BYU-Idaho Professor Ryan Sargeant on Clean Energy

Can clean energy completely replace fossil fuels at some point? The probability is low. And the reason for that, excluding the existing infrastructure, and the power of infrastructure momentum, is you have an issue with what’s called base load power and then variable power. Base load power means that you need to always be able […]

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The Power of the Sun

Everyone has probably seen some kind of solar panel on a house or in a movie. Solar energy is a great clean energy source, it has a very low carbon footprint, and so long as the sun is shining, solar panels can produce energy. Solar panels are actually made up of smaller solar cells, these […]

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The Wall Street Journal: We’re Drowning in Recycling

Help, We’re Drowning in Recycling! Cue the ‘Internet of Trash’ Tech won’t solve our garbage problem, but it’s at least a start Cities the world over are having a garbage crisis, or more specifically, a recycling crisis. In 1950, the world produced about 4 billion pounds of plastic a year. Today, we produce about 600 […]

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Bill Gates and the Quest for Sustainable Energy

“We need an energy miracle,” says Bill Gates in this interview with Atlantic editor in chief James Bennet. “That may make it seem too daunting to people, but miracles in science are happening all the time.” So, what are the solutions to climate change? Gates has pledged to invest $2 billion in new alternative energy […]

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Sustainable INL

Ensuring the Nation’s Energy Security Without Compromising Future Generations’ Needs INL is integrating sustainability performance improvements in the areas that matter most to its stakeholders, including minimizing the environmental footprint, taking a progressive approach to mitigating climate change, and championing energy conservation. The challenge of implementing sustainability is to minimize the impact to operations while […]

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