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	<title>Centre Flow &#187; Quirk E</title>
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	<description>Canadian perspectives on energy</description>
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		<title>Kapow! Nuclear fusion with a bullet</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/08/24/kapow-nuclear-fusion-with-a-bullet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/08/24/kapow-nuclear-fusion-with-a-bullet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=11344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If John Woo had decided to get into the energy sector instead of bullet-ridden action movies, he might have proposed something like this: firing a diamond bullet into a chunk of solid methane to produce nuclear fusion. And you thought nuclear energy was already exciting. Of course, the idea of using a high-speed projectile as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Just A Bunch Of Hot Air</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/07/28/not-just-a-bunch-of-hot-air/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/07/28/not-just-a-bunch-of-hot-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emission-free vehicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmentally friendly energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hydrogen fuel cell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=11008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Air travel by dirigibles enjoyed a brief golden age in the early 20th century, evoking images of giant blimps crossing the Atlantic like airborne luxury liners. (There’s an urban legend that says the Empire State Building was even originally supposed to have a refuelling station built into its top, but as fanciful as it might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take A Look Overhead</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/07/21/take-a-look-overhead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/07/21/take-a-look-overhead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portable power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=11020</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lithium batteries are so yesterday. A solar-powered backpack? Pfft, you’ll have to do better than that. If you really want portable power, and you want to look cool doing it, it’s the bat hook or nothing. Sure, a device designed to be thrown over your head and into overhead power lines might not offer any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Nuclear Neighbourhood</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/07/19/a-nuclear-neighbourhood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/07/19/a-nuclear-neighbourhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decentralized power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reactors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=11002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Canada is still wrangling with its own nuclear future. For example, while Alberta has said that it will evaluate all private nuclear projects on a case-by-case basis, British Columbia has a standing policy of no nuclear power plants in the province. Federally regulated by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, there hasn’t actually been a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bigger And Biggerer</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/06/30/bigger-and-biggerer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/06/30/bigger-and-biggerer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masdar City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photosynthesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=10897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we talk about solar power, we’re not always thinking big. It’s exciting to discover, for example, that there’s actually a species of ocean-bound bacteria that can photosynthesize just like land-based plants, and we’re always hearing about solar-powered devices like solar backpacks that can fit just about anywhere. But sometimes, bigger really is better — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take off</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/04/21/take-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2010/04/21/take-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zero-emissions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=10169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Was the six-year wait worth it?  Test pilot Markys Scherdel seemed to think so. He recently kept the Solar Impulse, a solar-powered airplane, in the air for over an hour. It’s a big step towards the ultimate goal of flying this plane around the world planned for 2012. With the wingspan of an Airbus A340, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009: A Year in Waste</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/12/23/2009-a-year-in-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/12/23/2009-a-year-in-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biogas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mother nature]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=8671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to energy there’s just something fascinating about waste products. Sure, the material’s almost always gross, but the idea of using garbage that would otherwise lay in piles or puddles makes great economic and environmental sense. Vancouver, for example, has plans to build six new waste-to-energy plants, dealing with the problems of residential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cutaway your Christmas list</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/12/22/cutaway-your-christmas-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/12/22/cutaway-your-christmas-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gifts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=8642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BibliOdyssey has the perfect gift idea for those impossible-to-buy-for people on your Christmas list. We bet they don&#8217;t have these. Nuclear reactor wall charts. Beautiful cutaway illustrations of the Super Phénix, the Snupps, the Fulton, a Canadian classic the Candu 3, the Douglas Point BRW/6, the Grand Gulf, the Guangdong and last but not least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sea water to jet fuel</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/11/26/sea-water-to-jet-fuel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/11/26/sea-water-to-jet-fuel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative fuel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=7558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s true; you can make fuel out of just about anything these days. Scientists in the US Navy are making jet fuel out of sea water. Using a variation on the same technique used to make hydrocarbon fuels from syngas (derived from coal), they can extract carbon dioxide from the sea water. Then, it can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shrimp shells</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/11/25/shrimp-shells/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/11/25/shrimp-shells/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmentally friendly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=7561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Food and fuel meet again; shrimp shells increase the efficiency of bio-fuel production. The conventional