Moon Fuel Two New


Sources of Sustainable Energy


A new compound of lead telluride— a semiconductor first used in the Apollo moon landings to provide astronauts with a renewable, thermoelectric power source—can transform the heat emitted from car tailpipes and the chimneys of power sta- tions and factories into a power source. According to the scientists engineering the innovation at Northwestern Univer- sity, in Evanston, Illinois, as much as 15 to 20 percent of the heat currently being lost could be recovered as electricity. Another team of researchers at


Utah State University, in Logan, has created a yeast biodiesel fuel that can be made using the watery waste from the mass production of cheese. One cheese plant’s daily byproduct of up to 1 million gallons of liquid cheese waste can produce 66,000 gallons of fuel.


Thanks, Dad Norway Recognizes Fatherhood


Norway’s liberal pa- ternity leave policy places equal respon- sibilities on men and women, which in turn progressively redefines traditional gender roles. Pap- papermisjon, or paternity leave, is


often combined with a mother’s mater- nity leave to provide seamless childcare at home without overtaxing parents’ work life. The Norwegian government has socially engineered a society in which men and women are expected to have equal domestic and economic responsibilities.


Some specifics of the country’s “fathers’ rights” philosophy include leaving the workplace by 5:30 p.m.; being able to adjust office hours around daycare drop-offs and pickups; and al- lowing time to organize family dinners and help with housework.


Source: The Christian Science Monitor natural awakenings June 2013 23


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