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11.21.09

Popular Science Podcast: Power From the People

Wind, solar, tidal-- all are battling for the renewable energy crown. But what about the six billion highly efficient short-stroke engines in our midst? What about us?

By Popular Science Staff Posted 03.09.2009 at 3:55 pm 1 Comment

Riding your bike to work? That's old school. Human powered transport options are expanding dramatically! In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with Bruce Grierson, author of Power From the People in the current issue of Popular Science magazine, taking on the concepts of negawatts, bullet bikes, and cars you can row.

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Power From The People

Wind, solar, tidal—all are battling for the renewable-energy crown, but what about the six billion highly efficient short-stroke engines in our midst? What about us?

By Bruce Grierson Posted 03.06.2009 at 10:58 am 7 Comments

Cave Junction, Oregon, was once, long ago, the center of a gold rush boom that, like so many booms, ultimately consumed its host. Prospectors mined the land around the towns in an ever-tightening circle, until the only gold left was below the saloons, assayers and burlesque halls. Those fell next. The towns were mined right out from under themselves—with no trace left of the old frontier burgs but scars in the earth.

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