Michael McDonald
Recent Stories By Michael McDonald:
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How Radioactive Diamonds Could Power the FutureDecember 6, 2016
One of the major problems of nuclear waste is that it is… well waste. A new development by a team of physicists and chemists at the University of Bristol may change all that. The group of scientists...
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Why Nuclear Power Is Fading Fast in the USNovember 2, 2016
Energy companies are shutting down their nuclear power plants and resorting to other forms of production. This is primarily due to the lack of funding and cheaper alternatives such as oil. With shale...
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Why You May Be Driving an Electric Car Sooner Than You ThinkOctober 29, 2016
The energy market is constantly transforming and advancing the way we use everyday products. Very soon, the internal combustion engines we’ve been accustomed to for over 100 years, may be replaced....
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Are Aliens Siphoning Power From This Star? Scientists Are Taking the Idea SeriouslyAugust 15, 2016
Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction as the old adage goes. Scientists at Penn State studying a distant star called KIC 8462852 have released a new study postulating that based on the light it...
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Las Vegas' New Lights Will Be Powered by FootstepsMarch 26, 2016
Las Vegas is a city built on hopes, dreams, and a little bit of crazy. That attitude carried to the city by millions of optimistic gamblers every year seems to be rubbing off on city officials. Las...
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The Big Threat That's Sending Tesla Shares LowerFebruary 8, 2016
Elon Musk is a genius and a visionary who is almost single handedly changing the future of mankind through three different industries at once. With that said, it’s not clear if investors can easily...
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How a Simple Child’s Toy Could Become an Energy PowerhouseJanuary 7, 2016
A new take on wind energy is starting to emerge and it could fill the sails of wind power backers. Traditional wind energy relies on turbines to create power from wind, but a new group of companies...
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As OPEC Loses Control, There’s a New Power in the Oil MarketDecember 30, 2015
As oil prices wallow near multi-year lows, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the new cartel controlling oil prices is not OPEC but world credit markets. From Saudi Arabia’s record $100 billion...
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Why Texans Are Buying Mexican GasolineDecember 10, 2015
The world is changing fast in the energy industry and for no company is that truer than Mexican National Oil Company Pemex. After decades of bloated operations and mismanagement, Pemex has made major...
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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Is Coming One Step Closer to RealityNovember 3, 2015
For the first time in close to a century, mankind may be about to give serious attention to a technology that has the potential to be a true game-changer in transportation. Elon Musk famously...
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Where the 2016 Candidates Stand on EnergyAugust 5, 2015
As the U.S. Presidential campaign starts its inevitable ramp up, one issue investors should consider is each candidate’s views on energy especially since energy policy has been consistently important...
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Billionaire Plans the World’s Largest Wind FarmJuly 23, 2015
Philip Anschutz has an audacious plan to build the country’s largest wind farm and he is backing the plan with $5 billion of his own money. The plan would create the country’s biggest wind farm deep...