Mongrel Shark. Sustainability Outlook. Energy Policy Institute at Boise State University. Www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-076/CEC-500-2009-076-APF.PDF. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations... [Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2010. How Social Media Will Make the Smart Energy Grid More Efficient Mashable | The Social Media Guide. Chikodi Chima is a multimedia journalist and occasional globetrotter whose work has appeared in Fast Company, VentureBeat, GigaOm, Shareable, The Philadelphia Weekly and The New York Press. Based in San Francisco, he's currently working on The Future Journalism Project, a documentary about disruption of legacy media at the hands of emerging technologies. While Facebook may be the social media platform to beat, there’s an even more powerful social networking force that promises to be in all American homes one day. A growing number of startups are applying the principles of social networking to home energy management, and bringing social media to the smart grid.
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U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis. ENERGY. New Gifts from Old Cultures- A Palm Tree with Countless Benefits and Virtuous Demands A Rain Forest Advocate Taps the Energy of the Sugar Palm By Marianne Lavelle National Geographic NewsJune 22, 2011 One of Indonesia's most ardent rain forest protection activists is in what may seem an unlikely position: Spearheading a project to produce biofuel from trees. But tropical forest scientist Willie Smits, after 30 years studying fragile ecosystems in these Southeast Asian islands, wants to draw world attention to a powerhouse of a tree—the Arenga sugar palm.
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