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Ages: 8 - 18
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Ever wonder how New York City pays the electric bill? Find out how the Big Apple turns the trucks filled with trash from the St. Patrick's Day Parade into energy for the city! The power plant shown in this video burns 3 thousand tons of garbage a day... and turns it into electricity. Follow the trash as it is transformed into energy. Run time 03:09
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April 5, 2010 at 07:02 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 15 - 18
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Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution, she's produced viruses that can construct powerful new batteries, ...clean hydrogen fuels and record-breaking solar cells. At TEDxCaltech, she shows us how it's done. (10:26)
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April 30, 2011 at 08:42 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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See how a dairy farm in Vermont is using cow manure to power over 400 homes in an area in this segment. The video also discusses how the future of sustainable power will come from a number of creative sources. (04:10)
January 12, 2013 at 04:09 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 14 - 18
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This video presents ways that the U.S. is coming up with new sources of sustainable energy. (02:01)
January 12, 2013 at 02:41 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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The physicist sees two major trends in the world today: the first is toward a multicultural, scientific, tolerant society; the other, as evidenced by terrorism, is fundamentalist and mono-cultural. Whichever one wins out will determine the fate of ma...nkind. (06:02)
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November 10, 2012 at 06:41 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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"Algae is the fastest growing plant life, and as an organism it converts sunlight into oil, scientists theorize that Algal biofuel can produce a whopping 30 times more energy per acre than any other biofuel option." (02:01)
July 1, 2010 at 06:43 PM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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Many researches have been working on renewable, clean energy sources. This particular study shows how hydrogen may some day replace gasoline to fuel our vehicles with zero emission of fuel cells. Learn about real world testing of this fuel cell tech...nology. Run time 01:50.
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May 5, 2010 at 05:04 PM
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Ages: 8 - 18
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This is a video about alternative energy sources such as solar energy, wind energy, and hydro power and how these sources can be converted to electricity. (3:38)
November 28, 2010 at 06:25 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 6 - 18
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Methane digesters are being installed on several farms to address environmental and energy issues. We visit a western Ohio farmer who's converting his manure into electricity to be sold to a nearby power company.
May 12, 2010 at 07:30 AM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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See a new technology which uses cheap materials - instead of expensive silicon crystals - to create powerful solar cells. These new cells are projected to cost 1/10th of what the more expensive silicon cells cost. See how a tiny solar panel - can cre...ate enormus usable wattage - and thus useful power. Run time 02:05.
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April 9, 2009 at 04:46 PM
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