How Electricity, Water And Food Could Be Produced In Desert Areas With Minimal Ecological Footprint
Updated: 2013-01-30 19:30:21
, : TRENDING Global Warming Climate Change Barack Obama Renewable Energy Solar Energy ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Alyssa Obama : Climate Inaction Would Betray Our Children And Future Generations Wind Beats Out Natural Gas As Top Source Of New Electricity In 2012 Who killed the cap-and-trade bill How Electricity , Water And Food Could Be Produced In Desert Areas With Minimal Ecological Footprint By Jeff Spross on Jan 30, 2013 at 2:30 pm 1 Concentrated Solar Power 2 Saltwater greenhouses 3 Outside vegetation and evaporative hedges 4 Photovoltaic Solar Power 5 Salt production 6 Halophytes 7 Algae production The first pilot plant in a program of installations that can sustainably produce crops , electricity , biofuels , and even
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It astounds me every time I hear about a scientist who is reluctant to place her or his track record on the internet. Now, I may be a little over-the-top when it comes to my own web-presence (some have labelled me a ‘media tart’, but I don’t mind), but I am convinced that without a [...]
: : TRENDING Global Warming Climate Change Barack Obama Renewable Energy Solar Energy ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Alyssa Obama : Climate Inaction Would Betray Our Children And Future Generations Wind Beats Out Natural Gas As Top Source Of New Electricity In 2012 Who killed the cap-and-trade bill January 30 News : China Burning Nearly As Much Coal As The Rest Of The World By Jeff Spross on Jan 30, 2013 at 9:24 am As of the end of 2011, China was burning nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined . WaPo Chinaâ s coal use grew 9 percent in 2011, rising to 3.8 billion tons . At this point , the country is burning nearly as much coal as the rest of the world . combined Coal , of course , is the worldâ s premier fossil
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