"Reading this, your body at rest is emitting about 100 watts into the environment. If you're sitting in an open plan office, count the number of surrounding colleagues and you don't need to be a maths genius to appreciate the possibilities of tapping into all that wasted energy. Instead it could provide a renewable energy source to power office lighting or laptops - and it may be possible ... read full post picked by Jetka 2 years ago

I didn't know there were so many ways to try to get energy from waves. There are a couple of videos showing how some of the systems work. picked by JFargo1688 11 months ago

There is tremendous energy locked up in even the gentlest of waves. Harnessing that energy has been wrought with problems. A new and simple device invented in the UK make make it a lot easier and lot less expensive to utilize that boundless energy. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Forget chip fat, sugar cane or rapeseed oil – the latest source of biofuel could be watermelons.

Scientists have discovered that the fruit is a great source of sugar that can be readily distilled into alcohol to power cars and farm machinery. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Unlike other tidal energy generators, the Anaconda is designed to be simple, cheap and robust, and they say 50 of them near a shore can power more than 5,000 homes.

Related Post picked by Ankabout 7 months ago

Gardeners have been encouraged to give exhausted bees a drink of sugar and water to boost their energy levels during the poor summer.

They should also plant wildlife-friendly flowers such as sunflowers and buddleia to provide food for bees, the RSPB said. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Vivace actually creates and then harvests energy from VIV, and it does it all using slow water currents, a previously untapped source of sustainable energy. picked by jLoSsDh 12 months ago

Leave it to the British to figure out a way to shame homeowners into making their houses more energy efficient. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Recently Netherlands-based Natuurcafé La Port installed an energy generator in a rotating door, so every time someone walks in for a cup of coffee, they give just a little bit of their energy back to the coffee shop. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

World First "solar light energy" Handphone picked by 1fcuk 3 years ago

Cause you cant stop the motion of the ocean.
Yay Green Energy! picked by Muppetmaker 2 years ago

Mathematicians have proposed an alternative explanation for the accelerating expansion of the universe that does not rely on the mystifying idea of dark energy.

According to the new proposition, the universe is not accelerating, as observations suggest. Instead, an expanding wave flowing throughout space-time causes distant galaxies to appear to be accelerating away from us. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Magnetic waves ripple through the Sun's outer atmosphere with enough energy to heat the region to its astonishing temperature of millions of degrees, new views from the Hinode spacecraft suggest. If correct, the waves could solve a decades-long puzzle about the source of this heat. Includes video. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The UK's first Energy Saving Day has ended with no noticeable reduction in the country's electricity usage.

Way to go, UK! picked by keroberos32 2 years ago

10 alternatives to coffee and sugar to give you an energy boost picked by bigtonyboy 2 years ago

Europe's first commercial concentrating PS10 solar power tower is operating near the sunny southern Spanish city of Seville. The 11MW solar power tower produces electricity with 624 large movable mirrors called heliostats. picked by cactushair 10 months ago

The 11-megawatt, 61 million euro ($78.5 million) plant spreads across a 150-acre hillside. It will produce enough power to supply 8,000 homes and will also prevent the emission of 30,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

The cocaine energy drink has been 1-upped. This energy drink kit comes with a vial of powder and a credit card. You can even order a twelve pack that comes in a package shaped like a brick of cocaine! Join me on my first post adventure! picked by nickyrocks 2 years ago

Yay! for more renewable energy, and an initiative taken by the government to make it work! picked by Muppetmaker 2 years ago

While people in the United States endlessly debate what should be done with the country’s drug problem, Portugal went ahead and decriminalize the use and possession of illicit drugs 5 years ago.
So, what happened? picked by bingo 7 months ago