energy consumption
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Bitcoin’s energy use got studied, and you libertarian nerds look even worse than usual
Bitcoin is on track to consume 0.5 percent of the world's electricity by end of the year.
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People don’t trust hypocritical climate scientists, study finds
Scientists seem less credible if they fly a lot or have large, gas-guzzling houses.
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Useful insights, faulty analysis in new book on rising energy use
David Owen's new book The Conundrum tries to make the case that increased energy efficiency only leads to increased consumption -- but is he cherry-picking his supporting data?
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The spookiest horror film about energy waste you’ve ever seen
David Parker's "Light" depicts light pollution and wasted energy as a sort of Blob, not necessarily malign but relentless and implacable. In the film, energy-burning lights start dripping goo that covers the ground and finally drives people out of their homes — but it's all very quiet and eerie, like a Chris Van Allsburg drawing. […]
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Pulling the plug on L.A.
The energy savers took on the Empire State Building. Now they’re out to get Los Angeles.
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World's second tallest structure will power 100,000 homes a day with hot air
If a clean energy project in the Arizona desert goes forward, the second tallest structure on Earth will be a 2,600-foot solar updraft tower, which could last 80 years and generate 200 MW of electricity each day -- using only hot air. (Insert your own joke about how we could power Cleveland with Bill O’Reilly.)
The tower works on the principle that hot air rises. In this case, it rises through the tower, turning turbines as it goes. The tower uses no water, and it works pretty much all the time, unlike wind and solar projects. (At night, the ground is still letting off the heat it captured during the day, so there's still hot air available to float upward.)
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Meet clean energy's smart guy
MacArthur "genius award"-winner Shwetak Patel talks about a future where your house tracks your energy consumption -- and your every move.
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Reinventing fire: five ways to save our energy-hogging economy
A new report reminds us where we are today in terms of energy consumption, and offers an ambitious vision for a prosperous clean-energy future.
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Sing along to this awesomely cheesy theme song for energy wasters
The musical "Seein' the Light" was written in 1978, but nothing has really changed: People still deny there's a fuel or climate crisis, and they still put on their Serious Thespian black turtlenecks and sing about it. The guy singing is kind of super-intense — he regularly goes 20 seconds or more between blinks — […]