Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Dryers Waste $4 Billion a Year in Energy Costs
June 11th, 2014I almost thought that they were going to get away with not mentioning clotheslines in this article. So, after reading about the billions of dollars wasted and how upgraded appliances should be purchased, etc, you need to stick around until the last sentence for the dash of sanity: Best yet, he says, they can save […]
1939 William Skinner Machine
June 10th, 2014Lots of people are trying to get to the bottom of this over at overunity.com and energeticforum.com. Some of you will have strong opinions about what’s happening or not happening with this and I’d encourage you to post on the threads above so your knowledge can help those guys pull it off, or save them […]
SJR (Super Joule Ringer) Looper LED Flashlight Circuit V3
June 8th, 2014Via: LaserHacker:
Feds Say it Could Take 2 Years to Seal Nuke Dump
May 31st, 2014Via: AP: It could take two years or more for the federal government to seal off hundreds of potentially dangerous containers at its troubled underground nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico, the U.S. Department of Energy said in a filing Friday. Responding to an order from the New Mexico Environment Department to detail its […]
Graphene Atmospheric Electricity Collectors
May 29th, 2014There’s not a lot of continuous current available from this, but I still found it interesting. Maybe when they move that thing higher up… Via: Laser Saber / YouTube:
U.S. Officials Cut Estimate of Recoverable Monterey Shale Oil by 96%
May 22nd, 2014Via: Los Angeles Times: Federal energy authorities have slashed by 96% the estimated amount of recoverable oil buried in California’s vast Monterey Shale deposits, deflating its potential as a national “black gold mine” of petroleum. Just 600 million barrels of oil can be extracted with existing technology, far below the 13.7 billion barrels once thought […]
North Carolina GOP Pushes Unprecedented Bill to Jail Anyone Who Discloses Fracking Chemicals
May 21st, 2014Via: Mother Jones: As hydraulic fracturing ramps up around the country, so do concerns about its health impacts. These concerns have led 20 states to require the disclosure of industrial chemicals used in the fracking process. North Carolina isn’t on that list of states yet—and it may be hurtling in the opposite direction. On Thursday, […]
China and Russia Sign $400 Billion Gas Deal
May 21st, 2014Via: USA Today: China and Russia signed off on a huge gas deal worth as much as $400 billion Wednesday that heralds a pivot east for Russian business amid ongoing tensions with the West over Ukraine, though few details of the deal were made public. The 30-year gas-export contract, seen as a move by Russian […]
Focus Fusion
May 20th, 2014Via: Indiegogo: The goal of Focus Fusion is to provide clean, safe and affordable energy around the globe. Scientists at LPP Fusion, led by Chief Scientist Eric Lerner, are just one step away from this groundbreaking technology and we need your help for the final push. With only 1/1000th the budget of the huge government […]
Russia Close to $400 Billion Gas Pipeline Deal in Pivot to China
May 20th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: Russia is close to signing a decades-long contract to supply natural gas to China at a price that would value the deal at about $400 billion, according to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev’s boss Vladimir Putin arrives in Shanghai today to try and complete an agreement after more than 10 years of talks. […]
