Jan
20
Let’s Not Kill All the Bankers
January 20, 2009 | 6 Comments
Later today then President Obama will give his inaugural address. There isn’t much likelihood that the speech will directly discuss banking and the mess its in or how to get the mess straightened up. I expect soaring rhetoric and hot air. The title today is a take off Shakespeare’s oft quoted, “lets kill all the [...]
Jan
19
A Path to a Better Solar Cells, Light Devices and Electronics
January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greg Scholes and Elisabetta Collini of University of Toronto´s Department of Chemistry are investigating how light initiates physical processes at the molecular level and how humans might take better advantage of that fact by looking specifically at conjugated polymers that are believed to be one of the most promising candidates for building efficient organic solar [...]
Jan
16
Nuclear Fuel Competition Heats Up
January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
South Africa’s nuclear design company Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Pty. (PBMR) has successfully manufactured coated fuel particles, which would form the basis of high temperature reactor fuel, containing only 9.6% enriched uranium. Particle fuel is a new take on fissionable fuels that will increase safety. The fuel design is made up of low-enriched uranium, triple [...]
Jan
15
How the Deal Was Lost
January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I was surprised a few weeks back when GM announced the winner of the deal to provide batteries for the Chevy Volt hybrid model due out eventually if things at GM can stay financially together. The leading American contender is A123Systems with their advanced lithium ion battery. The winner for now is LG Chem of [...]
Jan
14
A Way to Save The Economy
January 14, 2009 | 11 Comments
Emails range from spam to how to get more information on topics to asking for solutions – the economy being the current leader. I’m flattered. The solutions for an economic recovery lie in the opportunities that solving current problems create. We have two obvious economic sectors in need of new innovations, credit and powering the [...]
Jan
13
One More Big Step For Bio Butanol
January 13, 2009 | 2 Comments
Many visits and email come looking for bio butanol information and in fact those efforts are justified. Butanol could be a one for one substitute for gasoline and could even be an extender or additive for diesel fuel. It’s a better panacea, if you’ll pardon term than ethanol, as it’s just a better fuel for [...]
Jan
12
To Hell With Depression. We’re Gonna Have a Good Year
January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment
That’s the last line from Mitch Albom in his piece titled ‘The Courage of Detroit’ published by Sports Illustrated Wednesday January 7, 2009. The “bonus” article is also a cover page leader headline and after you read it you’ll see why. Click on over and see, or sit tight and see if I can motivate [...]
Jan
9
The Leading Cellulosic Ethanol Process
January 9, 2009 | 2 Comments
It isn’t distiller’s fermentation. It isn’t even just a single process. It’s a combined process using both biochemical and thermochemical processes without the complications of using yeast or bacteria to get the sugars converted directly to ethanol. And it isn’t limited to just ethanol as a product output. A quick review – cellulosic feedstocks are [...]
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