The Preamble; Fix it or Nix It?
Transportation Without Petroleum or Biofuelscopyright © 2010 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.orgAt present, oil saturates the Gulf Stream. An official six-month cessation of permits for new drilling did not...
View ArticlePique the Geek 20110403: How Nuclear Reactors Work. Part the Third
The past two weeks we have been looking about current nuclear technology for power production. Almost all of the plants currently in commercial production are the so called Generation II and...
View ArticleWater Engines, Hydrinos, Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, Esoteric Energy
Over the years, I've learned that the news about some great new discovery in the energy field is never something to get excited about. It takes five, ten, and even more years to go from breakthrough...
View ArticleWant to solve Climate Change? Think Different
Yesterday's diary on the progress of the ITER fusion reactor, contrasted with America's ADD problem with anything big or long term, got a nice reception, and I promised more - so here it is. The...
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Newly discovered Methane-producing microbe blooms in permafrost thaw
A previously unknown methane-producing micro-organism, known as a 'methanogen', is thriving in northern Sweden's thawing permafrost in a thick subsurface layer of soil that has previously remained...
View ArticleHas the US Navy Discovered an Alternative to Oil?
It seems the US Navy has discovered how to turn seawater into fuel!! Say what?!Yes, they have. The process takes carbon and hydrogen from seawater and recombines them, essentially re-burning the carbon...
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Things Are Looking Brighter For Hydrogen
What's different about this Christmas Parade Float? Answer below the Orange Omnilepticon. While the news on Climate Change is getting more urgent all the time, the good news is that getting off...
View ArticleFusion - Update on the OTHER Nuclear Power
Cleaning Up Our (Power) ActThe world needs carbon-free power, ASAP. Solar power, wind, wave, tidal, hydro, geothermal, — these are ways of generating power that don’t produce greenhouse gases. The...
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IAN: Monday, November 28, 2016: Energy Observer's - "Solar Impulse of the Seas."
Anymore, if I’m going to be online and on twitter, I’m going to look at things other than DJT’s twitter feed. There are other, more interesting twitter feeds to explore. There are beautiful scenes,...
View ArticleHydrogen Hyper Vehicle / Train
A new set of wheels has hit the rails , a fuel cell / battery / hydrogen train . Its called the Alstrom Coradia iLint . www.citylab.com/... Germany Has the World's First Hydrogen-Powered Passenger...
View ArticleZero Net Energy - January 13, 2019
Building Off the Grid - DIY Network TV show with 34 episodes as of December 2018https://www.diynetwork.com/shows/building-off-the-grid Trondheim, Norway’s net energy positive building, Powerhouse...
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We Shattered a CO2 record this week. Here's how we can help build a Green New...
Welcome back after a week hiatus (this installment is twice as long, and took an extra week to write). I thought I’d begin this week’s Infrastructure Kos with a picture of a stump. It is one of many in...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest March 31, 2019
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, interceptor7, Magnifico,...
View Article5 Things: Snorkeling Pals, ExxonMobil Fraud, Hydrogen Airships, Science vs...
Snorkeling With the EnemyIn May, leaders of 20 companies that are major consumers of single use plastics joined leaders of a variety of environmental organizations for an ocean voyage to the Bermuda...
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Good News - Hydrogen advances, big Battery news; Natural Gas power might be a...
There’s a competition going on between different ways to store energy. Wind and solar energy can generate carbon free electricity, but the problem of matching supply with demand is inherent. You can...
View ArticleEV Tuesday: Cummins Hydrogen Hybrid Truck
Cummins Engine Company of Columbus, Indiana (Mike Pence's hometown) has brought out a pure electric semi product for integration into truck products by other companies, and is now adding a hydrogen...
View ArticleHydrogen Energy from Waste Paper & Plastics Planned in Lancaster, California
.An energy developer is planning to build a "green hydrogen" facility in Southern California, that can convert waste material into hydrogenThe plant will process 40,000 tons of waste every year, and...