method of turning soybean or canola oil into valuable fuels requires a single-use catalyst like sodium hydroxide that needs to be neutralized by lots of water. Despite making a “greener” fuel than gasoline, all this polluted water isn’t doing anybody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drive-through energy</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/11/19/drive-through-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/11/19/drive-through-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean electricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kinetic energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power grid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=6726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The bad news: the Whopper is still bad for you. The good news? All that kinetic energy going to waste when you pull your car through the drive-thru window will be put to good use. At least, it will be at a Burger King in New Jersey. They’re experimenting with speed bumps that could actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco ice cream</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/11/03/eco-ice-cream/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/11/03/eco-ice-cream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon footprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmentally friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice cream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-carbon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=7541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is carbon-counting the next big food trend? Unilever is introducing a new low-carbon “ambient” ice cream. You read that right. In an effort to reduce their carbon footprint, the company responsible for other successful ice creams such as Ben &#38; Jerry&#8217;s, has developed an ice cream that need not be frozen until the consumer takes it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Horoscope</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/02/energy-horoscope-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/09/02/energy-horoscope-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy horoscope]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=6772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Virgo  August 23 – September 22 What have you been building for yourself lately? How about for the planet? With one-third of Canada’s energy use going to running homes, offices and other buildings, it’s important that we build a greener future for the planet by modifying how we build and how we use our buildings. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I’m Fantastic Bioplastic</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/27/i%e2%80%99m-fantastic-bioplastic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/27/i%e2%80%99m-fantastic-bioplastic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bioplastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmentally friendly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=6122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest in eco-friendly attire to make its way down runways and bike trails in all the hottest fashion houses of New York, Milan and Hoboken: potato raincoats. That’s right. Soon you too could be the proud owner of your own spud duds.  We’re assuming that it takes a heck of a lot of energy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-vending</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/21/eco-vending/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/21/eco-vending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy savings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=6144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well…prepacked goods dispensed from brightly illuminated appliances is miles away from a truly green food source, but thanks to a new proposal from the U.S.’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, vending machines are gearing up to go green. Currently the purveyors of pop guzzle approximately 1,900 kwh to 2,600 kwh per year. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On-demand ocean hydropower</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/19/on-demand-ocean-hydropower/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/19/on-demand-ocean-hydropower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Searaser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wave power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=6099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If solar or wind energy don’t float your boat, maybe generating power from waves will be more up your oceanic alley. In an effort to create even more predictability from the ocean, Dartmouth Wave Energy, a British company has developed an energy converter called the Searaser, which is making waves. Literally. The machine attaches to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The energy potential of chicken droppings</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/13/the-energy-potential-of-chicken-droppings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/13/the-energy-potential-of-chicken-droppings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biochar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pyrolysis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=5894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First cow farts, now chicken dung. A whole host of interesting and until now—unwanted agricultural and animal waste products are now being touted as the new superheroes of environmental protection. In fact, manure could soon heat and power farms using a thermochemical method known as “pyrolysis.” Engineers at the Plains Soil, Water and Plant Research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ditch the books</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/07/ditch-the-books/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/07/ditch-the-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic reader]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=5928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s summertime! No more teachers, no more school, no more tree-hungry dirty books.  Every student in the Unites States is probably jumping for joy at California’s new plan. Yes, the Terminator has a new gig—to terminate all the textbooks and replace them with e-books. Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggger announced that a high school in California will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Horoscope</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/01/energy-horoscope-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/08/01/energy-horoscope-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy horoscope]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=6559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some energy efficient tips to help you get through the dog-days of summer. Leo  July 23 – August 22 Spending time in the garden this summer? It’s time to make your landscaping work for you in ways that go beyond aesthetics. Take energy efficient landscaping for example. The key to this is creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar paint?</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/07/28/solar-paint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/07/28/solar-paint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[photovoltaic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar panels]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=5811</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soon, the only tool needed to combat climate change could be a paintbrush.  