Archive for the 'Energy' Category
MIT Researchers Put 30 Picowatts of Electricity Into LED, Get 69 Picowatts of Light Out – An Efficiency of 230%
March 9th, 2012Via: PhysOrg: For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that an LED can emit more optical power than the electrical power it consumes. Although scientifically intriguing, the results won’t immediately result in ultra-efficient commercial LEDs since the demonstration works only for LEDs with very low input power that produce very small amounts of light. The […]
Short Film: ‘There’s No Tomorrow’
February 29th, 2012Graham let me know that Dermot finished his film, There’s No Tomorrow. Via: Incubate Pictures:
DOE/ARPA-E and GM Sponsored Envia Systems More Than Doubles Energy Density for Lithium-Ion Batteries While Reducing the Cost by Half
February 29th, 2012“What does all of this mean for GM? I have no idea. But if something really, really strange happens, it might make much more sense in hindsight.” —Obama Fired GM’s CEO; What’s Stirring Behind the Black Curtain? “The Manhattan Project, a project lasting roughly five years from start to finish, had cost $2.3 billion in […]
For Frack’s Sake: U.S. Wants Natural Gas as Major Auto Fuel Option
February 29th, 2012Via: Network World: Natural gas has never been much of an option for US car drivers and its going to take a lot of effort by the government and auto manufactures to make it a viable alternative to gas. But that’s just what a $10 million program from the Department of Energy’s advanced project development […]
Oil Continues to Close the Gap
February 24th, 2012Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. We’re looking at a break higher out of a triangle formed by the monthly interval candles on WTI. My guess is that it will see the resistance at around $114.80, but that it will continue higher after consolidating. If it clears […]
Tesla Roadsters Parked Without Being Plugged in Brick Themselves (In as Little as One Week)
February 22nd, 2012Check this out: As a second Roadster owner discovered, the Tesla battery system can completely discharge even when the vehicle is plugged in. This owner’s car was plugged into a 100-foot long extension cord for an extended period. The length of this extension cord evidently reduced the electric current to a level insufficient to charge […]
Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Output
February 20th, 2012It’s going to be another interesting spring at American gas stations… Via: CNBC: The world’s top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, appears to have cut both its oil production and export in December, according to the latest update by the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI), an official source of oil production, consumption and export data. The […]
Iran Stops Oil Sales to British, French Companies
February 19th, 2012Via: Reuters: Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state’s lifeblood, oil. “Exporting crude to British and French companies has been stopped … we will sell our oil to new customers,” spokesman Alireza Nikzad was […]
The Boy Who Played with Fusion
February 19th, 2012One for your bulging Parents-of-Sons file folder… Via: Popular Science: One afternoon, Tiffany ducked her head out of the door to the garage and spotted Taylor, in his canary yellow nuclear-technician’s coveralls, watching a pool of liquid spreading across the concrete floor. “Tay, it’s time for supper.” “I think I’m going to have to clean […]
China: Electric Cars Could Cause Worse Pollution Than Conventional Cars
February 19th, 2012While it might be obvious to you and me that burning coal to charge electric vehicles makes about as much sense as pissing into the wind, my guess is that this would be news to many. Via: io9: The electric (or even hybrid) car has been heralded as a way to help limit the amount […]
