Re: [Biofuel] Confessions of an 'ex' Peak Oil believer

2008-03-17 Thread David Penfold
Keith, I'm confused as to the relevance of abiotic over biotic sources of oil. Given that Hubbert predicted the decline of US fields, I think his approach may be relevant for any given field, whether abiotic or biotic. Even if the source were to be abiotic, I think the problem is resource

Re: [Biofuel] Confessions of an 'ex' Peak Oil believer

2008-03-17 Thread Ken Provost
On Mar 17, 2008, at 2:12 PM, David Penfold wrote: Keith, I'm confused as to the relevance of abiotic over biotic sources of oil. Given that Hubbert predicted the decline of US fields, I think his approach may be relevant for any given field, whether abiotic or biotic. Even if the

[Biofuel] Beyond Batteries: Storing Power in a Sheet of Paper

2008-03-17 Thread AltEnergyNetwork
Beyond Batteries: Storing Power in a Sheet of Paper http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2280 Troy, N.Y. — Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. The nanoengineered