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Popular Mechanics November 14, 2006 Jerry Beilinson	Carbon Futures It's a bit ironic, but the dirtiest of alternative energy technologies could have the biggest impact. Gasification is the process of taking one fuel -- coal, often -- and turning it into a gas (syngas) that can be burned, plus a bunch of other chemicals.
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Chemistry World October 2007 Stuart Haszeldine	How to Bury the Problem Carbon capture and storage could allow us to burn fossil fuels without climate consequences - but only with more investment in R&D.
Popular Mechanics November 2006 Wise & Hutchinson	The Truth About Hydrogen Can the simplest element in the universe really power our homes, fuel our cars and reduce our contribution to global warming? PM crunches the numbers on the real hydrogen economy.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 William Sweet	Winner: Restoring Coal's Sheen A Swedish energy company is the first to initiate and complete a project of significant scale to demonstrate carbon capture and storage with a coal plant.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2006 John S. McClenahen	Energy: Supply-Side Manufacturers Benefit An upsurge in power plant construction will benefit such firms as General Electric Co. and ABB Ltd., the North American unit of Zurich-based ABB Group., which make such gear as turbines, generators, transformers and controls.
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BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 Michael Arndt	The New Clean Fuel: Coal Producer Goes Green American Electric Power, once the nemesis of environmentalists, will embrace an eco-friendly way of producing electricity from coal.
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Geotimes December 2006 Fred Schwab	Why Fester? Let's Sequester! Instead of looking toward another fossil fuel-based energy choice, scientists need to examine carbon dioxide sequestering, the capture and storage technology that removes anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Industrial Physicist Oct/Nov 2004 Jesse H. Ausubel	Big Green Energy Machines Zero-emission power plants and Continental SuperGrids can multiply the power of the energy system 5-10 times while shrinking it in a revolutionary way.
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Wired April 2003 Schwartz & Randall	How Hydrogen Can Save America The cost of oil dependence has never been so clear. Consumers are ready for an alternative. From Detroit to Dallas, even the oil establishment is primed for change. We put a man on the moon in a decade; we can achieve energy independence just as fast. Here's how.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Erin Schulte	The Other Black Gold--Coal With the U.S. thirst for electricity showing no signs of slowing, with oil prices skyrocketing and, perhaps most importantly, with a coal-friendly administration firmly entrenched, the coal industry looks like it is on an extended winning streak. Investors, take note.
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Popular Mechanics August 2007 Carl Hoffman	High-Tech Mining Makes Coal King of Fossil Fuels, But Is It Clean? The abundance of coal and new mining technology will make this the fuel of choice for power plants for years to come.
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National Defense October 2006 Robert H. Williams	Easy Access to Hydrogen Proposed A Massachusetts company believes it has perfected technology that removes a key roadblock -- the scarcity of fuel outlets -- to the widespread use of hydrogen powered automobiles.
Reason May 2008 Brian Doherty	Power From the People A growing number of venture capitalists, small businesses, and government regulators are asking a provocative question: What kind of efficiencies could be realized if power was created by, or at least much nearer, the end user instead?
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