Energy

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

The War Over Wireless Power?

If you've studied the martial arts, or know anything at all about Asian culture, you have heard of the ch'i.  It's spelled lots of different ways, which happens when you turn Eastern sounds into Western letters, but essentially it means a li ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 8 2011 - 8:29pm

Can Jatropha provide an alternative source of fuel in developing countries?

Growing Jatropha for biofuel is hot topic and  claims of 10 tonnes per ha of Jatropha are laudable but need to be replicated and verified under different environmental conditions Still it has great scope as its the only plant that can grow in wastelands an ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 8 2011 - 8:35am

Ethanol From Wood Waste Rather Than Starch- Not Your Energy Future Yet

The current energy quandary means a lot of basic research is being done in alternative energy solutions; that's good, it's what basic research is for.  It also means political darlings of some politicians and environmentalists should be disquali ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2011 - 11:01am

Google Exits Alternative Energy (And Other Dodgy Ideas)

Google is doing some spring cleaning and booted seven projects that were outside what they regard as their core business, the most high-profile of which was its attempt to make solar energy cheaper than coal. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 23 2011 - 3:54pm