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The Growing Potential and Rooted Limitations of Biofuels

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons As oil and natural gas reserves are being depleted, the world’s attention is increasingly turning to plant-based energy sources. These include food crops, forest industry byproducts, sugar industry byproducts, plantations of fast-growing trees, crop residues, and urban tree and yard wastes—all of which can be used for electrical generation, heating, or the production of automotive fuels…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Growing Potential and Rooted Limitations of Biofuels

Empowerhouse Decathlon Entry Being Designed For A Real Community

First images of the Parsons The New School Design, courtesy Parsons When the show is over, this Solar Decathlon entry will be reassembled into a home. We’re big fans of the Solar Decathlon, although I often wonder if these little gems have much applicability to real world solutions. That is why Parsons the New School of Design’s upcoming entry in the 2011 competition is so interesting: they are going beyond the Washington Mall and building t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Empowerhouse Decathlon Entry Being Designed For A Real Community