Dec

21

Bussard Fusion (IEC) Progress Is Accelerating

December 21, 2009 | 4 Comments

The University of Wisconsin hosted the 11th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion on October 12th and 13th in Madison Wisconsin. Over the two days some 28 presenters covered the activities, progress and plans spread over the eight U.S., Japanese and Australian leading Inertial Electrostatic Fusion (IEC) research universities.  Plus Los Alamos National Lab [...]

Dec

18

A Hybrid Airship

December 18, 2009 | 6 Comments

Is it a plane, a blimp or a dirigible from out of the past?  No, it’s a hybrid airship, part dirigible, and part airplane.  Built by co-founders Bob Rist and Brian Martin of Ohio Airship outside of Toledo, Ohio with the help of folks laid of at Cessna and Jeep the hybrid offers some truly [...]

Dec

17

Will the E15 15% Ethanol Mix Be a Problem For You?

December 17, 2009 | 18 Comments

Its looks like it will be August 2010 before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency comes in with the whether or not of the adding of 15% ethanol to gasoline fuel called E15 instead or in addition to the 10% E10 mix used widely now.  Much press and media attention is being touted for both views, [...]

Dec

16

Lots of Oil Right Here In the US

December 16, 2009 | 6 Comments

Its December, most people have the holidays in mind so those of you here are serious.  Holidays also bring opportunities for discussions so today I’m bringing up the major oil reserve here in the U.S., a major world energy resource, and covering some of the useful information that can ally some fears. When it comes [...]

Dec

15

The Case For More Geothermal Power

December 15, 2009 | 2 Comments

Research, discovery, creativity and innovation have a way of coming forward with seemingly high user costs that come down as ideas grow into larger markets.  A prime example is wind power that we’ve seen grow from nearly invisible to forests of wind turbines across swaths of North America.  Many wonder what is so slow about [...]

Dec

14

Answers From BlackLight Power

December 14, 2009 | 19 Comments

Off the view for all but niche energy and some finance people BlackLight Power is coming into being for production of power and other uses for the hydrogen the BlackLight process changes into a hydrino while releasing heat energy. Over the past two years considerable progress has been made both in the development of “fuel” [...]

Dec

11

Breakthrough Bacteria That Makes Butanol From CO2

December 11, 2009 | 9 Comments

UCLA researchers at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have genetically modified a cyanobacterium to consume carbon dioxide in a set of steps to produce the liquid fuel isobutanol.  Isobutanol is a form of the alcohol butanol, a favorite for many in a transition away from fossil fuels as butanol based products [...]

Dec

10

Space Based Solar Energy Deal Gets The Regulatory OK

December 10, 2009 | 6 Comments

Late last week after a 6 ½ month wait, the California Public Utilities Commission approved Pacific Gas & Electric’s power purchase agreement with Solaren. If Solaren successfully deploys its space-based solar collectors, the deal would be the first of its kind and the first commercial space based energy production at commercial scale. PG&E has contracted [...]

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