Dec
17
Bussard’s Fusion Experimental Test Confirmed
December 17, 2008 | 6 Comments
Richard Nebel, the leader of the team testing Robert W. Bussard fusion concept variously called polywell, inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) and others, has had the peer review panel check completed making their report to the funders – positive. Nebel is quoted today by Alan Boyle as saying, “There’s nothing in there that suggests this will […]
Dec
16
Is Uranium Based Fission About to Take Off?
December 16, 2008 | 5 Comments
Applications by utilities to build uranium fueled reactors is deep into a growth phase. So much so that the companies that supply construction have already started expansion. This is in the face of just a year ago when the utilities were angling for federal support for the projects in a fight with the alternatives of […]
Dec
15
Predicting the Oil Price Bottom
December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
About 40 years measures the current period of the oil market being repeated shifting from a buyers market to a sellers market and back. We’ve been swinging back and forth with increasing extremes at both low and high prices and the peaks and valleys have started to be more frequent. At high prices the fundamental […]
Dec
12
Contrasting Intelligence With Irrational Thinking
December 12, 2008 | 7 Comments
People are blessed and cursed in my humble view with intelligence. But intelligence seems to be a widely varied thing. Admittedly this field is completely out of my area of know how, and lots of people who are in the energy and fuel field exceed me by far and some are strikingly good at thinking […]
Dec
11
Hope And Progress for Combined Heat & Power Generation
December 11, 2008 | 2 Comments
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has released their report on the potential of combined heat and power (CHP) deployment in the U.S. and concludes that it is one of the “most proven and effective near-term energy options” available to reduce CO2 emissions, improve energy security, relieve grid congestion, make industry more […]
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