Energy Flashes....

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November/December 1981
 
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Researchers at Israel's Ben-Gurion University have developed a SOLAR GREENHOUSE COVERING, filled with a pale gray dye, that can collect the sun's rays for heating while still allowing the light necessary for photosynthesis to filter into the structure .... Georgia Tech is converting a FAMILY-OWNED DAIRY FARM INTO AN ENERGY-INDEPENDENT MODEL: It'll feature a methane-fueled generator, a hydroelectric plant, wood-fired boilers and furnaces, solar water heaters, and an alcohol fuel distillery .... After an absence of ten years, the EFM COAL-FIRED, WARM-AIR STOKER FURNACE is back on the market. General Machine Corporation (Dept. TMEN, Fourth and Furnace Streets, Emmaus, Pennsylvania 18049) is producing the coal-burner in response to consumer demand for a less costly-to-operate home heating system .... GLASS-REINFORCED CONCRETE may provide a lightweight, strong, and low-cost material for solarand wind-energy applications. Researchers say the substance can be readily formed into curved or angled shapes .... THE WOODSTOVE TAX CREDIT that was originally part of the Reagan administration's proposed tax cut legislation has been eliminated from the final bill.

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