Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Oil Producers Shun Dollar
December 10th, 2006Via Financial Times: Oil producing countries have reduced their exposure to the dollar to the lowest level in two years and shifted oil income into euros, yen and sterling, according to new data from the Bank for International Settlements. The revelation in the latest BIS quarterly review, published on Monday, confirms market speculation about a […]
U.S. Department of Energy: Concentrator Solar Cell at 40% Efficiency
December 6th, 2006Imagine – my – shock… This is a big, BIG deal. I’ve always thought that: A) They have not one, but several solutions; and B) They’ve had these solutions for decades. When I suggested these things in the past, some of you wrote to me and told me to get my head examined, take off […]
U.S. Plans Permanent Base on Moon
December 5th, 2006If this turns into, “We need the helium 3 because of peak oil,” friend, ask for extra sugar with your KoolAid. What will the U.S. national debt be by the time they light the fuse on Bozo’s rocket ship to the moon? $20 trillion? $100 trillion? The Chinese better keep buying up that U.S. debt…………………… […]
Steorn Finalizes Contracts with Validation Jury
December 3rd, 2006Via Steorn: Steorn, the technology development company, announced yesterday that it has finalized and signed contracts with an independent jury who will test Steorn’s free energy technology. This is the latest milestone in Steorn’s efforts to get validation for its technology, which began when the company issued a challenge to the world’s scientists via an […]
Man Cuts Electricity Use by 2/3, Gets Audited
December 3rd, 2006Via: Christian Science Monitor: When high school science teacher Ray Janke bought a home in Chicopee, Mass., he decided to see how much he could save on his electric bill. He exchanged incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescents, put switches and surge protectors on his electronic equipment to reduce the “phantom load” – the trickle consumption […]
Pentagon Seeks Biofuel for Military Jets
November 30th, 2006Slap a clean-green bumper sticker on the fighter-bombers? Via: World Tribune: The U.S. Defense Department has launched an effort to reduce the military’s reliance on traditional aircraft fuel. The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has released a tender for the exploration of energy alternatives for the military. Officials said DARPA has sought proposals from […]
Hold Our Breaths for Eestor Announcement?
November 30th, 2006Via: EVworld: According to company president Ian Clifford, a five hundred pound EEStor power pack will give the car 100 miles+ range. He is confident that EEStor will pull the wraps of their mysterious “battery” very soon; his exact word was “imminent” and that I could, in fact, hold my breath for their announcement. Related: […]
Poisoned Spy Visited Israel with Oil Dossier
November 27th, 2006Now we’re getting somewhere. It’s like the mafia, but with nuclear missiles. Via Times Online: A dossier drawn up by Alexander Litvinenko on the Kremlin’s takeover of the world’s richest energy giant will be given to Scotland Yard today as police investigate the former KGB spy’s secret dealings with some of Russia’s richest men. It […]
Trading Non Renewable Petrochemicals for Topsoil
November 26th, 2006I’ve written a post on Farmlet about how Becky and I were able to establish our garden so quickly: Out of the five acres of land that makes up the Farmlet, only about three square meters of it had friable topsoil that was clear of kikuyu grass. In other words, only about three square meters […]
