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Archive - Mar 17, 2008

The resurrection we've all been waiting for

One day you wake up to complete silence, and you decide to lie in your bed for five more minutes because the entire environment outside of your cover is ridiculously cold. You bundle up with the thickest layers you can manage, you forget to look at the sky because there is no sun there, and you try to stay inside as much as possible.

Column: A few modest proposals on the road to energy efficiency

With gas prices up and the economy down, it's time for some creative thinking about how to make our society more energy efficient. Jie Han has come up with a few ideas. And while some of them might seem a little outlandish, there's no doubt the old ways aren't going to last for much longer.

Energy prices up, economy going down. What can be done?

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With oil prices hovering around $110 per barrel and the average gas prices up around $3.28 per gallon, people are feeling the pinch in their wallets.