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Emotional in any shape or form, quite a say itted man. he was still quite obviously jubilant. >> i think anyone could get carried away with that match. >> thank you for that. upcoming championship match and all things sports related, click on to our sports page on the web. cnn.com/world sport. firefighters could one day use wands, yes, wands to put out fires if research at harvard university proves successful. what happened is that chemical scientists used this electric wand to put out a flame more than 30 senty centimeters tall was pointed at the base. this is a me-flame flame that separa...

>> harvard scientists recently tested an electric wand able to separate flames from their fuel source. >> this is fascinating. >> i think it's really neat. >> dave is here in london to tell us more about it. >> good morning. >> hey, guys. it's very cool. imagine waving a wand one day that has an electric fuel and it's cutting off the fuel source in this experiment and gets rid of fires. it can one day maybe a substitute for water or for chemicals. if you look at this picture you see on the bottom left, there's kind of an amplifier there. it's connected to a metal wire. it was pointed at the bo...

>> yes. >> with your version. >> yes. >> a million dollars to set up a tank with a synthetic version. >> yes. >> who do you think is a better deal? >> as erman and other researchers will tell you, this is a work in progress. the chicken feathers need to be heated up, which of course requires a fuel source of its own. even a hydrogen-fueled bus with chicken feathers will only get you so far. still, erman is optimistic about america's energy options. >> you have to be optimistic. if you are not optimistic about anything, you can't solve anything. that's the trick. you must always believe that yo...

Domestic fuel source, not to mention the japan nuclear emergency which has prompted many of us to take a look at the outdated nuclear technology in use in our own country. for all the fears surrounding something like nuclear, experts say the truly dangerous energy source is the one we've been relying on for centuries -- coal. coal mining has killed far more people than nuclear energy ever has, not to mention the harm it does once it entering the environment. global warming, anyone? ben goldhersh is here to help us answer the question, is coal really good for america? you were digging, ben. wha...

Your company developed the vehicle that runs on this biogas. everyone on the staff has been clambering to hear the answer to, as have i. it's a simple one, sir. where do you get the fuel? >> the fuel itself is a by-product from the sludge treatment process. we put it through large digestion tanks that convert the organic matter into biogas. it is the biogas that we have taken and put into the vehicle to provide its fuel source. >> could you attach the facilities you were describing to every waste treatment or water treatment plant? >> absolutely right. the digestion technology itself