Energy

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

Durban Conference: Green house gas mitigation: Checking of deforestation: Planting fuels.

Green house gas mitigation has become a business and unfortunately different interests clash in this manner. Asking for funds? Global fund? Some more offices? Some more five star conferences with executives traveling first class. Spending lavish money on ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 28 2011 - 9:38pm

Energy And The Great Experiment

For most of human history, technology changed very little during a person’s lifetime. Certainty, their life was not constant with the hard agricultural life being interrupted by war, disease, and famine. However, very few new technologies would come into t ...

Article - David LePoire - Dec 3 2011 - 8:27pm

Are Environmental Issues Piling Up or Slowing Down?

Energy use and environmental sustainability are deeply entwined. The impact of environmental degradation has been an important factor in the development and decline of civilizations. It has been suggested that many agricultural societies collapsed by overe ...

Blog Post - David LePoire - Dec 3 2011 - 8:10pm

Lighting Up Cold War Targets

The energy from those Russian warheads I feared as a child is coming to me right now. However, it is coming at a much slower and more controlled rate than I had originally feared. In fact, that energy is lighting the office and allowing me to write this. I ...

Blog Post - David LePoire - Dec 16 2011 - 2:47pm

Driving in Circles

Driving in Circles People often wonder whether the world would be able to do something about its dependence on oil and its effects on the environment. A child asked the following question on Hidden Science (a mobile phone app developed by Orange Telecom a ...

Blog Post - Animesh Chatterjee - Dec 23 2011 - 11:07am

Just Another Nose Hair: Tiny Wires Collect Power From Human Breath

Breathe in, Breathe out, charge your implant. It sounds like a dream, but researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison report that the simple act of human breath can create enough energy to power a small biomedical device. ...

Article - Jenny Morber - Jan 7 2012 - 1:38am