Comments for CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com http://blog.cleantechies.com Latest CleanTech News, Jobs, Events, Research and Links for Renewable Energy and Green Technology Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:48:47 -0800 hourly 1 cleantechies_commentshttp://feedburner.google.com Comment on Nearly Half of Electricity at UK Businesses Wasted During Off Hours by Bill Colins http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechies_comments/~3/_JFaX1CGBSI/ Bill Colins Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:48:47 +0000 http://e360.yale.edu/digest/nearly_half_of_electricity_at_uk_businesses_wasted_during_off_hours/3321/#comment-79613 I couldn’t agree more that businesses waste energy, it causes problems with the environment as well as long energy bills. But actualy everyone can get educated in the sphere of business energy saving. I myself have recently become interested in this and actually got some good results. I couldn’t agree more that businesses waste energy, it causes problems with the environment as well as long energy bills. But actualy everyone can get educated in the sphere of business energy saving. I myself have recently become interested in this and actually got some good results.

]]> http://blog.cleantechies.com/2012/02/08/nearly-half-of-electricity-at-uk-businesses-wasted-during-off-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-79613 Comment on The Future of Trucking is Electric by howard stern http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechies_comments/~3/N0AryKpoEhI/ howard stern Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:48 +0000 http://blog.cleantechies.com/?p=46904#comment-79610 A GAME CHANGER in BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGY. [The Future of Trucking is Electric] By Howard Stern http://tinyurl.com/7yhcnjt 2/8/12 My small Company, with a compatible CHEMICAL Process Engineering Firm.and MY technology and systems, will produce #16,000,000 pounds on a demo project with very high energy POWDERED dry ALGAE in a updated plant. I am planning at least thirty of these units throughout the U.S.with participating PARTNER(s) (Why are we be confident of above calculations?) We were the pioneers in completing valuable and expensive tests on chemical components, along with ANIMAL feed testing on different levels for safety, Low Price,and the capability to produce these wafers on a large scale, Storage will no longer Problem for these compressed tablets. And since these tablets serve as a catalyst, small amounts will go a long way. To my surprise, Cornell University announced in January 2012 that they were going to test ALGAE as food concentrate and testing animal feed " [Is CORNELL trying to "reinvent the Typewriter in the mountains of ??]" Perhaps they should be told that this work has been completed by accredited professional teams Decades ago and could save millions in funding to duplicate a total study at this time. [ I've been there, done that three Decades ago] NEW DEVELOPMENTS, have been reported by Science News Letter in the later part of 2011, that new studies have taken place in the Laboratories of Swiss and U.S. Government, to CREATE DIRECT HYDROGEN: From WATER, ALGAE (protein?) WAFERS as catalyst, to produce HYDROGEN, to electric energy via fuel-cell. The directly produced HYDROGEN will provide a much safer fuel because it does not require dangerously high pressures (7,000+ PSI) to the electric driven VEHICLES. My current interest is to find an organization interested in creating FUEL to HYDROGEN for Automotive and Aviation fuels and from residues,new valuable Pharmaceutical raw ingredients. In the interim, prior to the Hydrogen operations become accepted, the military operations for Drones, etc, the powdered ALGAE can be utilized by the DoD at prices well below $4- per dry pound. (can be reconstituted) Since the A/F has tested and proven the dry algae powder by combat Aircraft, helicopters and commercial Aircraft, [ after testing powdered coal] The powdered ALGAE PROVED SUPERIOR IN THRUST and environmentally suitable. Testing on trucks and military vehicles would be next objective. Howard Stern,Pres sugarLand Texas sternh@windstream.net A GAME CHANGER in BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGY. [The Future of Trucking is Electric]
By Howard Stern http://tinyurl.com/7yhcnjt 2/8/12

My small Company, with a compatible CHEMICAL Process Engineering Firm.and MY technology and systems, will produce #16,000,000 pounds on a demo project with very high energy POWDERED dry ALGAE in a updated plant. I am planning at least thirty of these units throughout the U.S.with participating PARTNER(s)
(Why are we be confident of above calculations?) We were the pioneers in completing valuable and expensive tests on chemical components, along with ANIMAL feed testing on different levels for safety, Low Price,and the capability to produce these wafers on a large scale, Storage will no longer Problem for these compressed tablets. And since these tablets serve as a catalyst, small amounts will go a long way.

To my surprise, Cornell University announced in January 2012 that they were going to test ALGAE as food concentrate and testing animal feed
” [Is CORNELL trying to "reinvent the Typewriter in the mountains of ??]”
Perhaps they should be told that this work has been completed by accredited professional teams Decades ago and could save millions in funding to duplicate a total study at this time. [ I've been there, done that three Decades ago]

NEW DEVELOPMENTS, have been reported by Science News Letter in the later part of 2011, that new studies have taken place in the Laboratories of Swiss and U.S. Government, to CREATE DIRECT HYDROGEN: From WATER, ALGAE (protein?) WAFERS as catalyst, to produce HYDROGEN, to electric energy via fuel-cell. The directly produced HYDROGEN will provide a much safer fuel because it does not require dangerously high pressures (7,000+ PSI) to the electric driven VEHICLES.

