Jun
9
A Better Geothermal System
June 9, 2011 | 2 Comments
Two University of Minnesota Department of Earth Sciences researchers, Earth sciences faculty member Martin Saar and graduate student Jimmy Randolph have developed a new way for tapping heat beneath the Earth’s surface. The pair has already named the method, called CO2-plume geothermal system, or CPG. The research was published in the most recent issue of […]
Jun
8
Watching A Huge Oil Supply Mistake In Slow Motion
June 8, 2011 | 17 Comments
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got the file Monday as the State Department concluded a public comment period on its draft environmental impact statement, and will publish a final one some time this summer, before making a determination as to whether permitting construction of the cross-border TransCanada pipeline would be in the U.S. national […]
Jun
7
The Inside Track On Lithium
June 7, 2011 | 1 Comment
Robert J. Moriarty’s 321Energy published George Mack’s talk with Daniela Desormeaux about the lithium trade. For our purposes, the question is can lithium supplies fully provision a fast growing market at prices that makes the batteries cost effective and competitive. The answers are compelling. Daniela Desormeaux is an economist and an expert in industrial chemicals […]
Jun
6
A Better Solar Panel Result
June 6, 2011 | 2 Comments
With photovoltaic panels the solar energy is harvested, but getting the resulting electricity to a useful form is still to go. Solar panels make direct current; while the homes, businesses and the grid use alternating current. Or simply put the electrons all stream steadily one way with direct current called ‘DC’ and the electrons stream […]
Jun
3
The German Nuclear Experiment
June 3, 2011 | 2 Comments
Al Fin noted that Germany is leading an anti nuclear charge in Europe while the Asian countries are setting up for a huge increase in fission based nuclear electric power generation. Germany’s announcement comes as no great surprise as only a short time ago the country had backed away from decommissioning nuclear installations out of […]
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