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New Report Warns of Canada's Looming 'Carbon Trap'

2013-02-21 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Canadian Press: A new report warns of the perils to the Canadian economy of relying too much on the oilsands. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study says Canada is heading towards a "staples trap," whereby the more quickly bitumen is exported, the less diversified and productive the economy becomes. The study's authors also warn of a looming "carbon trap" in which the Canadian economy is so closely linked to carbon-producing industries that it becomes difficult to adopt measures to deal with climate...

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Norwegians trap sunlight with microbeads, produce solar cells that are 20 times thinner, cheaper

2013-01-29 16:08:18| Extremetech

Researchers from the University of Oslo have used a bunch of "wonderful tricks" to produce silicon solar cells that are twenty times thinner than commercial solar cells. This breakthrough means that solar cells can be produced using 95% less silicon, reducing production costs considerably -- both increasing profits (which are almost nonexistent at the moment), and reducing the cost of solar power installations.

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