Biofuels. What a great name! It just sounds green. Looking around I see a proliferation of Biodiesel bumper stickers everywhere I look. In my home state of Oregon all filling stations will be required to add at least 10 % ethanol to all gasoline by next year. Environmentalists are cheering as politicians and the media are … Continue reading
Technological advancements in wind energy efficiency have generally come incrementally and usually made via a process of increasingly large wind turbine blades. Put simply, the model has been: longer blades = more output per turbine. But that pattern of incremental improvements may be a thing of the past if Leviathan … Continue reading
In simple terms an alternative fuel is one that is not produced from fossil fuels (such as crude oil) and usually exhibit desirable energy efficiency and pollution reduction features. In the US, the 1990 Clean Air Act encourages and rewards the development and sale of alternative fuels. These days there is an ever … Continue reading