Dec
17
Is America Missing the Jatropha Opportunity?
December 17, 2007 | 11 Comments
Is America missing a huge opportunity in agriculture development while it ignores the boom in jatropha in Asia, South America, India and Africa? Last June BP announced it was funding the development of D1 Oils which has 172,000 hectares in jatropha at the announcement date with the investment to be used for more seed stock […]
Dec
14
A Successful Fusion Process Punches Through the Coulomb Barrier
December 14, 2007 | 6 Comments
Thanks to an alert reader I was informed about a fusion process that has for at least four years been fusing a wide variety of elements that is being designed to both create energy and destroy materials that are radioactive. It comes out of the Ukraine, a country that was freed from the Soviet Union […]
Dec
13
It’s Official, Algae For Oil Gets the Big Investment Money
December 13, 2007 | 3 Comments
Late yesterday CST, Royal Dutch Shell and HR Biopetroleum announced a joint venture called Cellana for production of oil-bearing algae. Construction of the pilot facility is commencing immediately in an area already populated by pharmaceutical and nutritional algae producers. The joint venture will initially mutually support and be supported by academic researchers from the University […]
Dec
12
Could the New Air Motor Designs Be Used For High Efficiency Stirling Engines?
December 12, 2007 | 6 Comments
Some readers might know what a Stirling engine is and how it works. For a pretty complete review of the history and engineering designs, some of which are in production today, see the Wikipedia – Stirling Engine. Meanwhile, a Stirling engine most simply explained, is an engine that uses a working gas that travels back […]
Dec
11
The Free Guide to Global Warming
December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment
Part 2 – Impact! Last time we looked at solar radiation which with any sense of reason is the driving energy of an atmosphere that can sustain a biosphere as we need it and the gaping holes in scientific data and theories about the solar interrelationships. Absent these and adequate testing of theories to get […]
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