Monday, March 1st, 2010
Riding The Wild Surf Into A Green Future
Three-quarters of a mile off the shore of the Kaneohe Marine Corps Base on the east coast of Oahu, Hawaii, bobs a single PB40 PowerBuoy in 100 feet of water. (more…)
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Austrailia is working on a desalination plant due to the water shortage they are
experiencing.
Perth, Western Australia, is considered the most remote city on the planet. And
one thing they are running out of, like much of drought declared Australia, is
fresh drinking water.
They are currently working on a plan to cut the amount of energy it takes to
run it. They have considered using the wind. There is a new alternative that is
being looked at by inventor Alan Burns. He teamed up with Seapower Pacific (more…)
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