Frida Kahlo paintings
Frederick Carl Frieseke paintings
Although more than 95 percent of power in the United States is derived from conventional sources like coal, oil and gas, researchers have long explored ways to pluck energy from new sources, such as the sun, wind, plants, animal waste, gas produced by decay at the ocean's bottom and even just plain water. While the research is not entirely new, interest in the technology has been renewed. Big Interest, Uncertain FundingManufacturers of corn stoves report their products have been "flying out the door." Windmill power has flourished with 3,500 megawatts worth of power production equipment built just last year. And recent polls suggest Americans are warming up to nuclear energy, a resource shunned in recent years for its volatility and nuclear waste problems.
Friday, July 18, 2008
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