No more need for costly solar panels. The Corus Group, a Dutch steel company, has developed a way to paint solar cells right onto steel at the time of manufacture.  Photovoltaic cells are the things in solar panels which generate a current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The eco-impact of spam mail</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/07/21/the-eco-impact-of-spam-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/07/21/the-eco-impact-of-spam-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GHG emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=5595</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Monty Python was dead wrong: spam is neither lovely, nor wonderful.   Spam e-mail is one of the four horsemen of the e-apocalypse. Who hasn’t received unwanted ads for male “enhancement,” college degrees, or sales in stores located in another time zone? It turns out, spam email isn’t just annoying, but harmful to the environment. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going bananas for biofuel…peeling away at sustainability</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/07/02/going-bananas-for-biofuel%e2%80%a6peeling-away-at-sustainability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/07/02/going-bananas-for-biofuel%e2%80%a6peeling-away-at-sustainability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternate fuel sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green fuel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is yellow on the inside and green on the outside? A banana dressed up as a cucumber. That may be a lame joke, but these days bananas really are dressing up green. Rotting banana skins are the latest additions to the growing list of raw sources for biofuel. The banana biofuel has been most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More solar gadgets</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/07/01/more-solar-gadgets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/07/01/more-solar-gadgets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=5239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pop quiz time, hotshot.  When I say “solar power,” what do you think of? Big panels on roofs, maybe a solar-powered racing car?  Pffft.  Wrong. Solar power has come a long way – it’s gone smaller. It’s gone weirder.    Your average 19th century British adventurer was a hardy sort, but even the best complained about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Horoscope</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/07/01/energy-horoscope-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/07/01/energy-horoscope-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy horoscope]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=5710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cancer June 21 &#8211; July 22 Fancy yourself a little Martha Stewart homebody these days? Show Martha up by greening your cleaning… and cooking and sewing. First cleaning… stop rinsing your dishes before you put them in the dishwasher, as that wastes water and energy. Just scrape larger food pieces, place in the dishwasher and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The power of speech…literally!</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/06/19/the-power-of-speech%e2%80%a6literally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/06/19/the-power-of-speech%e2%80%a6literally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electrical energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piezoelectric generators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Always forgetting to charge your cell phone or constantly losing your charger? A phone that charges just by using it may be calling your name. New technology to turn cell phones into self-charging devices using piezoelectric generators has got tongues wagging. Piezo…wha?  Piezoelectrics have been around since the late 1880s. Piezoelectric phones convert kinetic movement into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PC Solar Study: Working While Sleeping</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/06/12/pc-solar-study-working-while-sleeping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/06/12/pc-solar-study-working-while-sleeping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=5232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists at Harvard University and IBM are waking up to a new idea from dormant computers.  By putting a million idle computers to work, they are looking to develop a new and cheaper form of solar power. PC users who have volunteered to participate are connected to a World Community Grid. Participants then download software [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beetlejuice</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/06/09/beetlejuice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/06/09/beetlejuice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon-neutral process]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The mountain pine beetle has been ravaging the pine forests in B.C. since the mid-1990s, leaving behind an estimated 1 billion tons of dead trees and a forestry industry in dire need of rescue. When life gives you beetle-killed dead trees, make biofuel. The reasoning is simple – the dead trees can be converted into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ice, ice baby</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/06/03/ice-ice-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/06/03/ice-ice-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternate fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas hydrate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4818</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These days it seems as if almost anything is being used as an alternate fuel source: algae, coffee grounds, chocolate. All sorts of unique and interesting bio-fuel is popping up. The latest? Fire Ice. Someday, chunks of ice collected from beneath the ocean floor may too be used to fuel cars and heat homes. How? By [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Horoscope</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/06/01/energy-horoscope-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/06/01/energy-horoscope-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy horoscope]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4933</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gemini May 21 &#8211; June 20 Are you sometimes a little indecisive? How about when it comes to deciding what vehicle or appliance to buy? With all the choices out there, how do you know which one is the best? Natural Resources Canada has a resource to help you make the proper purchasing decisions. EnerGuide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pig farm turns waste into fuel source</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/27/pig-farm-turns-waste-into-fuel-source/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/27/pig-farm-turns-waste-into-fuel-source/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high-carbon power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[methane emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable energy source]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“When pigs fly.” It’s an expression that means “never,” or at least – “don’t hold your breath.” Pigs aren’t likely to take flight