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Andrea Rossi, the inventor and energy behind the E-Cat was interviewed by Gary Hendershot and Sterling Allan for the Smart Scarecrow Show last Saturday the…
Petroleum reservoir fracturing is set for a major improvement with new technologies going to work miles down from the surface and then out horizontally. Called…
In the developed world where a flip of a switch or twist of a knob starts food heating the idea of gathering dung, wood or…
This is one to take seriously. A deal has been made by Pioneer Hybrids, the corn seed company started by the Vice President back in…
The third leading technology for 2012 would be fusion. While commercial units are not in the offing for the year there is a good prospect…
The New Year may well be the breakthrough year for fuel cells. The astonishing innovation and marketing locomotive of Apple Computers with the i –…
It’s easy to see the Iranian Mullahs and their allied minions as a world threat. The country is a significant source of crude oil, has…
Most folks don’t realize the depth of the economic problem that fuels cells pose for mass adoption. Often there are price quotes running in the…
New studies from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) conclude that small modular reactors may hold the key to the future…
Natural gas needs to be very tightly compressed and cooling to very cold temperatures will help to get worthwhile volumes suitable for transport use. Those…
More Fantastic Than Rossi’s E-Cat Out of Cleantech via Al Fin Energy comes a hint of a nuclear fusion company more fantastic than the Rossi…
Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) a DOE Bioenergy Research Center led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley…
Prof. Avi Kribus of Tel Aviv University’s School of Mechanical Engineering and its innovative new Renewable Energy Center is applying the term “hybrid” to power…
The Guardian in the UK is reporting that India has started the process of building the world’s newest thorium fueled prototype nuclear power plant. As…
The past few days have seen the Rossi E-Cat reported in both news and blogs, with still no definitive answer if the device actually works. The…
A University of Maine engineer and his research team have discovered a revolutionary new chemical process that can transform forest residues, along with other materials…
In what some in watching economics might consider a private sector resurgence in an economic recovery, the U.S. is increasing oil production and next week…
Many if not most metals, rare earth minerals and other elements used to make everything from photovoltaic panels and cellphone displays to the permanent magnets…
Waste gases emitted by blast furnaces, coke ovens and BOF (basic oxygen furnace) operations can now be converted into low-cost ethanol and high-value chemicals. The…
The USA, largest consumer of oil and perhaps about fourth in production has entered an oil boom. Not only is it related to improvements in…