Energy

Isobutene Better Than Hydrogen For Alternative Fuel Solutions?

With an oil issue that is pinching us on two fronts, cost and pollution, alternative energy research is going fuel speed ahead, including on solutions that have tried and failed in the past, like ethanol. But ethanol was not flawed as a concept, it was jus ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2011 - 10:27am

Nifty: Heat-Regulating Material Stores Or Releases Heat Based On Temperature

A new non-deformed energy storage phase change material (PCM) can retain and release heat according to specific temperature requirements- a breakthrough that might make a significant difference to the cost of heating and cooling buildings. If, for example, ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 2 2011 - 6:20pm

A Case For BioHydrogen

Our energy dilemma ...

Article - Sean Gibbons - Aug 12 2011 - 1:42am

Improving The Yield Of Switchgrass For Biofuels

Researchers   have developed an inexpensive way to grade the ethanol potential of perennial grasses at the biorefinery's loading dock- the first use of near-infrared sensing (NIRS) to measure 20 components in switchgrass biomass that determine its pot ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2011 - 10:13am

Not All Sunshine For Solar Power- Lead Pollution Crisis In Developing Countries

As solar power continues to grow in popularity, science issues like pollution are being swept under the rug in hopes future technology will solve it before it becomes a crisis, much like with ethanol, MTBE, PBDEs and other once-popular efforts environmenta ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2011 - 10:28am

Energy Secretary Steven Chu Gets Practical On Keystone XL Pipeline

In the early days of the Obama administration transition, there were a number of concerns about his anti-science beliefs.  He hired a guy who thought girls couldn't do math and one who thinks there is a government UFO conspiracy. But then he made Stev ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 31 2011 - 2:36pm

Algae-Based Polymer May Boost Li-Ion Battery Performance

A new alginate binder material for lithium-ion battery electrodes could boost energy storage and perhaps help eliminate the toxic compounds in batteries- good news for Prius owners who are concerned their batteries may be doing more harm to the environment ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2011 - 2:06pm

Dear Sierra Club: You Are Right

It isn't often I will agree with Club Sierra...I mean Sierra Club- if you have ever been to their offices you will know how easy it is to confuse the terms. They spend so much time latching onto whatever cause will generate donations it's hard to ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 22 2011 - 4:01am

Energy Secretary Steven Chu Gets White House Support- And Why That's Bad For Him

After the election of Barack Obama in 2008, I had a few isolated concerns about his true science colors; he had issued creepy vaccine-autism statements, his transition team was stuffed with people who believed in anti-science UFO conspiracies, another susp ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 30 2011 - 3:19pm

The 1% Love Solar Subsidies Paid By The Other 99%

The 99%, those people protesting current government and corporate greed, think banks are the problem, yet they don't seem to realize banks aren't the biggest problem- the government that enables them and other kooky schemes is.  Likewise, Hollywo ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 26 2016 - 9:15pm