20th June, 2005
Reliable Natural Gas Supplies a Must
Is passage of national energy legislation in sight? Perhaps - and it is long overdue. We have debated energy policy for more than four years, and it is time we act in order to provide American consumers affordable and reliable energy supplies.
Consumers paying their heating or electricity bills have ......
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20th June, 2005
First 'Solar Sail' Prepares for Launch
A space advocacy group is hoping to show the world a new way to power vehicles through space by launching the first "solar sail" into orbit Tuesday.
If successful, the privately launched Cosmos 1 will pioneer an elegant method of space travel that uses gentle pressure from sunlight to ply ......
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20th June, 2005
Progress Made in Science of Recycling Nuclear Fuel
WASHINGTON -- An Energy Department official said Thursday that new technologies could revive commercial nuclear waste reprocessing in 10 or 20 years, but other experts warned Congress not to embrace the concept too quickly.
Reprocessing is far from cost-effective and the most readily available technologies carry nuclear security risks without ......
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17th June, 2005
A Sad Farewell to a Remarkable Ship
The hard-used Russian space station Mir has often been portrayed as a sort of dilapidated aeronautical RV, patched with duct tape and rusty wire, that long since should have been up on blocks in the backyard for the chickens to live in.
And the Mir did seem to be trouble-plagued, ......
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17th June, 2005
Hydrogen Prototype A-Class is a Total Gas
The evolution of hydrogen fuel cells has been remarkable. Just a few years ago the propulsion systems were so bulky that only large vehicles and trucks had enough space for them. Now, small vehicles are whirring around in demonstration fleets, their motors spinning on electricity produced by hydrogen fuel cells ......
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16th June, 2005
New Desalter Plan Spares Valuable Mexican Marsh
Environmentalists and water officials unveiled a plan Monday to restart a desalination plant in Yuma without harming a valuable marsh in Mexico's Colorado River Delta.
The desalter, built at a cost of some $250 million, has been in mothballs for a dozen years. Drought has led many U.S. water users ......
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16th June, 2005
We Energies to Own, Develop Wind Farm Projects
Jun. 16--We Energies plans to own and develop two wind farms in Fond du Lac County after the company bought rights to the projects from Navitas Energy Inc. of Minneapolis.
In a deal announced Wednesday, We Energies paid for the engineering, leases and permits for two 80-megawatt projects, the Blue ......
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15th June, 2005
Lockheed Tests a Folding Plane
Jun. 15--PARIS -- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is building a prototype pilotless aircraft in Fort Worth with wings that fold up like a paper airplane.
The unmanned aerial vehicle promises to look like something out of a sci-fi flick.
The goal of the "hunter killer" project is to produce an ......
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14th June, 2005
Putin to Attend Groundbreaking for US$144 Million Toyota Factory Near St. Petersburg
MOSCOW--President Vladimir Putin was slated to attend a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for a new Toyota assembly plant just outside of St. Petersburg.
Russian officials say the 4 billion ruble (US$144 million; ?111 million) factory, which will produce about 50,000 Camrys and other models annually, is the largest investment to date ......
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