solar cells”. …

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New Member intro/Off-grid living

Hi Chemists Without Borders, I have just become a recent member of Chemists Without Borders with interests in clean water technology and renewable/alternative energy solutions for third world communities. I have spent many years working for testing laboratories and an environmental engineering company that focused on groundwater and soil testing and remediation resulting from hazardous …

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