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  • Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 02/05/2010

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    Photo credit arekiiu Here is this week’s Friday Green numbers round-up: Scant Arctic ice could mean summer double whammy | Reuters Scant ice over the Arctic Sea this winter could mean a “double whammy” of powerful ice-melt next summer tags: greennumbers, arctic sea ice, arctic ice, ice melt Tibet temperatures hit record high in 2009…

  • Battery that can go 30 years between re-charges?

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    I read an interesting article the other day about a new type of laptop battery which should be able to go 30 years between re-charges! The batteries are constructed from semiconductors and use radioisotopes as the energy source. As the radioactive material decays it emits beta particles that transform into electric power capable of fueling…