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What if we could turn all the plastic waste we create on a daily basis into fuel to power our cars? A Washington, DC-based company called Envion claims it can do just that with a process that turns plastic into an oil-like fuel for just $10 per barrel. According to Envion, the resulting fuel can be blended with other components and used as either gasoline or diesel.

http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/09/16/new-envion-facility-turns-plastic-waste-into-10barrel-fuel/

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Every year, Bioneers brings together the nation’s leading scientific visionaries and social innovators in order to empower, educate, and motivate others into action.

Speakers from the main conference in California are beamed via satellite to twenty cities across the country. This year’s speaker list includes Naomi Klein, Paul Stamets, and David Orr.

Join us October 17-19 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center for this unforgettable and inspiring weekend!

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Researchers from MIT have improved commercial solar cells that will soon be significantly cheaper and more efficient than those available today. Ely Sachs, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, predicts that by 2012 such solar cells will be comparable in price with coal, which is about $1 per watt.

1366 Technologies´ solar cells are made from multi-crystalline silicon - a material that is normally less efficient than top quality single-crystal cells, but significantly cheaper. However, with the improvements by Sach´s group, the multi-crystalline solar cells reach about the same efficiency as the single-crystal variety.

Complete Article: http://www.physorg.com/news125842769.html

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