Feb
14
Use Air for Brake Regeneration Savings
February 14, 2011 | 2 Comments
According to Per Tunestål, a researcher in Combustion Engines at Lund University in Sweden, air compression and release hybrids would be cheaper to manufacture than an electrical generator, battery and motor arrangement. Whenever a vehicle slows or brakes, energy is released. In current combustion engine vehicle designs the energy is not used, yet Tunestål’s new […]
Feb
11
Nuclear Power On the Cheap
February 11, 2011 | 2 Comments
Gotta love Rod Adams and his Atomic Insights Blog. He has a knack for turning up the most worthwhile matters in the fission field of nuclear energy as it functions today. Over the past weeks Rod has had a look at the Zion Nuclear Power Station. There in lies a story. It seems the Zion […]
Feb
10
Can Diesel Hybrid Be the Transition to Full Electric Drive?
February 10, 2011 | 3 Comments
Volkswagen first showed its XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle prototype during the last week of January. The prototype, representing the third evolutionary stage of Volkswagen’s 1-liter car strategy features, according to VW, combined fuel consumption of 0.9 L/100 km (261 mpg US). The plug-in hybrid system consists of a 0.8L two-cylinder TDI engine (35 […]
Feb
9
Ethanol In Oil Patch
February 9, 2011 | 6 Comments
Jennifer Johnson at Wahpeton North Dakota’s Daily News has looked into ethanol smack in the midst of America’s prime oil boom of the Bakken oil field. For all the naysayers, ethanol is here and looks to stay. Ethanol fuel blends increased by 133 percent in North Dakota in 2010. It seems to be because North […]
Feb
8
Updating Rossi’s Cold Fusion
February 8, 2011 | 21 Comments
More than another week has passed since we had a look at the Rossi/Foldari cold fusion or more accurately – low energy nuclear reaction (LENR). At that time most of the news was centered on the results offered by the professors at Bologna University who over saw the demonstration. Meanwhile others have offered that perhaps […]
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