By reading this month’s issue of the French magazine Science & Vie, I came across a valuable article on a technology called Controlled Auto Ignition, or CAI. This enables oil engines to cut the consumption of regular vehicles by 15 percent, which would bring them to the levels of Diesel engines, without their hindrances. Engineers […]
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Ceci est mon premier post depuis mon EEE PC acheté la semaine dernière. Minuscule, il ne pèse que 900 grammes et est un ordinateur à part entière. Totalement silencieux, il permet de se connecter sur Internet via le Wifi embarqué, d’écouter de la musique et regarder des vidéo. Pour 300 €, je dispose donc d’une
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According to the WWF, Shanghaï (and another Chinese city, Boading) joins the Low Carbon City Initiative, a pioneering project from the renown organization. This will enable the cities to decrease their CO2 emissions by working on energy efficiency of buildings as well as the environmental quality. This is great news and I can’t wait for
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The members of the United Nations Environment Program meet this week in the Principality of Monaco and many subjects were discussed about. From the launch of the Climate Neutral Network to the importance of climate change on marine life or the emerging green economy, there were very interesting news. I tackle below all these topics
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Le mois de Janvier 2008 fut assez riche en nouvelles spectaculaires au niveau de la lutte contre le changement climatique et le secteur de l’énergie. Je retiendrais de ce mois le fait que le prix du baril a atteint les 100 dollars dès le début de l’année et que l’Arctique fond plus vite que prévu.
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By reading Al Gore’s blog, I came to a very interesting fact. Investors are more and more interested in projects that are due to mitigate climate change. As I was reporting earlier this month, renewable energies are witnessing a real boom of private investments and it seems it is only the beginning. I discovered while
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As I noted in the previous post, I have been lately quite a lot in trains to go to Paris and Besançon for my job research and leisure. Using the train enabled me to avoid the emissions of nearly 240 kilograms of carbon dioxide as if I had been going by car. I have to
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Last weeks were particularly poor in new articles and this can be partly explained by the fact that I have been traveling around for my job research and other reasons. Indeed I went twice to Paris for job interviews and twice to Besançon where I spent a day each time. Having no means (yet!) to
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Last night was successfully installed on the International Space Station the laboratory Columbus. This is a major event as it is the first European module to be part of the ISS. Both the ESA and NASA, respectively the European and US space agencies, expressed their delight of such a major success on their websites. Columbus
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I was relating earlier that renewable energies are witnessing a boom worldwide. It seems that nuclear energy might also face the same phenomenon with climate change mitigation. Nuclear has a seriously bad reputation for some ecologists, and this even if it is the second lowest greenhouse gases emitting energy solution. But with the crises of
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