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Fossil fuels look downright primitive when you realize a piece of metal the size of a gummy bear can power a city block. Nuclear reactors utilize compressed…
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If you want a battery that outlives you, just pack it full of radioactive isotopes. Unlike solar panels that catch photons, betavoltaic devices use a…
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Extracting stubborn fuel requires aggressively blasting the earth crust with a slurry of wet sand. By pumping extreme volumes of specialized liquid directly…
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Irony at its finest dictates that the objects built to capture the sun actually hate being baked by it. Photovoltaic cells require excited electrons to flow…
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Fear of glowing green rocks is hilarious when you realize burning fossil fuels emits far more radioactive waste into the atmosphere. Natural coal contains…
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