Mar
31
That Scum is FUEL!
March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments
Algae is looking more and more as an sure participant in the future fuel sources. Tomorrow, April 1st 2008 PetroSun will officially startup their Algae Biofuels project in Rio Hondo, Texas. PetroSun is no lightweight, it is publicly traded, already deep into the oil business, and looking for both production of fuels [...]
Mar
28
Another Way to Bio Gasoline
March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment
Wednesday Royal Dutch Shell and Virent Energy Systems of Madison Wisconsin announced their collaboration to develop biogasoline. The deal is using the existing research and development work of Virent in catalysts that convert plant sugars into hydrogen and fuel gas, a combination of hydrogen, methane, propane and CO2. The research so far has [...]
Mar
27
The Oil Empire Strikes Back!
March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment
Well, sort of. The awl bidness has had a few tough decades, three in a row to be honest and the striking back at the world is mostly about getting the facts out in the air so the abuse might get controlled and a little support displaces the disinformation campaigns of a long list [...]
Mar
26
Man Made Enzymes for Oil and Medicine
March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
Monday the news broke that a team from the University of Washington, Seattle and the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, broke through to making an original enzyme, one that hasn’t existed before in nature.
Enzymes are molecules that initiate chemical reactions, and act to catalyze reactions in biological processes. These molecules exist throughout the plant [...]
Mar
25
Because for nearly 200 years its been a nemesis for careers, a frustration and tasty bait because it can harness heat and change it into electricity. The impact now of a working, efficient and low cost device would be a huge advantage to making energy and fuels do far more work per unit. [...]
Mar
24
The 100 MPG Car Lists – Let the Shopping Begin!
March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
There is a long list of cars coming that will take you 100 miles or much more for a $3.00 gallon of gas. Its been quite a while now since one could get some place by car for $0.03 a mile or less for the fuel expense. With common 30 mpg cars available [...]
Mar
21
2000 More Years of Nuclear Fuel
March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment
Most of us are thinking that uranium is the fission fuel and for practical reasons today, that is so. The pluses are raw ore mining, processing and reactors all exist and there is a lot of experience on hand with new technology and innovations coming to produce much more energy. The downside is [...]
Mar
20
Coming Soon to an Electrical Device Important to You
March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments
Nickel Zinc (NiZn) battery chemistry has met the European Union’s requirements for the Reductions of Hazardous Substances and 2006 Battery Directive as proposed by the U.S. company PowerGenix of San Diego, CA.
NiZn is a chemistry discovered by Thomas Edison and developed by an Irish chemist, Dr James J. Drumm that first saw use in 1932 [...]
Mar
19
Nitrogen Fertilizer from the Air or Soil for More Food & Fuel Crop Production
March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Nitrogen fertilizer is a necessary man made soil additive for two important food crops, rice and corn, that need substantial amounts of natural gas to be made. The past two weeks have seen two noteworthy news releases that promise that the genes of plants that use the air and soil components and symbiotic bacteria, [...]
Mar
18
What is a Stellarator?
March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The marvels of human imagination are astonishing. Way back in 1951 Lyman Spitzer at Princeton University proposed a design for plasma containment now called a stellarator. Stellarator is a word supposed to suggest a connection to a “star machine” and is being built by the Max Planck Institute as a way to contain [...]