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Renewable hydrogen fuel is gaining momentum
There’s some really exciting science and engineering going on, and it’s getting us closer to counting hydrogen among good options for clean and renewable energy. We need all the options we can get....
View ArticleRenewable Monday: Hydrogen in Australia
Despite the political hooraw about renewables in Australia, the people and the private sector are charging [sic] ahead. One can argue about batteries or fuel cells for vehicles of various sorts, or one...
View ArticleZero-Emission, Hydrogen Concept Designs from Airbus
[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]One of the more dismaying and persistent responses to the change need of the climate crisis is that it will wreck the economy, the disruption too great and the end...
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UPDATED: There are many ways forward on Climate Change. Here's one.
Climate Change is being driven primarily by one thing: greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. Transportation accounts for roughly a third of emissions. (It varies from locale to locale, country...
View ArticleAnother step towards a zero carbon world
Yesterday I posted about two efforts that are getting carbon out of transportation by developing trains powered by hydrogen. That of course leads to the question where the hydrogen is coming from —...
View ArticleHydrogen as a Battery
For brief descriptions of and links to recent posts, click here. For an inverse-chronological list with links to all posts after January 23, 2017, click here. For a subject-matter index to posts before...
View ArticleMy dream, a hydrogen-electric economy.
I want to avoid as much as possible wasting rare elements [e.g. making batteries].How to produce electricity?Wind powerHydroelectricSolar panelsSolar turbinesWave and tidal powerHow to store excess...
View ArticleProtecting American Democracy from the 'Re-Emerging Demons of Hell':...
Guest: Dr. Nils Gilman of Berggruen InstituteAlso: Life sentences for the Arbery murderersCyberNinjas fined by AZ judge, claim to shut down...It's been a rough week. So before we get to America's...
View ArticleDraft Trump Order to Seize 2020 Vote Systems Misrepresented Longstanding GA...
Also: Harold Meyerson on how Biden and Dems can build back 'Build Back Better' before mid-termsAnd: Shell's billion dollar Canadian 'carbon capture' facility EMITS more than it captures!...Trump's...
View ArticleRecord-breaking hydrogen electrolyzer claims 95% efficiency
Record-breaking hydrogen electrolyzer claims 95% efficiency, March 16, 2022.Current efficiency of breaking down water to hydrogen are about 70% to 80%. 95% of hydrogen is produced from wood or fossil...
View ArticleClimate Change! Gloom! Doom! and how Big oil might save us after all!
I am A Stranger, not from here. I lurk here to keep up to date on your end of the world, never comment on politics and religion but always on climate change because it’s all one world. I am fairly...
View ArticleA must-watch lecture! Energy Markets and a war briefing: With Dr. Dan Fine...
0-1:05 '30Dr. Daniel Fine on the Russian UKRAINE War and the Energy question1:47-`1: 52 '20Why did Russia invade? (Q&A)1:56-1:58Quality of the information? On climate change moving forward or back?...
View ArticleHow the Energy Markets might end the Russian war? With Dr. Dan Fine and T....
https://youtu.be/Mo4qjIJTZEc0-1:05 '30Dr. Daniel Fine on the Russian UKRAINE War and the Energy question1:47-`1: 52 '20Why did Russia invade? (Q&A)1:56-1:58Quality of the information? On climate...
View ArticleEarth Matters: As Alaska and Siberia blaze, the Arctic is warming faster than...
“Nowadays snows melt earlier in the springtime. Lakes, rivers, and bogs freeze much later in the autumn. Reindeer herding becomes more difficult as the ice is weak and may give way … All sorts of...
View ArticleEarth Matters: Climate bill will benefit GOP districts big time; clean energy...
I am not the biggest fan of irony in politics. But the unanimous opposition of Republicans in the Senate (and soon probably in the House) to the climate- and health-related provisions of the Inflation...
View ArticleGermany Trains part 3 -- Hydo Trains!
