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Save The Nukes
Energy & Environment

Save The Nukes

January 14, 2021September 16, 2021 - by JohnShepler

From my hometown, I can see the water vapor plumes from the Byron Nuclear Generating Station some 25 miles away. It’s been a familiar sight on the horizon for over …

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Solar Power System Installation — Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Energy
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Crowd Sourced Infrastructure Re-energizes Puerto Rico

October 23, 2017August 2, 2018 - by JohnShepler

What do you do when your cities are flattened by a hurricane, the already-crumbling power, water, and communication infrastructure gives up the ghost, and the official government assessment is several …

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Hurricane Destruction — Photo Courtesy of FEMA
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Time For an X Prize to Rebuild Puerto Rico?

October 13, 2017August 2, 2018 - by JohnShepler

The hurricane disaster in Puerto Rico presents one of the worst humanitarian crises in memory and, perhaps, one of the greatest opportunities to improve our world through technology we’ve ever …

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Aircraft altimeter image paper plates and party supplies.
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