Pickens writes "Two photovoltaic solar power plants will be built in San Luis Obispo County in
California, duds* 12.5 square miles, that consecutively will lead to about 800 megawatts of
power, the latest vestige that solar energy is control gate to achieve ...
(more)Dekortage writes "The US Bureau of Land Management, overwhelmed by applications for large-scale
solar energy plants, has declared a two-year freeze on applications for new projects until it
completes an extensive environmental policy impact study. The ...
(more)Vortex2.71 sends us to the Seattle Times for an account of two studies published in the
prestigious journal Science pointing to the conclusion that almost all biofuels used today
cause more greenhouse-gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full ...
(more)One of the difficult plants on the planet could help scientists create crops to survive the
ravages of drought.The moss Physcomitrella patens is a primitive plant, similar to the first
plants which began to grow on land around 450 million years ago. ...
(more)Now recently I read an article about plants communicating with eachother to warn of danger.
This sort of struck me as odd in a freaky weird sci-fi-ish way. If they can communicate when
danger is near, does this mean that they have a consciousness? Does ...
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