So, I wrote two earlier articles on Germany’s experiment with cheap fares for public transport to help its population with the economic shock of Russia cutting off the gas. But that is not the only...
View ArticleIs the Environmental Defense Fund Gaslighting Hydrogen?
When it comes to addressing climate change, Job One has to be getting off carbon. There are multiple ways to go: wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, nuclear, biofuels — and hydrogen.Here’s what the...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest - Science - Self-cleaning atmosphere, wild bees in...
Welcome to Overnight News Digest- Saturday Science. Since 2007 the OND has been a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a...
View ArticleThe Inflation Reduction Act is turning America into a renewable energy...
On Wednesday, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced that the state landed a new “gigafactory” that will bring a $400 million investment and generate 500 jobs. That gigafactory will be...
View ArticleIndustry wants new pipeline on Navajo land scarred by decades of fossil fuel...
Developers tout hydrogen as a clean energy source; Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health.By Jerry Redfern for Capital & MainFor the...
View ArticleCPUC votes 5-0 to increase capacity of SoCalGas Aliso Canyon gas storage...
In a vote that has outraged climate and environmental justice advocates, the five members of California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today just unanimously approved Southern California Gas’s...
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Coming in 2026: around the world in 20 days without using fossil fuels -...
There’s an effort underway in France to build an airship for a flight around the world without using fossil fuel. The upper surface of the airship will be covered with solar panels driving electric...
View ArticleRenewable Tuesday: Hydrogen Colors and News of the Week
Having done some reading on the topic, I think it would be valuable to explain the basics, like why hydrogen can be described in “colors”, i,e., green, blue, grey, etc. based on how it’s generated....
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Earth Matters: Administration celebrates launch of hydrogen hubs, but critics...
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday announced her department’s seven choices for Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs. The government is investing $7 billion in the hubs to leverage a total of $50...
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Earth Matters: U.S. wind takes some blows; Mike Johnson thinks the Rapture...
Two-and-a-half years ago, President Joe Biden announced plans to jumpstart an offshore wind industry in the United States, calling for 30 gigawatts of electricity-generating capacity to be installed by...
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Earth Matters: Endangering the Endangered Species Act; 'new denial' on...
Half a century ago last month, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act, which, in a move that would be unthinkable today, the Senate had passed unanimously and the House of...
View ArticleHydrogen - fuel of the future? There may be some changes coming.
See the update at the bottom. 1-29-24 1803 hrs ETFossil fuels, which are based on carbon compounds, are driving global warming because burning them to extract energy releases greenhouse gases into the...
View ArticleThe "Water Engine" Prank and the Internet of Lies
For people with too much time on their hands, YouTube offers a fun and sometimes educational way to kill it. YouTube offers a wide range of “documentaries” for streaming. They range in length from...
View ArticleEarth Matters: Studies say climate messaging is an election winner, but with...
Pick a random Democrat who regularly follows politics to talk about the party’s messaging and you’re likely to get a reply along the lines of “it sucks” together with suggestions on how to do it...
View ArticleHydrogen Update: There may be reserves just waiting to be tapped - drill baby...
Back on January 29, 2024 I posted a diary: Hydrogen - fuel of the future? There may be some changes coming. I described some of the pros and cons of using hydrogen as a non-fossil fuel and for energy...
View ArticleWeekly Spotlight on Climate & Eco-diaries (3/3/24). If you missed some,...
The spotlight is a weekly, categorized compilation of links and excerpts from environmentally related posts at Daily Kos. Any posts included in the collection do not necessarily indicate my agreement...
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3/26 Renewable Tuesday: Better! Faster! Cheaper! More!
A remarkable set of climate action records has been set just in the last week, with plenty more on schedule to top nearly all of them. Engineers always used to say: You can have good, fast, and cheap....
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Earth Matters: Kim Stanley Robinson & Michael Mann on doom; 33 green...
When Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss introduced the word “disinformation” to readers of their 1980 roman à clef spy novel “The Spike”—deriving the term from the Russian dezinformatsiya, the title...
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