Green Nature
| The first Butterfly seen in the summer brings good luck to him who catches it. Curious Facts in the History of Insects (1865) |
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 PV Efficiency Improves at a Snail's Pace When you take into consideration that current renewable energy consumption in the United States constitutes only seven percent of total energy consumption, and solar power constitutes a meager one percent of the small renewable energy contribution, current PV production statistics lose a bit of luster. More: The Cost of Solar Power Methane, Permafrost and Climate Change While Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions tend to receive the most attention with respect to their contributions to a changing climate, another greenhouse gas (GHG), methane (CH4), more powerful but less long lived that CO2, continues to receive attention. Waste to Energy Projects Picking Up Steam Remember the good old days when barges roamed the oceans dumping garbage or looking for ports that would accept their garbage? Improvements in waste management technologies over the past two decades have transformed once quaint stories of garbage shenanigans into complex garbage engineering stories. |