Mar

21

Some Big New Oil Reserves Are Coming

March 21, 2011 | 6 Comments

The U.S. oil industry, the world leader in technology in extracting oil, is leading an new oil boom from the reserviours that were overlooked because the oil wouldn’t flow from tight sands and shale rocks.  For now the big rush is getting underway from the U.S. example of natural gas and oil recovery using horizontal [...]

Mar

18

Japan’s Nukes – Scary or Interesting Concern?

March 18, 2011 | 6 Comments

Fast answer – an interesting concern.  Those words are chosen as the human tragedy unfolds.  Perhaps hundreds or thousands of people are exposed to the elements, including overnights in cold windy and wet weather.  Thousands more have perished.  The nuclear problems while serious in several ways are secondary shows.  Food and shelter progress information is [...]

Mar

17

The First Viable Fuel Cell Motor Scooter

March 17, 2011 | 6 Comments

Suzuki Motor Corp’s Burgman model based Fuel Cell Scooter is the world’s first fuel-cell electric vehicle to earn Whole Vehicle Type Approval (WVTA) in the EU. With the WVTA it’s possible to sell a vehicle in all of the member nations of the European Union.  The WVTA allows an end run from an expensive certification [...]

Mar

16

Cracks in the Cost of LEDs

March 16, 2011 | 8 Comments

Bridgelux of Livermore California is claiming a breakthrough in using silicon to fabricate light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Their answer might be a breakthrough in producing LEDs at affordable prices with performance worthy of converting consumers. Light-emitting diodes are expected to be the new-wave components in many lighting applications because of their superior energy efficiency and longevity. [...]

Mar

15

A Lot More Geothermal Power Is Coming

March 15, 2011 | 3 Comments

According to a report released last week by Pike Research we’ll see a significant increase in the use of geothermal as an energy source between now and 2020. The Pike Research analyst constructed several scenarios based on an estimated 10.7 gigawatts of geothermal capacity in existence throughout the world in 2010. The U.S., the world’s [...]

Mar

14

Here Comes Even More Natural Gas

March 14, 2011 | 7 Comments

Sometimes you have to wonder, how did so much energy get packed away in the earth’s crust?  Even with tens of millions of years, moving continents, a series of biological eras, and uncountable tons of materials piled, laid out and compressed, the reservoir numbers coming in since horizontal drilling and reservoir fracturing grew out of [...]

Mar

11

No Fear on Gas Prices

March 11, 2011 | 3 Comments

One hundred dollar oil sends a shiver through the economy. One hundred ten dollar oil gets consumer reactions.  If oil prices stay climbing the consuming economic players will respond with demand destruction.  If one believes the hysteria in the press and the pundits, a rollout of $200 a barrel oil and gasoline over $5 is [...]

Mar

10

Cellulose Direct to Butanol Bug Revealed

March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced two of its scientists, Yongchao Li and Yunfeng Yang of ORNL collaborating with a team led by James Liao of the University of California at Los Angeles has for the first time produced isobutanol directly from cellulose.  This achievement has been for years a prime national goal, as it [...]

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