Dear Readers; U.S.Senate Redemption,
True, the U.S. Senate couldn't muster enough votes to approve
increasing the fuel economy of the nation's cars and trucks, nor enough
votes to require 20 percent of the nation's electricity to be generated
from renewables by 2020. But, the U.S Senate
Dear Readers; America's Biggest Challenge,
Action by the U.S. Senate this week is a good example of why Green
Energy News was created six years ago. In a one-two knock-out punch,
the Senate killed efforts to raise Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
standards to 36 miles per gallon, AND
Dear Readers,
As announced last week, beginning in April ENERGIES will no longer
be a free publication. All current free subscriptions will expire at the
end of this month.
This change was a difficult business decision to make, but after six
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Dear Loyal Readers,
I have made a painful decision. Beginning in April ENERGIES will no
longer be a free publication. It's been 6 years now and income
possibilities from the newsletter and web site have been elusive... to
say the least. There are more services I would like to provide with
ENERGIES... week of February 17, 2002
HELP WANTED - GREEN ENERGY. That's a new heading that may be in the
Help Wanted section of the newspaper some day soon. The Economic Policy
Institute (EPI) and the Center for a Sustainable Economy (CSE) have
released a new report - Clean Energy and
ENERGIES... week of February 10, 2002
NOT QUITE KYOTO. President Bush has finally come forth with his much
anticipated U.S. alternative to the Kyoto Protocol. His plan would ask
industry to voluntarily limit greenhouse gas emissions growth each year
to one-third that of economic growth for
ENERGIES... week of February 3, 2002
GREEN ENERGY POLITICS U.S.A. In a typical year in Washington, D.C.
the President submits a budget in the early part of the year, then
Congress and the White House take three-quarters of that year bickering
over how to spend the taxpayer's hard-earned
ENERGIES... week of January 27, 2002
LANDMARK AB 1058. By a thin margin the California Assembly has
approved legislation - Assembly Bill 1058 - that will require the
California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop and adopt regulations
by 2004 that achieve the maximum feasible reduction
ENERGIES... week of January 20, 2002
OUR ENERGETIC MOON. As long as the moon circles our ocean-covered
planet there will be tides. As long as there are tides there will be a
reliable and certainly predictable source of energy.
The U.K.'s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has
ENERGIES... week of January 6, 2002
GENERAL MOTORS AUTONOMY. General Motors has unveiled a prototype
hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and design/manufacturing/purchasing concept
known as AUTOnomy.
AUTOnomy literally begins with its base platform. This platform,
much like a skateboard and
ENERGIES... week of December 30, 2001
ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES IN COURT. Three environmental groups have
filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Government. Eighteen federal agencies
are not putting enough alternative fuel vehicles on the road.
The Sierra Club, the Center for Biological
ENERGIES... week of December 23, 2001
2001 REVIEW / 2002 OUTLOOK. Last year at this time I said that the
word energy is likely to appear in headline news frequently in 2001. It
did.
Early in the year in response to the energy crisis in California,
newly sworn in President George Bush
ENERGIES... week of December 16, 2001
SELF-SUFFICIENT SCOTLAND. Scotland could power itself completely
from renewable resources - and then some. A new report - the Scottish
Renewable Resource 2001 - commissioned by the Scottish Executive finds
that Scotland could be energy self-sufficient
Note the sodium borohydride fuel cell link below. - Keith
ENERGIES... week of December 9, 2001
INSTANT GRATIFICATION. Drivers of cars with internal combustion
engines under the hood are used to near instantaneous operation. Turn
the key and go. No waiting. Slow start-up time for some
ENERGIES... week of December 2, 2001
GINGER, IT, NOW SEGWAY HT. Much anticipated during the past year as
a revolution in transportation, the Segway HT (Human Transporter) was
unveiled this week to the mainstream media. The two-wheeled,
battery-powered, electric scooter uses a gyroscope
ENERGIES... week of November 25, 2001
THIS COULD BE IMPORTANT. Most of the energy released in the burning
of gasoline in our cars is radiated or dispersed into the air in the
form of heat - wasted energy, wasted fuel. Capture some of that heat,
convert it to electricity and put it work
ENERGIES... week of November 18, 2001
ALTERNATIVE INTERNAL COMBUSTION. Frustrated with the painfully slow
development and commercialization of electric and fuel cell vehicles,
sometimes you just want to throw a pen across the desk, vocalize a mild
profanity and give in to what may be the
ENERGIES... week of November 11, 2001
WHAT A WEEK! The tail fin rips away from a jetliner which
subsequently crashes into an already mourning New York neighborhood
killing 265. The Taliban head to the hills. Putin charms U.S. while
visiting with Bush. Horrendous floods kill 9 in Texas.
ENERGIES... week of October 14, 2001,
NOT GOING IT ALONE. As it showed it latest fuel cell vehicle
technologies to audiences in Japan, General Motors, the world's largest
vehicle manufacturer, was the first to publicly admit that if a global
hydrogen economy were to be developed, with
ENERGIES... week of September 16, 2001
HAIL THE TAXI. Except in major cities, the U.S. has largely ignored
the taxicab as part of its transportation system. Yet with some
improvements to the vehicles themselves, more sophisticated, reliable
and customer friendly service, taxis could
ENERGIES... week of June 17, 2001 (Special Extended Edition)
INVESTING IN HYDROGEN. Last week, General Motors and General
Hydrogen announced that they would work together to build a prototype
hydrogen fueling infrastructure. This week, Shell Hydrogen reports that
it and International Fuel
ENERGIES... week of June 10, 2001
THE GENERAL SPEAKS. Today there are 700 million cars and trucks on
the road worldwide - and more everyday. By 2010 General Motors would
like to see 100,000 of those powered by GM-built hydrogen fuel cells.
