Archive for the 'Energy' Category
USDA: Drought Cut Corn Crop by About One-Fourth
January 12th, 2013Via: AP: For farmers like Earl Williams, last year couldn’t have started out better or ended much worse as a warm, sunny spring that let him plant early gave way to record heat and drought that devastated his corn. Williams ended up with about two-thirds of the crop he expected, and a U.S. Department of […]
U.S. Funds Lab to Look for Solutions to Rare Earth Mineral Shortages
January 10th, 2013Via: Network World: With China once again playing games with the rare earth materials it largely holds sway over, the US Department of Energy today said it would set up a research and development hub that will bring together all manner of experts to help address the situation. The DOE awarded $120 million to Ames […]
Nuclear Security Helicopters Testing Radiation Levels Above DC Area
January 7th, 2013[???] Via: CBS: Helicopters have been conducting radiation tests above portions of the Washington, D.C. area using remote gamma radiation sensing technology. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has been flying the radiation missions since Dec. 27, 2012 and they will continue until next Friday, Jan. 11. The flights have been conducted during daylight only, […]
Professor Jorge L. Duarte on Yildiz Magnet Motor
January 6th, 2013Via: PESN: In the past, many inventors have claimed the possibility of building permanent magnet motors that could operate in a self-sustainable way. However, due to one or another reason, to date, no one has succeeded in bringing forward this alleged performance to the open public. The situation with Mr. Yildiz is radically different. More: […]
Why Did a Train Carrying Biofuel Cross the Border 24 Times and Never Unload?
January 3rd, 2013Via: Oil Price: This enabled Bioversal to accumulate over 12 million RINs from the 24 trips, worth between 50 cents and $1 each, which they can then sell on to oil companies that haven’t met the EPA’s renewable fuel requirements. Research Credit: HPLovecraft666
Greeks Turn to the Forests for Fuel as Winter Nears
December 9th, 2012Via: Guardian: It is early Sunday. The sun has barely risen above the chestnut forest that lies somewhere near the crest of Mount Pelion, but loggers’ pick-up trucks are already streaming through the muddy slush, their cargo bouncing in the back. Theirs are rich pickings, much in demand as winter envelopes the villages and towns […]
Robot Completes World Record Pacific Crossing
December 6th, 2012Curious about the propulsion system? It harvests energy from the passing waves. Check this out: Via: Scientific American: Surviving stormy weather and a shark attack, the Wave Glider just entered the record books for the longest autonomous trip ever taken. On his first journey across the Pacific Ocean, Papa Mau was bitten by a shark, […]
DOE ‘Manhattan Project’ to Build New Energy Storage Technologies?
December 2nd, 2012There’s just one problem with this analogy. The Manhattan Project cost about $25.8 billion (in 2012 dollars). This DOE effort is $120 million over five years. That’s a noise level allocation of resources compared to The Manhattan Project. Of course, if you need a façade to role out stuff you’ve had sitting on the shelf […]
Australia: Man Questions Power Company Justifications for Rate Increases, Gets Threatening Letter from Law Firm
November 14th, 2012Via: Sydney Morning Herald: The thing that really irks Bruce Robertson is not just that the giant power companies are threatening to sue him but that their lawyers are demanding he pay for their costs. “It was a service I never requested,” quips Robertson, who has had to resort to black humour since the letter […]
Malaysia: ‘Smart Village’ Offers World Model for Rural Poverty Relief
November 13th, 2012I was intrigued by their food production methods. They make extensive use of Autopot hydroponic systems. This looks very impressive. Via: Press Release – Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology: An innovative, high-tech “smart village” built in Malaysia provides a potential global template for addressing rural poverty in a sustainable environment, say international experts meeting […]
