SciFri Radio: Energy

SciFri Radio: All Aboard the Electric Bikes
Spring is in the air, and thoughts turn to bicycles. How about an electric bike?

SciFri Radio: Green Building
How can you make your building design greener?

SciFri Radio: About a Mountain
Ira talks with author John D'Agata about his book about the late Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility.

SciFri Radio: Nuclear Technologies
From small-scale nuclear power plants to advanced reactor designs, what's next for the technology of nuclear power?

SciFri Radio: Persuasion, Energy, and Behavior
When thinking about energy efficiency, how much emphasis should be put on human behavior rather than technology?

SciFri Radio: Science and the Budget
This week, President Obama unveiled his proposed budget for 2011. We'll talk about how the proposed budget might affect science.

SciFri Radio: A Solar Deal for China
US-based eSolar has licensed its technology for use in a 2 GW solar thermal power installation in China.

SciFri Radio: 'Fracking' for Natural Gas
We'll talk about 'fracking,' a method to extract natural gas from rock formations by fracturing the rock.

SciFri Radio: Chemistry And Personal Solar Power
We'll talk with an MIT chemist working on ways to improve solar energy.

SciFri Radio: Lester Brown: Plan B 4.0
Ira talks about global sustainability with Lester Brown, head of the Earth Policy Institute.

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Energy

Newsbrief: A Better Backpack
Over-sized rubberbands can make a 60-pound backpack feel ten pounds lighter.

Newsbrief: Garbage Truck 2.0
Part refinery, part generator, a new portable machine eats trash and makes fuel.

Newsbrief: CO2 Rising Ever Faster
Carbon dioxide emissions are accelerating everywhere and even the IPCC didn't see it coming. What explains the increase?

Newsbrief: Clues To Biofuel Production In A Gribble’s Gut?
A hungry marine crustacean excels at turning wood into energy.