Burning waste is a dirty way to generate power – but it’s the least bad alternative to England’s broken recycling system
England plans to nearly double its number of waste incinerators.
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England plans to nearly double its number of waste incinerators.
The Energy Department has a dual mission with a heavy science focus and manages large, expensive programs, many of which are behind schedule and over budget.
Even once researchers can reliably get more power out of a fusion reaction than they put in, they’ll still need to overcome engineering challenges to scale up fusion energy.
The Interior Department manages about one-fifth of all US land. Its secretary mediates among many competing uses for it, from recreation to energy production.
Using the island as a model, researchers demonstrate the “DyMonDS” framework can improve resiliency to extreme weather and ease the integration of new resources.
Human biology is vastly more energy efficient than today’s computing.
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