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China to lead oil demand growth as OECD area strugglesHouston, Texas (AFP) March 10, 2010 China's hunger for oil is set to drive global demand in the coming years as consumption in the industrialized countries may not regain pre-economic crisis levels, experts say. "Chinese demand will continue to grow at a relatively high rate," said Kefeng Yang of research firm IHS CERA, the organizer of an energy conference this week in Houston in the heart of the US oil industry. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA), a government agency, projects Chinese demand for oil will rise more th ... read more |
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San Francisco (AFP) March 9, 2010IBM researchers on Tuesday said they have discovered a way to make Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products tough on the environment. The breakthrough promises biodegradable plastics made in a way that saves on energy, according to Chandrasekhar "Spike" Narayan, a manager of science and technology at IBM's Almaden Research Center in Northern California. ... more  
Seoul (AFP) March 9, 2010South Korean researchers Tuesday launched an environmentally friendly public transport system using a "recharging road" - with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried electric strips. The Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV), towing three buses, went into service at an amusement park in southern Seoul. If the prototype proves successful, there are plans to try it out on a bus route in th ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 08, 2010A low-cost water purification technique published in Current Protocols in Microbiology could help drastically reduce the incidence of waterborne disease in the developing world. The procedure, which uses seeds from the Moringa oleifera tree, can produce a 90.00% to 99.99% bacterial reduction in previously untreated water, and has been made free to download as part of access programs under ... more |
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Japanese bug released in Britain to tackle weed problemLondon (AFP) March 9, 2010 A Japanese insect is to be introduced on a trial basis in Britain to tackle a damaging super-weed, the government announced Tuesday. The Japanese knotweed was originally used as an ornamental plant in gardens across Britain but has rapidly spread, costing over 150 million pounds (225 million dollars, 165 million euros) a year to control. Agricultural and environmental research organisation CABI claim the psyllid bug from Japan - or "jumping plant lice" - is a successful and natural way of cont ... read more |
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