anytime soon – but what if their waste can make things fly? What? Well, maybe not fly, per se – but a pig farmer in England is using pig waste (a euphemism if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog power</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/22/dog-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/22/dog-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 17:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog-powered scooter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems people are willing to try almost anything to find other power sources, including hamster, lemon, and now dog power. In taking a step forward in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, we’ve taken a bold step backward and tapped into an age-old source: our lovable canine companions (with a slight twist). Now, behold readers: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green energy gets dirty</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/20/green-energy-gets-dirty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/20/green-energy-gets-dirty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 17:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmentally friendly energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dirty. Filthy. Mucky. These, generally, aren’t good adjectives. Whether literally or figuratively, those aren’t words you’d use to describe something nice, pleasant, appealing, or beneficial. Even gardeners sometimes refer to good soil as “clean,” which they don’t mean ironically.  What if the word “dirt” started to mean something else? Enter designer Marieke Staps, a designer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking it underground</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/18/taking-it-underground/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/18/taking-it-underground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric grid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, our modern world is supported by an energy grid that was originally designed by Thomas Edison in 1880. Say it’s not so! Indeed, Edison’s design was never meant to service the large energy-gobbling population of the 21st Century. Demand for electricity is expected to increase by as much as 40 percent in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fish oil and farting cows</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/11/fish-oil-and-farting-cows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/11/fish-oil-and-farting-cows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[methane gas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fish oil, farting cows and the environment: what do these three things have in common?  Well, farm animals are responsible for producing as much as 28 percent of methane gas worldwide. With methane being 20 times more powerful at trapping solar energy in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, the argument that cow farts don’t matter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Horoscope</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/01/energy-horoscope-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/05/01/energy-horoscope-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy horoscope]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taurus April 20 &#8211; May 20 Planning a little trip during the May long weekend? Consider that your house can continue consuming energy even while you’re away. But no worries, because there are things you can do, like turning off the lights, stoves, heaters and air conditioning, unplugging waterbed heaters, and setting your water heater to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who wants a refill?</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/21/who-wants-a-refill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/21/who-wants-a-refill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly printers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy saving]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you like the smell of coffee in the morning, then the new RITI coffee printer is the office accessory for you! That’s right. The coffee printer. Does it brew and print at the same time? No, but this new eco-friendly printer does turn your leftover coffee grounds into a sustainable source of ink for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar-powered firsts</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/21/solar-powered-firsts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/21/solar-powered-firsts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar-powered machines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=3179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[December 2008 saw a first – namely, the first-ever solar-powered car to drive around the world. Solar power has been making all kinds of headlines lately, so we thought this would be a good time to look back at several recent solar-powered firsts: First partially-solar-powered cargo ship No, it doesn’t power the whole ship – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Places where the sun does indeed shine</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/10/places-where-the-sun-does-indeed-shine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/10/places-where-the-sun-does-indeed-shine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photovoltaic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=3204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quick! Where is the weirdest place you’d expect to find a solar panel? If you said cemetery, give yourself five points. Outhouse garners ten points. If you said an Amish outhouse, ding! You’ve won the bonus prize. A suburb of Barcelona has placed 462 solar panels over its multi-storey mausoleums. The solar panels cover less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chocolate power</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/09/chocolate-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/09/chocolate-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chocolate fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocoa shells]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=4038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See if you can follow this: They say love makes the world go ‘round. They also say love is just a chemical reaction in the brain, which can be reproduced by eating large amounts of chocolate. Therefore, love = chocolate. Chocolate makes the world go ‘round. Ridiculous? Maybe not. A New Hampshire utility company is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fly me to the sun</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/01/fly-me-to-the-sun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/01/fly-me-to-the-sun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=3198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Solar-powered calculators and emergency mobile phones may be nothing new, but these days solar panels are popping up in the quirkiest of places. Solar-powered backpacks, radios, flashlights, lighters and solar fans are no longer the fodder of Star Trek episodes.   