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How an oil refinery works
Though wind and solar continue to carve out larger and larger shares of world energy supply, the modern world still runs on petroleum, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
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Why is it so hard to build an airport?
Airports are a critical piece of modern infrastructure.
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Understanding Solar Energy
The biggest energy story of the last fifteen years is the rise of solar photovoltaics, also known as solar PV or simply solar panels.
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How good are American roads?
We’re in an era where US infrastructure is getting a lot of attention.
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Could we stop Yellowstone from erupting with a geothermal power plant?
It’s become fairly common knowledge that Yellowstone National Park, in addition to being incredibly beautiful, is sitting on top of an enormous supervolcano that catastrophically erupts every few hundred thousand years.