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New technologies converge to make fossil fuels obsolete, www.greenbuildermedia.com 08.2014
as renewable materials and systems reshape our lives.

“PRETTY MUCH ALL my stu makes power. My jacket.
My bike, my helmet—even the bike paths. So I don’t think
about it much. I’ve never had to charge my EyeJack. The new
stu makes power from almost any kind of light. It sort of
borrows it—even moonlight and street spotters. Plus, my
sneakers make electricity just by moving. My dog, Omega—
he’s a robot—he sleeps in an algae shack, so he’s all bouncy
and ready to go by morning.”

—Jake Taunton, Age 12, Newark Restoration Farm, 2090

2060 New standards and “Power Play City” Demolition of the Tech wiz kid powers
codes restrict size rises in Vermont: nation’s last fossil an entire living unit,
and energy footprint Solar-surfaced fuel power plant including kitchen,
of all new dwellings. buildings, roads and is completed, on sending power
Tax cuts and materials plus the same day that wirelessly using
incentives reward low hydroelectric passively the nation only his solar nano-
energy use and produce three times achieves 100% infused clothing
renewable sources. the energy consumed renewable energy and personal
in the urban footprint. sourcing. e ects.
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