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Solar Panel Drops to $1 per Watt

A long-sought solar milestone was eclipsed on Tuesday, when Tempe, Ariz.–based First Solar Inc. announced that the manufacturing costs for its thin-film photovoltaic panels had dipped below $1 per watt for the first time.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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The world is much closer to running out of oil than reported

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The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Hybrids stay popular after cheap gas returns

A year ago, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Orlando was $3.45. This week, it's $2.39. Why would anyone, then, feel compelled to buy a hybrid? Having a hybrid isn't just about saving money on fuel. The gas-sipping vehicles are good for  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Gordon Brown says there was no oil for terrorist deal

LONDON, England (Aug. 31) - The British government did not make a deal to send the Lockerbie bomber home in exchange for an oil contract with Libya, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Monday. "There was no deal over the release" of Abdelbeset  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Interior Secretary Cancels Leases on Federal Land in Utah

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is canceling oil and gas leases on 77 parcels of federal land in Utah, according to sources familiar with the decision, ending a fierce battle over whether to allow energy exploration in the environmentally-sensitive are [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Exxon records it's best ever year - $45.2 billion

Here's news that the economy isn't entirely in the tank -- or maybe that it is: Exxon Mobil Corp. today reported a profit of $45.2 billion for 2008 -- breaking its own record for a U.S. company, even as its fourth-quarter earnings fell 33 percent f [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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U.S. tells plan to drill off California coast

The U.S. Interior Department, acting in President Bush's final days in office, proposed on Friday opening up 130 million acres off of California's coast to drilling for oil and natural gas, including areas off Humboldt and Mendocino counties and from  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Activist Creates Uproar at Oil-Lease Auction by running Up Prices

LOS ANGELES -- Instead of joining his protester friends on the snowy sidewalk outside the Bureau of Land Management office in Salt Lake City, Tim DeChristopher took a seat inside. In a room milling with oil and gas men who knew one another by sight, h [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Report: Toyota secretly developing solar powered car

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top business daily reported Thursday. The Nikkei  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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As Fuel Prices Fall, Will Push For Alternatives Lose Steam?

(actual headline, what do you think?) "Declining oil prices can give us an artificial and temporary sense that reducing oil consumption and energy consumption is an issue we can put off..The credit crisis is compounding that threat by making it more  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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You can now buy a solar car in China

They're produced 10 of them, they cost around $5500. The need 30 hours to charge in full and you can make short trips after 1 hour of charging. "Recharging time? About 30 hours to get the maximum 150 km (90 mi) range. However, if you're in a hurry,  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Honda is leasing 200 hydrogen cars, Shell has fueling station

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All in southern California. How significant is this in the fight to kill the combustion engine? "Shell’s Santa Monica Boulevard station — which has conventional gasoline pumps as well as an odd-looking nozzle with bright blue “hydrogen” labels [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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