Dec
10
Beware the Pied Piper
December 10, 2010 | 15 Comments
There’s another bubble blown up and ready to pop. Its farmland all across the U.S. priced off the chart. For the alternative fuel future this is an extreme danger moment, the prime driver for alternative fuels for decades in the U.S. has come from corn based ethanol, thus what happens to corn based ethanol will […]
Dec
9
The Path From CO2 to Fuel Improves
December 9, 2010 | 5 Comments
After yesterday’s look at new field of chemistry using palladium to reform CO2 back to fuel University of Illinois’ scientists Dr. Paul Kenis and graduate student Devin Whipple published the accomplishments to date in the field of the electrochemical reduction of CO2 in the ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. As in yesterday’s post, the […]
Dec
8
CO2 Back to Fuel and More
December 8, 2010 | 4 Comments
Liviu M. Mirica, PhD, assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis may have found and is developing a novel metal catalyst that would be able to turn greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide into liquid fuels without producing more carbon waste in the process. Mirica describes a new metal complex that […]
Dec
7
There Must Be Cheaper Energy Supplies
December 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
Two articles appeared last week worth some study by everyone. The first spotted by Geoffrey Stiles is at a Wall Street Journal energy special pull out section. There Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger co-founders of the Breakthrough Institute, a public-policy think tank in Oakland make the case that public policy through government should direct efforts […]
Dec
6
The Biomass Algae Research Target Is Shifting to Seaweed
December 6, 2010 | 9 Comments
It’s coming – research interest is moving toward seaweed from algae. For algae enthusiasts, keep in mind that technically speaking common algae is micro algae and seaweed is macro algae. They both offer a huge advantage to other plants in line for fuel production. These two life forms offer efficiency; they grow without using energy […]
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