Jan
4
2009 Energy and Fuel News of Note For 2010 Part 1
January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
Lots of writers splurge into ‘expertise’ with annual reviews of the past year’s events. Most are done out of historical context, relying instead on the contemporary opinion to justify an article. It’s very easy. But let’s try to see what is significant. Using the basic energy inputs we’ll start with solar radiation. The industries, both […]
May
26
Phoenix-based CoalSack Energy, Inc. is a fledgling company launched four months ago with the express goal of taking their groundbreaking technology to market. It’s based on the technology developed by Harold L. Bennett, a 78-year-old civil engineer from Albuquerque. It seems that CoalSack is in the pretreatment of coal business, until now a non-existing business, […]
Apr
16
Exploring a New Gasification Process
April 16, 2009 | 5 Comments
Diane Hildebrandt, the Director of the Centre of Materials and Process Synthesis at The University of Witwatersrand and colleagues at Rutgers University are proposing new Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) reaction chemistry and process designs. They are saying in their letter published in Science Vol. 323. no. 5922, pp. 1680 – 1681 doi: 10.1126/science.1168455 that the new reaction […]
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 […]
Nov
20
Ideological Purity vs. Intelligence About Coal
November 20, 2008 | 6 Comments
With all the believers in the face of the best facts still pushing for global warming doomsdays, coal is having a difficult time as a fuel for the exploding need for electrical power generation. Now I fully agree that burning coal and sending clouds of effluents rich in nasty metals, sulfur compounds and an array […]
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