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What Matters This Week: Solar’s Sugar Daddy, Terrafugia’s Flying Car

Terrafugia Flying Car

This is David’s summary of the week’s news for the Matter Network. To see the original, or post your comments, go here.

Solar’s Sugar Daddy: During his Saturday address, President Obama lavished an astonishing $2 billion in loan guarantees upon two solar companies. This upended the administration’s seedling strategy with renewables […]

The Weekly: Deep Ignorance in the Deep Ocean

From this week’s summary: Our Gulf of knowledge about the oil spill, Indonesia’s rainforests held for ransom, big news from Nissan and Zipcar, and some welcome news for the food movement. […]

The Weekly: Light Bulbs that Last Forever, Glaciers that Don’t, Solar Planes that Try

This week’s cleantech and sustainability news from around the Matter Network. […]

The Wind Turbine’s Tiny Cousin

Why is it that many solar panels are the size of a hallway rug, while a typical wind turbine is the size of an office building? I’ve always wondered whether we would ever learn to harvest wind on a smaller, simpler scale. Turns out we can. […]

Energy Crowds the House

The University of Arizona's Water Wall

Near the Smithsonian building in Washington, D.C. stands a house with a wall of Coke-bottle plastic. Sandwiched between two layers of plastic is water. The wall’s surface conserves heat and also plays tricks with the light, so you can’t help but reach out and touch it.

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The Ferris Files

What Matters This Week: Solar’s Sugar Daddy, Terrafugia’s Flying Car

The Weekly: Deep Ignorance in the Deep Ocean

The Weekly: Light Bulbs that Last Forever, Glaciers that Don’t, Solar Planes that Try

The Wind Turbine’s Tiny Cousin

Energy Crowds the House

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