The Solar fan, for example, can reduce the temperature by up to 40 degrees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Horoscope</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/01/energy-horoscope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/04/01/energy-horoscope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy horoscope]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=3702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aries March 21 &#8211; April 19 Are you too yellow to go green? Is the fear of the initial financial investment holding you back? A Toronto energy company appears to have just the solution with their low-cost low-tech solar heating system. Based on the concept that hot-air rises, these solar walls create a cavity where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lemon Power…it’s for more than just giving dish soap a boost</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/03/18/lemon-power%e2%80%a6it%e2%80%99s-for-more-than-just-giving-dish-soap-a-boost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/03/18/lemon-power%e2%80%a6it%e2%80%99s-for-more-than-just-giving-dish-soap-a-boost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthy Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy source]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=3147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When life gives you lemons, make&#8230;a desk clock? The thought of lemons, electrodes and a light bulb might take you back to the days of pocket protectors and Junior High Science Fairs, but is there really science behind lemon power? Well yes, albeit simple science. Just cut up a lemon and you&#8217;ve got a week’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When nature calls: flushing out environmental engineering</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/03/12/when-nature-calls-flushing-out-environmental-engineering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/03/12/when-nature-calls-flushing-out-environmental-engineering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental engineer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green careers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=2900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So…when nature calls, the LAST thing you are probably thinking about is the possible energy that could be generated or the environmental engineers who make it happen. But it all has to go somewhere and someone needs to find the best way to…well…handle it. For decades, environmental engineers have been looking at sustainable waste management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Horoscope</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/03/01/channeling-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/03/01/channeling-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=3072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Channeling Energy March 2009 How will you use your energy this month? The choice is up to you. A healthy environment and economy relies on the decisions and free will of energy citizens. Check your sign each month for an energy tip or fact to help you better use your energy.     Aries March [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going green a taxing experience</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/02/17/going-green-a-taxing-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/02/17/going-green-a-taxing-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paperless]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=2638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Canada Revenue Agency is pressing more companies to buy into &#8220;the paperless filing solution&#8221; by sending T4 and other information electronically. Its web page includes T4 web-forms and desktop applications for use in calculating totals, validating data and enabling companies to print completed slips for their employees. Don&#8217;t have an access code? Call the CRA Help Desk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worth celebrating</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/02/09/worth-celebrating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/02/09/worth-celebrating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cellular phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CWTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-waste]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=2623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some 71% of Canadians either own a cellular telephone or plan to buy one in the near future but despite the existence of thousands of recycling sites across the country, only a small percentage is recycled annually, part of the millions of tonnes of e-waste produced around the world. Accordingly – or should that be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamster-powered paper shredder</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/02/05/hamster-powered-paper-shredder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/02/05/hamster-powered-paper-shredder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable energy source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scooter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=2435</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quick: how many renewable energy sources can you name off the top of your head? Well, there’s Solar, Hydro, Tidal, Geothermal, Wind&#8230;um&#8230;forgetting one? Of course – Hamster! You read that right: hamster. If you are the proud owner of this much beloved pet, you’ve got your very own itty-bitty power source. You just didn’t realize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groundhogs predict, but can they change&#8230; climate?</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/02/03/groundhogs-predict-but-can-they-change-climate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/02/03/groundhogs-predict-but-can-they-change-climate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biogas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=2690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One day after North American groundhogs predicted six more weeks of winter (or not), we are reminded by media reports that, really, it’s all “a pack of lies”. In less civilized circles, one might suggest the famous woodchucks are full of *ahem* manure. But in the race to produce new, viable alternative energies, being full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energetic studies</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/01/22/energetic-studies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/01/22/energetic-studies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=2192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, there is a lot of benchmarks to gauge an issue’s relevance. Google counts. Protests. News clippings. Speeches from politicians. College courses.  Wait, what was that last one?  Post-secondary curriculum has come a long way from Introduction to Elizabethan Poetry. Nothing against Mr. Shakespeare, but today’s students need to be prepared for tomorrow’s challenges. Increasingly, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcycling</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/01/16/upcycling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/01/16/upcycling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upcycle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=1724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the old saying is true and “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”, then Nike has struck eco-gold with their upcycling program. Coined by eco-inclined writers William McDonough and Michael Braugart, ‘upcycling’ is the process of transforming disposable materials into something of greater use. Where recycling reuses the same materials to make something similar, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green cows</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/01/15/green-cows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/01/15/green-cows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon footprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=1712</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The focus of most eco-technology is improving the efficiency of things in order to minimize their carbon footprint. Car manufacturers aim for more fuel efficient cars, manufacturers to try for streamlined processes and everywhere people are scaling back to use less energy. And now biotechnologists are looking at ways to increase the efficiency of cows.