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New batteries provide energy storage for renewable energy

Better Batteries Coming, No Jitter, 5 Jan 2011, . By Gary Audin, Delphi, Inc “……, “Charging Ahead: Advances in Battery Technology,” is excerpted below

In our increasingly mobile society, advanced energy storage is more important than ever. Batteries are used for plug-in vehicles, consumer electronics, renewable energy storage, back-up power, implantable medical devices, and a host of commercial and industrial applications. There is great demand for batteries that are smaller, last longer, and are more powerful……. Continue reading →

January 7, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable | Leave a comment

Rare Earths carry radioactive hazards for workers

REE deposits are usually found in the same vicinity as major lodes of uranium, radium and other radioactive ores.

Rare Earths: China’s not-so-secret secret weapon, Toronto Sun, By alan.parker  January 5, 2011“…………The environment concerns were very real. Mining and refining rare earth elements is a dirty, dangerous business Continue reading →

January 7, 2011 Posted by | health, technology, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

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