May
18
Clean Green Chemistry
May 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
The press may howl the politicians take stands and the consumers wonder but the chemistry needed for life isn’t going away. The chemical market from the raw material producer to the end user all have a need for standards, the way things are described and disclosed so decisions can be made. Chemical companies and manufacturers [...]
Mar
20
Free Scientific Papers – Limited Time
March 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The American Chemical Society’s (ACS) has for the first time, drawn content from two ACS journals – JACS and Environmental Science & Technology – under the theme of “Harnessing Energy for a Sustainable World”. The ACS selected 11 papers concerning materials and methods for energy production and storage (e.g., fuel cells, batteries, bio-hydrocarbon fuels and [...]
Sep
18
How to Protect Your Big Idea
September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A new paper from North Carolina State University’s Dr. Stephen Schanz offers a “how-to” guide on intellectual property protection, laying out the options for budding entrepreneurs as they consider how to move forward. The question at any stage of building out one’s idea is how should a person protect those ideas? Schanz is offering a [...]
Sep
10
Energy Independence Is Real
September 10, 2009 | 2 Comments
A raft of prominent people seems to want the masses to believe there is no hope of energy independence. Of late the Saudi’s Prince Turki Al Faisal checked in to the offer that the Western World and Saudi Arabia are inevitably tied together in the oil market. The comments follow those such as former CIA [...]
Mar
19
A Very Bright Guy With Some Sense
March 19, 2009 | 4 Comments
Here really bright people get noticed. Especially those that demonstrate they have some sense, you know like common sense. Dr. James Sweeney at Stanford comes to mind. Now we’ll add Professor Richard A. Muller at UC Berkeley. I haven’t met him as I have Sweeney, but Kerry Dolan wrote about Professor Muller in Forbes Magazine [...]
Feb
11
The Efficiency Problem
February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
It isn’t easy to get the mass of people to move to efficiency. Big consumption equals a bigger ego, a perception of higher status and raw emotional gratification. It could be connected to the sin of pride or some such, but the other side has attractions too. Getting efficiency has a more reasoned gratification; a [...]
Jan
23
What the Utility Companies Are Thinking to Change
January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Edison Electric Institute, a creature of the utility industry, has a paper out that outlines what they believe are the technologies that would be most beneficial to “reducing greenhouse gas emissions.” Its also an outline of where they think investment must go to reduce fossil fuel use and keep the grid running at proper [...]
Jan
14
A Way to Save The Economy
January 14, 2009 | 2 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 [...]