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green snow?</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/01/05/green-snow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2009/01/05/green-snow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heating and cooling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=1728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Green snow? It’s too hot in the summer, and too cold in the winter.  A lot of energy is expended to alternately cool and warm us.   What if, say, we could borrow some winter to cool down the summer?  Ottawa City Council has asked Hydro Ottawa to look into just that.   Last winter, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday Words</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/12/24/wednesday-words-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/12/24/wednesday-words-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wednesday words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=1971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NTSOC  &#124;  The NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center is located at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado and receives up-to-the-minute status reports from radar, satellites and Santa cams on Christmas Eve]]></description>
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		<title>Burgers bad for the environment</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/12/05/burgers-bad-for-the-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/12/05/burgers-bad-for-the-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gases]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=1710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Where’s the beef?” It’s the question on the minds of many consumers when facing yet another ‘good for you’ vegetarian delight. The phrase that takes us back to the era of pop music and legwarmers shows the huge change in thinking since then. Where beef reigned supreme in cuisine, consumers are being encouraged to choose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy generation gets a dose of cool</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/11/26/energy-generation-gets-a-dose-of-cool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/11/26/energy-generation-gets-a-dose-of-cool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy generating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kinetic energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=1457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Energy innovations can be found in the strangest of places.  Even at Da Club. Anyone who’s even been in the groove (or whatever the kids are saying these days) on the dance floor has probably felt it. The feeling that you could dance all night long. That you had energy to burn.  Energy to burn? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google haunts consumers with spooky energy calculator</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/10/22/google-haunts-consumers-with-spooky-energy-calculator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/10/22/google-haunts-consumers-with-spooky-energy-calculator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=84</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Halloween knocking on our doorstep, Google created their own haunted house to help consumers battle fiendishly high energy costs. The global search company compiled a 5-point interactive energy saving calculator. It works by tallying the potential cost savings of making a few simple changes. The haunted house of ghastly energy horrors looks at energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going green goes to Hollywood</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/10/07/going-green-goes-to-hollywood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/10/07/going-green-goes-to-hollywood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coast to Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon footprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon neutral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hollywood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=52</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s no surprise that a Hollywood blockbuster leaves a huge carbon footprint. The lights, the camera, the action all cost energy, not to mention the flights to global locations, lavish studio offices and the multiple takes to get it just right on screen. In fact, the film industry has the dubious distinction of being a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bats go splat</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/09/11/bats-go-splat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/09/11/bats-go-splat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turbines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wind power is one of the most frequently cited sources of alternative energy, an environmental win-win whose only drawback is its cost. But if anything worries us about a renewable, emission-free power source, it might just be the gigantic metal blades at the end of every wind turbine. (As we’ve seen, they can get a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot enough to fry an egg</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/09/04/hot-enough-to-fry-an-egg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/09/04/hot-enough-to-fry-an-egg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asphalt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why Didn’t Anyone Think of This Before Department – Asphalt as a Solar Collector Whenever it gets really hot outside, you’ll always find some reporter on the local news trying to fry an egg on the parking lot pavement. “Wow,” he or she will say, mugging the camera, “It’s hot enough to fry an egg [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green roofs: natural insulation springs up again</title>
		<link>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/08/28/green-roofs-natural-insulation-springs-up-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.centreflow.ca/2008/08/28/green-roofs-natural-insulation-springs-up-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All About Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quirk E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green roof]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sod]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centreflow.ca/?p=326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The roof above your head might be getting greener, and it won’t be water damage. Well, hopefully. “Green roofs” can be applied to houses or commercial buildings by designing or retrofitting a roof to accommodate a waterproof membrane, followed by soil or other growing medium and topped off with vegetation. In some cases, the roof [...]]]></description>
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