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EcoGeek is a blog dedicated to the geekier side of all things environmentally friendly. Their most recent post: Researchers Extend Lithium Ion Battery Life 10X or, some new in vitro technology that could conceivably yield batteries for cars containing more energy than a tank of gas. What is really cool here is that these cells absorb so much electricity they literally swell when charged.

Nanosolar Is Gunning For Coal via TechCrunch. This company has been around for a lot of years, and they have finally rolled out a commercial solar panel that is cheaper than anything else available ($0.99/Watt…end price is about the same as coal. That’s right. Solar Power is now as cheap as Coal power). This is going to change the world. Seriously. Nanosolar does this with a technology based on carbon nanotubes that basically prints the solar panels out, rather than making them in a process similar to silicon chips like most other commercial solar panels are made. These things are also thinner and longer lasting than conventional solar panels. Yes, I am sold.

And Matt, it’s not that I have nothing to say, it’s that I rarely think to say it.

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