New energy breakthrough.

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Sounds great, especially for Canada, who I would much rather deal with on oil, so that is a step in the right direction. Too bad we will never be allowed to tap into our vast supply of coal though :cray:
 
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More on modern energy technology.

America’s greatest contribution to the energy industry is technology and the expertise to deploy it. But for too many years, America’s energy policies forced major oil and gas companies to search elsewhere for opportunities to put that technology to work.
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Only a few years ago it seemed as if America’s domestic natural gas industry would be globalized with growing dependence on imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from some of the same parts of the world that send us oil.
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For America, unconventional gas growth shows the way for a more secure and optimistic energy future not just in Appalachia but in the upper Midwest, in Texas and the Southeast, in the Rockies. These technologies also shows the way not just in the immediate growth in natural gas, but in the potential for oil both onshore as well as along the continental shelf on both coasts.
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Scientists find an equation for materials innovation.

Princeton engineers have made a breakthrough in an 80-year-old quandary in quantum physics, paving the way for the development of new materials that could make electronic devices smaller and cars more energy efficient.
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.... the theory gives scientists a tool for developing materials that can be used for designing new technologies. Car frames made from lighter, strong metal alloys, for instance, might make vehicles more energy efficient, and smaller, faster electronic devices might be produced using nanowires with diameters tens of thousands of times smaller than that of a human hair.
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The new theory traces its lineage to the Thomas-Fermi equation, a concept proposed by Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas and Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi in 1927.
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The researchers hope that by moving beyond the concepts introduced by Thomas and Fermi more than 80 years ago, their work will speed future innovations. "Before people could only look at small bits of materials and perfect crystals," Carter said. "Now we can accurately apply quantum mechanics at scales of matter never possible before."
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Here's another piece of good energy news:

The Silicon Valley company's CEO, K.R. Sridhar, showed off a refrigerator-sized Bloom Box filled with fuel cells and designed to make electricity through a chemical process. The boxes can make energy anywhere, he said, and do so without giving off any emissions.

Already, a number of high-profile American corporations have begun testing the technology. A "60 Minutes" reporter visited facilities of eBay, which has installed a number of Bloom Boxes; the e-commerce company put savings from the technology so far at $100,000. Others reported to have installed units include Google and Federal Express.
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FOXNews.com - The Bloom Box: Energy Breakthrough or Silicon Valley Hype?

EDIT: It can run on natural gas or various biofuel gasses.
 
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