Aug
31
The Atomic Fission Industry’s Taxpayer Freebee Taken to Task
August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Brian Bloom has written a very good piece about the nuclear fission construction prospects in the US. See:
http://www.321energy.com/editorials/bloom/bloom083007.html
Brian starts off looking at two issues; the first is the inconsistency of US atomic fission power generation and how it seems contradictory to oppose development in Iran and the atomic fission industry’s attempt to catch a taxpayer [...]
Aug
30
A Response to Our Review
August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Brian Bloom has responded to our review last week about his 6th installment of the series “Migrating to New Energy Paradigms.” He’s real sharp. The full response is at:
http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/bloom/2007/0824.html
The paper is presented on two levels. The first is a direct answer to the question about keeping the technologies he hints at [...]
Aug
30
Monetary Policy’s Impact on Future Energy Costs
August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
“Gail The Actuary” asked “Shunyata,” both contributors at theoildrum.com, about the US global debt and the US balance of payments. Now let me say these two are pretty sophisticated people who know their stuff. Gail’s questions were pretty general yet quite on point for a major part of the price of oil. [...]
Aug
29
Measuring the Fuel and Energy
August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Bruce Dale at Michigan State University has pried open the door to an important and overlooked aspect about energy and its relationship to us. You may recall that on this site the target is and will remain to maintain or improve people’s standard of living and spread that improvement around.
I tuned in to Mr. [...]
Aug
28
Portable Hydrogen Generation Gets Closer
August 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Jerry Woodall and his team at Purdue are back with developments of the aluminum gallium reaction for generating hydrogen in consumer volumes. See:
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007b/070827WoodallNanotech.html
The first news broke in May of 2007 and looked good at first. The concept was soon clobbered by some:
http://forum.physorg.com/index.php?showtopic=14952
as the price of gallium used was prohibitive and the recycling issue [...]
Aug
27
Fusion Futures
August 27, 2007 | 6 Comments
After a few days of relief that Dr. Bussard’s research has resumed a sense of reality sinks in followed on by thoughts on just what might happen. There are some thrills to be had when speculating on what this research could do.
The reality dose is that the IEF device isn’t running steadily or reached [...]
Aug
24
The Plugin Hybrid Car Should Be Here Now
August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Mark Yates has written a superlative article laced with lots of links to his research that makes the case that the plugin hybrid car should be on the market now. See:
http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/2883#more
Mark gets going by pointing out that some small companies are making cars and soon pickups that are fully functional for most anyone’s lifestyle [...]
Aug
23
Funding Continues for Bussard’s Fusion Reactor
August 23, 2007 | 18 Comments
The Bussard Fusion Reactor Is Set For The Next Research Stage. Private emails are circulating reports that Dr. Robert Bussard has come to an agreement with the US Navy to resume fusion research. M. Simon broke the “news” sometime after midnight last night August 22, 2007. See:
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/08/bussard-reactor-funded.html
Other sources are saying the agreement closed on August [...]
Aug
23
Hydrogen Fuel Pellets
August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Monday issued a news release about research that offers the possibility of hydrogen fuel pellets. The news release is quoting Dave Heldebrant and Don Camaioni. See:
http://www.pnl.gov/news/release.asp?id=264
The goal of the research is stated as coming up with methods to safely store, dispense and reload the storage carrier. Their [...]
Aug
22
It’s All About The Price
August 22, 2007 | 2 Comments
I read lots of articles on sites and blogs for news and views that will amuse, abuse or simply entertain my readers. With that premise there is a basis for making consumer choices and in considering what investments one might choose.
There is one stunning theme that is overlooked enmass. That is the price, [...]
