Topic: Electricity
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Powering Ohio Schools With Wind Energy
Building wind turbines isn’t cheap. But it will mean about $100,000 in energy savings each year for two small towns.
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Selling Solar Power in India's Slums
The country is fast outgrowing its electric grid. Are small-scale solar projects the solution?
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Charts
How the Focus on 'Energy Intensity' Is Hurting the Fight Against Climate Change
It's a misleading metric that actually tells us very little about efficiency.
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German Man Builds Device to Suck Electricity From Power Lines, Other People
Dennis Siegel claims his curious contraption feeds itself like a leech on ambient electromagnetic fields.
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Videos
Mushroom Cloud Appears Over Oklahoma
One would expect Ponca City to be leveled after this colossal transformer explosion. But life goes on.
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Trees vs. Power Lines: Will We Have to Choose?
The debate over how to secure our nation's power grids comes courtesy of yet another climate change-related feedback loop.
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Postcard
What India's Massive Power Outage Looks Like
Due to a massive grid failure, half of India's population is without power.
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An Office Desk That Generates Electric Power Via Your Butt
Inspired by the laziness of humans, a Swedish designer built a workspace that runs in part on body heat and movement.
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Could Electric Truck Lanes Reduce L.A.'s Horrific Pollution?
Plans are emerging for an electric-powered truck highway in the ports of L.A. and Long Beach.
