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SUSTAINOCENE. "The concept of a ‘Sustainocene’ was developed by the Canberra-based Australian physician Bryan Furnass in March 2012 ...to achieve the social virtues of ecological sustainability and environmental integrity." Central to this thinking is the harnessing of photosynthesis for human clean energy uses. " " http://lnkd.in/dbe42XY View in LinkedIn

FINALLY $1,000 SEQUENCES. "The ability to sequence a human genome for just $1,000 has arrived, a US genetic technology company has announced. San Diego-based Illumina says it is to release a new sequencing machine that can deliver five whole genomes in a day. The race to unlock a human's genetic blueprint for $1,000 has been underway for more than a decade. The Archon X-prize had offered $10m for a team that reached or came closest, until it was cancelled in August 2013."" " http://lnkd.in/dnJnGt5 View in LinkedIn

INNOVATION IN BIOTECH IN THE UK. "From bacterial robots to synthetic blood cells: The biotech boom at British universities. Imagine bacteria that eats pollution in water or can recycle gold from electronics - the scope of synthetic biology is practically limitless."" " http://lnkd.in/d6CNtFz View in LinkedIn

CHINA'S GIANT WIND POWER INITIATIVE. "China has embarked on the greatest push for renewable energy the world has ever seen. A key element involves more than doubling the number of wind turbines in the next six years. Already the world's largest producer of wind power, China plans further massive increases. From a current installed capacity of 75 gigawatts (GW), the aim is to achieve a staggering 200GW by 2020." The European Union today has ~90GW of installed wind capacity." " http://lnkd.in/db2UmrE View in LinkedIn

ELECTRIC BUSES LAUNCH IN THE UK. AND S KOREA. "Although these electric buses are the first to operate in the UK, they are not the first worldwide. Last year, South Korea switched on a 7.5-mile road capable of recharging electric vehicles as they drive over it and without them needing to stop; two public buses currently operate on the road, which is located in the city of Gumi."" " http://lnkd.in/dXFQw2U View in LinkedIn

TOYOTA'S VISION of the future of cars was presented at the EcoChem conference in Basel last November. Driverless electric cars would be used by city dwellers like taxis. Cars as we know them were not part of the vision. View in LinkedIn

ENERGY FUTURE LUMPY."The future holds great promise. New discoveries, advanced technologies, and high-tech engineering may transform the energy landscape – and with it the shape of society. Public-private partnerships will play an important role in the development of these new technologies and will increase the chances of their adoption in the marketplace. But our energy makeover will be a very gradual and uneven process."" " http://www.nap.edu/reports/energy/looking.html View in LinkedIn

OIL SUPPLY IS FINITE. "We will reach a point where the oil supply can no longer be increased to meet projected demand. While this will certainly be true eventually, there is no consensus as to whether we are already entering that period or it is decades away."" " http://lnkd.in/dk8RczQhttp://lnkd.in/dkWFcfR View in LinkedIn

WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? "is a 2006 documentary film that explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the mid-1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, the California government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology."" " http://lnkd.in/dxZ2h_V View in LinkedIn

US CAR COMPANIES DISMANTLED PUBLIC TRANSPORT. "The General Motors streetcar conspiracy (also known as the Great American streetcar scandal) refers to allegations and convictions in relation to a program by General Motors (GM) and other companies who purchased and then dismantled streetcar and electric train systems in many cities in the United States." Today, millions of miles of railway lines in the US are abandoned. The strategy worked. " " http://lnkd.in/dhCb6Z7 View in LinkedIn