The promise of artificial photosynthesis
It is still unclear where most of our energy will come from in the longer-term future. A promising new contender is emerging: the harnessing of photosynthesis.
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Lots of Hot Air About Hydrogen
Hydrogen, the most overhyped alternative fuel since methyl tertiary-butyl ether, is not a primary fuel, like oil, that we can drill for. It is bound up tightly in molecules of water, or hydrocarbons like natural gas. A great deal of energy must be used to unbind it.
Former Iraqi oil minister calls for Iraq production cap, reservoir repairs
Doubts cast on the wisdom of the US/Iraqi administration going for maximum production from Iraqs degraded oil fields.
Don’t Bet on Fuel Cells, Manufacturer Says
The producer of fuel cells that can recharge mobile phones and portable music players told industrialists and policymakers last week not to count on the power packs to solve the energy crisis.
US: UW scientists want to mine moon energy
MADISON — Two University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists believe moon rocks contain all the energy the United States needs for the next millennium.
Russia Says ‘No’ to Nuclear Fusion Plant in Japan
MOSCOW – Russia on Thursday declined Japanese pleas to back Tokyo’s bid to host a disputed nuclear fusion reactor as the global contest for the multi-billion project threatened to hurt relations among the participants.
Japan and France are vying for the right to build the world’s first such reactor, but the six members of the joint venture have so far failed to agree on the site. The plant would generate energy the same way the sun does.
Toward A Global Energy Transition (excerpt)
This paper details a plan with a set of three interactive and mutually reinforcing strategies designed to reduce the world’s use of carbon fuels by at least 70%, and at the same time, create millions of jobs around the world, especially in developing countries.
Nanotech Key To Future Energy Solutions, Nobelist Says
A global-scale energy crisis looms ahead, according to Nobel laureate Richard E. Smalley, who said that nanotechnology will figure centrally in providing technological solutions.
