But I found two interesting reads on solar race cars and prosthetics for dolphins.
In the long term, the development could bring about solar powered cars.
Equally some electric vehicle owners have been able to recharge their cars with solar panels, which means their emissions are practically zero (although the emissions involved with actually constructing the solar panels and the cars will mean that no cars are ever totally clean).
Nor were they going to want solar-powered cars, even though Mr MacCready's version, the Sunraycer, won a race of almost 2, 000 miles across the Australian desert.
We are quite a way yet from solar-powered cars, which still have to get past the issues of speed and load capacity (the heavier the vehicle, the slower you go).
Both acts would, of course, slow progress and delay the arrival of cheap solar power and electric cars.
Meanwhile, as California focuses upon wind turbines, solar panels and electric cars, vast oil and gas resources remain undeveloped.
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Populists on the left--even if they sound futuristic when praising solar energy, electric cars and the like--also want a slower pace.
Investors who want to bet on solar power or electric cars do not want to be saddled with rice cookers or restaurants.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and CEO of SpaceX, held court on space travel, solar power and electric cars at South By Southwest Saturday.
The frontline worker, whether he is making cars, solar panels, or wasabi-crusted ahi tuna, now generates unprecedented value but receives little of the wealth he is creating.
Besides being used for hi-tech gadgets, the elements are also crucial for manufacturing low-carbon resources such as wind turbines, solar panels and electric cars, said David Danielson, the US assistant secretary for renewable energy.
We want those tax breaks to go to companies that are investing here in Bridgeport, small businesses and American manufacturers and clean energy companies, because we don't want electric cars or solar panels or wind turbines made in China or Asia or in Europe.
The other consists of pro-growth "green" greens, who see riches in solar energy and battery driven cars.
They'll be jobs building the wind turbines and solar panels and fuel-efficient cars that will lower our dependence on foreign oil, and modernizing our costly health care system that will save us billions of dollars and countless lives.
We don't want solar panels and wind turbines and electric cars built in China or Europe.
Well, how about investment in clean energy so that the solar panels and wind turbines and electric cars are built here in the United States?
They are about to grow rapidly, thanks to new environmental rules (solar power, LED lights and electric cars) or exploding demand in emerging markets (medical devices and drugs).
And my administration has invested heavily in clean energy manufacturing, because I want to see the LEDs and solar panels and wind turbines and electric cars of tomorrow made right here in the U.S of A. I want them made right here.
Some of these folks want to dismiss the promise of solar power and wind power and fuel-efficient cars.
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That's why we invest in solar and wind and biofuels, energy-efficient cars.
In addition, from cell phones to computers, washers and dryers to electronic ignition for cars would be damaged by a massive solar storm that directly hit the Earth.
Overall, China views promotion of green sectors as sound industrial policy: it aims to be the world market leader in solar panels, wind turbines, fuel-efficient cars, and other clean energy industries.
We can invest in American businesses that power our country with all kinds of innovative technologies such as wind turbines, solar panels, geothermal systems, hybrid and electric cars, and next-generation batteries.
Going solar accelerates the return on investment for drivers of cars like the Honda Fit EV, the electric version of its popular subcompact, and owners also get to zero out their carbon emissions by fueling from the sun.
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Over the past six decades tens of billions of dollars have been spent on renewable and alternative energy schemes such as wind energy, solar energy, corn and other biofuels, and electric cars.
The University of California at San Diego, which runs a Zero Emission Vehicle Project, has 70 electric cars on order, and is putting Envision solar charging at its owned and operated parking garage.
In the future, there might be a more complete solution: Cars that run on new fuels that don't emit greenhouse gases at all, such as hydrogen made with nuclear power, or cars that run on electricity that was generated with wind or solar power.
And that's why we've got to pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy that includes investing in more biofuels and more fuel-efficient vehicles, and more solar power and more wind power, and more people going back to work building cars and homes and businesses that are more energy efficient than the ones that we've got right now.
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