10-02-08 The entry of oil companies into the realm(領域,范圍) of renewable energy could present major obstacles(障礙,阻礙) for the development of a sustainable(持久的,可持續性的) economy that is not based on carbon resources, according to a report i...
10-01-17 Everyone wants to save energy, but there are few individuals who can tell you exactly how much energy the devices in their homes consume. For example, which consumes more power the dishwasher洗碗機 or the television? To answer such questions and to...
10-01-07 The United States needs to fundamentally rethink its policy of promoting ethanol乙醇,酒精 to diversify使多樣化 its energy sources and increase energy security, according to a new policy paper by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy....
09-10-31 最近,兩位新西蘭建筑師在他們新近出版的書中表示,貓和狗這兩種全世界最普遍的家養寵物每年所消耗的能源比一輛汽車還要多。這本書名為《是時候把狗給吃了:可持續生活指南》,作者在書中指出,養一只中型犬對生態環境帶來的影響跟一輛4.6升的陸地巡洋艦一年行駛1萬公...
09-10-31 Standing amongst thousands of black-and-white solar panels(太陽能電池板), President Obama today discussed an exciting new chapter in the quest for clean and renewable energy: a $3.4 billion investment of Recovery Act funds to modernize the electri...
09-10-30 Understanding dark energy(暗力量) is the number one issue in explaining the universe, according to Salman Habib, of the Laboratory's Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology group. Because the universe is expanding and at the same...
09-10-09 Researchers have demonstrated a penny-sized nuclear battery that produces energy from the decay of radioisotopes. 研究人員展示了一塊一便士大小的核能電池,該電池可利用放射性同位素的衰變產生電能。 The team hopes to make nuclear batteries much smaller...
09-09-12 An employee shows a traditional light bulb (R) and two low-energy consumption bulbs at the Osram factory in Molsheim, eastern France December 11, 2008. From Tuesday the light bulbs above 75 watts can no longer be produced or imported in the EU. Germ...
09-09-11 The government's new energy adviser says the UK could face blackouts by 2016 because green energy is not coming on stream fast enough. 英國政府新能源顧問稱,英國可能在2016年資源枯竭,因為綠色能源沒有盡快投入生產中。 Ministers have previously denied...
09-08-30 The juice from Watermelon's are seen as a potential source of biofuel. Forget chip fat, sugar cane or rapeseed oil the latest source of biofuel could be watermelons. Scientists have discovered that the fruit is a great source of sugar that can be re...