The decommissioned refineries themselves, filled with clusters of these uber-green multi-unit homes, could potentially be transformed into entire self-sustaining, clean-energy generating communities.

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Why is the United States still locked in this self-perpetuating boom-bust cycle in clean energy?

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Nonetheless, in recent years America has come to resemble much more closely that brightly lit, fume-free city on a hill that policy wonks dream about, where energy is cheap, clean and reliable (if you consider self-sufficiency a proxy for reliability).

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They are, with their rational basis in math and science and their clean modernist aesthetic, the perfect antidote to the postmodern, self-referential and celebrity art of the early aughts.

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"It is now time for companies to move beyond vague promises, business-as-usual self-regulatory schemes and rhetoric, " said Ineke Zeldenrust, director of Clean Clothes Campaign, a garment workers-rights group that helped hammer out the accord.

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Now, that's a low bar, given -- (laughter.) But there was a team from Tennessee that had designed a self-powered water filtration plant so that homes in Appalachia could have access to clean water.

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In the Netherlands, scientists have developed a self-healing nano coating that repairs itself when it's damaged and could keep cars permanently clean.

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The next generation of self made billionaires will be entrepreneurs who understand that their fight may also be to eliminate poverty and hunger and bring clean water to all.

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