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Volte Face – Exxon Goes Ga Ga for Algae Oil

Monday, July 20, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Environment | Tags: innovation, technology, government, renewable energy, energy, science, car, eco, desalination, gas, bio fuel

When Big Oil claims its going green, seasoned market watchers sigh deeply and trade a few million barrels before lunch. More generous observers will consider Big Oil’s alternative energy ventures part R&D, part PR. But, what if the numbers really do stack up and the technology really can get beyond drilling holes in the ground?

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First, We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin

Friday, March 20, 2009 | Posted by: Brian Maguire
| Tags: innovation, desalination, open innovation, nuclear fusion, professor john beddington, jet, manhattan project

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Kennedy began the US space race. Obama is going to cure cancer. And the United Kingdom, is, er, um, going to – make the trains run on time, maybe. Personally, that seems a little too mission impossible for my kind of optimism. How about? “This generation of Britons will harness controlled nuclear fusion for civilian use.”

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