More than just perfecting the vehicle
ENERGIES... week of June 3, 2001
NOT UNEXPECTED RESULTS. In a survey of 8000 members of the
Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), 98 percent indicated that the
U.S. National Energy Policy should encourage new energy supplies from a
multitude of sources and promote energy efficient
defined
by the big petroleum boys once again !!
David Cruse
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Subject: [biofuel] ENERGIES... week of 4/29/01
ENERGIES... week
Here we go again - the hydrogen economy!
How much energy does it take to produce sodium borohydride - anybody know?
And what happens to the by-products, after the hydrogen is stripped out?
I am still looking for something for nothing
Biofuel at Journey to Forever:
Doesn't the fuel cell in the shuttle use energy from the solar panels to
produce the electricity to produce the hydrogen to produce the electricity?
We could do that down here.
If we had enough room.
Biofuel at Journey to Forever:
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html
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ENERGIES... week of April 29 2001,
HUNDREDS OR MILLIONS? In the U.S., Vice President Dick Cheney stated
that the nation needs to build 1300
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Hi David
Hi B. Mulliken,
He ain't there - I get this newsletter and usually forward it to the list.
All fuel cells that I have seen
in too often. You`re
probably right.
David Cruse
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Doesn't the fuel cell in the shuttle use energy from the solar panels
Actually, guys, fuel cells were used as early as the first gemini and up
to the Apollos (which had no/few solar cells). Oxy and Hydrogen are combined
in NASA cells to make water and lots (many kilowatts) of electricity. Solar
panels in space are usually only good for station-keeping or
Separately, Capstone announced that it will be delivering 141 of the
versatile 30 kilowatt MicroTurbines - a $4 million sale - to a
partnership of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and
other agencies in Southern California. To be installed as distributed
generation
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] ENERGIES... week of 3/18/01
Separately, Capstone announced that it will be delivering 141 of
the
versatile 30 kilowatt MicroTurbines - a $4 million sale - to a
partnership of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP
Steve said:
1000 watts over what time frame? if its 1kwh/ hour, that's 24kwh/day, or
720
kwh/month. that's enough for some homes
You will find this contrast between kWh/day per home figures quoted for
North American and European settings. It is OK, but does reveal the
voracious consumption your
Separately, Capstone announced that it will be delivering 141 of
the
versatile 30 kilowatt MicroTurbines - a $4 million sale - to a
partnership of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and
other agencies in Southern California. To be installed as distributed
generation
ENERGIES... week of March 18, 2001,
SMOOTHING THE LUMPS. Predictable yet variable could be one way to
describe the electric output from solar or wind energy. However, energy
storage devices - if economically feasible - can act as a buffer between
the irregular power supply from these
ENERGIES... week of March 11, 2001, Special Extended Edition
WHAT HE DIDN'T SAY. Instead of the blunt reversal of his campaign
pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, U.S. President George W. Bush could
more boldly have said, but didn't, I will no longer pursue plans to
regulate carbon dioxide
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] ENERGIES
Hi Malcolm
How do inefficiencies become irrelevant in an external combustion engine ?
Do you know how they get the NOx emissions down so low in an external
combustion situation, most times they go up as the combustion pressure
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To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 7 March 2001 1:58
Subject: Re: [biofuel] ENERGIES
No this is not a wankel. it has the same piston shape but is external
combustion, so the inefficiencies and emmission problems of the wankel
From ENERGIES ... week of February 25, 2001,
GREEN REPLACEMENT TECHNOLOGIES. If the will power were there to
begin a major effort to replace our current energy technologies with
cleaner more efficient ones, there is no shortage of technological
possibilities that could be considered to
. There are reputedly
stirling engines coming up for this market.
Malcolm
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Enginion motor - looking good but a bit low powered (7.5hp) for most
motive
uses
ENERGIES... week of December 17, 2000,
HYBRIDS FOR THE BIG APPLE. Impressed with the performance of its 10
diesel-electric hybrid buses now in revenue service, MTA New York City
Transit (NYCT) has decided to order an additional 200 full-sized hybrid
buses from Orion Bus Industries. Fitted
ENERGIES... week of December 10, 2000,
GREEN FUELS QUEST - UK. In an effort to reduce pollution, greenhouse
gases and dependence on imported fossil fuels, the UK, through the
Department of Environment, Transport and Regions (DETR), has asked
industry and others to put forth practical
ENERGIES... week of November 12, 2000
ALTERNATIVE FUEL FOR FUEL CELL. In areas far from the end of natural
gas pipelines, propane fuel is often used for heat, hot water, and
cooking. Now H-Power has developed a prototype propane powered fuel cell
cogeneration unit to include electricity to
ENERGIES... week of November 5, 2000
THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION. Even though much cleaner and more
efficient motor vehicles are promised for our future, greener
technologies will do nothing to alleviate chronic traffic snarl and
gridlock on the roadways.
Aware of this concern and
ENERGIES... week of October 29, 2000 (Special Extended Edition)
INTRODUCING FUEL CELL VEHICLES. Regardless of the type of technology
that may end up someday under the hood of your car, the row of hurdles
automobile manufacturers must leap to replace the 100-plus year old
internal
ENERGIES... week of October 15, 2000
URBAN WIND POWER. Those living in metropolitan areas have grown
accustomed to a wide variety of man-made structures that soar into the
sky. Cell phone towers, smoke stacks and radio-TV antennas are all part
of the skyline. Where the wind is reliable,
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