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Submission + - Is solar wind the next renewable energy resource? (msn.com)

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CmdrTaco

on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @09:45AM

CmdrTaco writes: "Solar and wind power have long been two of the main contenders in the race to find the next big renewable energy resource. Rather than choosing between the two, scientists at Washington State University have instead combined them."

Comment Re:Not French (Score 1) 389

by gpig on Thursday September 16, 2010 @12:23AM (#33596388) Attached to: Construction of French Fusion Reactor Underway

Dropping acronyms never works.

If it's not a word in English (or the language of the reader), the response will always be "what does that stand for"?

Comment Not French (Score 3, Informative) 389

by gpig on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @06:34PM (#33593704) Attached to: Construction of French Fusion Reactor Underway

It's an international reactor, hence the "I" in ITER.

Duh.

Comment Turn the project over to the Smithsonian (Score 1) 148

by gpig on Monday June 29, 2009 @11:36AM (#28514673) Attached to: NASA Requests Help With Von Braun's Notes

They might know a thing or two about dealing with historical items, and they do have a museum devoted to air and space flight. (That said, the fact that NASA are asking for suggestions at all is encouraging.)

Comment Aw, Java and Python had a baby! (Score 5, Funny) 324

by gpig on Tuesday April 07, 2009 @05:01PM (#27495651) Attached to: Twitter On Scala

Isn't she cute :)

Comment Re:What about the production? (Score 1) 553

by gpig on Thursday January 29, 2009 @02:25PM (#26656301) Attached to: LED Lighting As Cheap As CFLs Invented

Coal contains mercury, along with other nasties. If the power used to light the bulb is from coal (in the US, it likely is), then an equivalent incandescent bulb results in more mercury release than its CFL equivalent.

http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/askpablo-mercur-1.php

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