Energy Discussions

Why is it that we keep reading things like this months later in the so-called "mainstream media"? There is no certain bet in nuclear physics but work by Nobel laureate Carlo Rubbia at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) on the use of thorium as a cheap, clean and safe alternative to uranium in reactors ma...

Here is a possible viable option. We all have to "S%T" so why not put it to good use. I think that every municipality could have stations that they pump the gas too and this could offset our fees for processing our waste. And if the technology becomes readily easy, those with septic systems in their yard, could produce the...

The good news is that Texas officially (via our AG and Environmental Quality Chairman) told the EPA to take a long jump from a short pier regarding administrative rewrites of the Clean Air Act that Obama is trying to use to end-run Congress. Oh, he wants that carbon-tax scheme baaad, and is perfectly willing to misuse Executive bran...

So here is another method to top the Bio-Bug, that runs on methane. This team in Edinburgh developed a battery that takes urine and makes water, Nitrogen and CO2. This will not create an increase in the carbon foot print, because the CO2 is natural anyway. This is pretty cool all the way through. What are RDer's thoughts? ==...

I can't seem to get the Chimpmunks out of my mind. They are the poster children for Peak Helium. I stumbled upon this article the other day and immediately thought of Stuck and his promise to do a complete “Peak” series of articles from the periodic table. Since he has not covered Peak Helium yet, I thought I would ...

Enemies domestic and foreign, undefeated and undeterred, shamelessly keen for control via raising energy costs and the means of production, are ramping up their assaults. Penalize oil companies with punitive taxes, subsidize counterproductive chimeras like ethanol from corn, and not only does energy cost more, those who produce it b...

While we are curtailing our space-faring capabilities and outsourcing them, China continues to ramp up. They are currently testing a chunk of their planned Space Station (no, they won't be playing with Russia and the US on the so-called International Space Station), and will launch it next year. Unmanned Moon mission the year af...

Wow! When I saw this headline I had to do a doubletake! I am still a bit in disbelief considering this guy was extremely active in getting his message out in the mainstream media. Again, I suppose time will tell if Simmons death is "conspiracy" theory material or simple methods of tieing up loose ends and silencing dissent...