My current interest is to find an organization interested in creating FUEL to HYDROGEN for Automotive and Aviation fuels and from residues,new valuable Pharmaceutical raw ingredients.

In the interim, prior to the Hydrogen operations become accepted, the military operations for Drones, etc, the powdered ALGAE can be utilized by the DoD at prices well below $4- per dry pound. (can be reconstituted) Since the A/F has tested and proven the dry algae powder by combat Aircraft, helicopters and commercial Aircraft, [ after testing powdered coal] The powdered ALGAE PROVED SUPERIOR IN THRUST and environmentally suitable. Testing on trucks and military vehicles would be next objective. Howard Stern,Pres
sugarLand Texas sternh@windstream.net

]]> http://blog.cleantechies.com/2012/02/08/the-future-of-trucking-is-electric/comment-page-1/#comment-79610 Comment on Texas a Lone Star in EV Charging Infrastructure by Steve Spacek http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechies_comments/~3/5FHw1Xs6LsQ/ Steve Spacek Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:39:44 +0000 http://blog.cleantechies.com/?p=46510#comment-79608 Despite the energy advances, Texas is certainly NOT a "Green" state. Rated a bottom-10 "worst" for least clean public spaces and poorest environmental conduct (public and private) in the 2011 American State Litter Scorecard. [I am the Scorecard's author and I am from Texas]. Despite the energy advances, Texas is certainly NOT a “Green” state.
Rated a bottom-10 “worst” for least clean public spaces and poorest environmental conduct (public and private) in the 2011 American State Litter Scorecard.
[I am the Scorecard's author and I am from Texas].

]]> http://blog.cleantechies.com/2012/02/01/texas-a-lone-star-in-ev-charging-infrastructure/comment-page-1/#comment-79608 Comment on Top Ten Sustainability Initiatives of Kroger by Brock Treece http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechies_comments/~3/N77YDmk2AeA/ Brock Treece Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:37:53 +0000 http://blog.cleantechies.com/?p=46935#comment-79601 It is great to see corporations increase their commitment to sustainable objectives, but I am often ambivalent about their claims of sustainable action. Here, Kroger seems to be tackling a large set of very complex issues. Defining sustainable seafood is a very difficult task, for instance, and we are far from a scientific consensus on what that means. Do you have recommendations for tracking the results of corporate pledges? It is great to see corporations increase their commitment to sustainable objectives, but I am often ambivalent about their claims of sustainable action. Here, Kroger seems to be tackling a large set of very complex issues. Defining sustainable seafood is a very difficult task, for instance, and we are far from a scientific consensus on what that means. Do you have recommendations for tracking the results of corporate pledges?

]]> http://blog.cleantechies.com/2012/02/08/top-ten-sustainability-initiatives-of-kroger/comment-page-1/#comment-79601 Comment on Indian Clean Energy Growth Was Fastest in World in 2011, Report Says by Mark Perry http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechies_comments/~3/4calw5r_3Mk/ Mark Perry Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:52:46 +0000 http://e360.yale.edu/digest/indian_clean-energy_growth_was_fastest_in_world_in_2011_report_says/3317/#comment-79600 Relative to the wealth of India, it appears that they are investing far more than other countries who have much more resources. For example, are they investing more in green energy than the U.S.? Relative to the wealth of India, it appears that they are investing far more than other countries who have much more resources. For example, are they investing more in green energy than the U.S.?

]]> http://blog.cleantechies.com/2012/02/06/indian-clean-energy-growth-was-fastest-in-world-in-2011-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-79600 Comment on The Future Of Wind Energy Is Up In The Air by Thomas Reinke http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechies_comments/~3/HrPS7mevs0Q/ Thomas Reinke Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:59:27 +0000 http://blog.cleantechies.com/?p=46917#comment-79599 Subsides? How much coal, natural gas, oil, gasoline is subsided by feds? We can not let obstacles reduce our goals and objectives to clean water, air and food. Necessities of life for all living beings. Subsides? How much coal, natural gas, oil, gasoline is subsided by feds? We can not let obstacles reduce our goals and objectives to clean water, air and food. Necessities of life for all living beings.

]]> http://blog.cleantechies.com/2012/02/08/the-future-of-wind-energy-is-up-in-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-79599 Comment on The Future Of Wind Energy Is Up In The Air by Ceylan Thomson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechies_comments/~3/h5UJBa3jdGg/ Ceylan Thomson Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:58:34 +0000 http://blog.cleantechies.com/?p=46917#comment-79598 Timely article given Vestas just reported 166 million Euro in losses. Timely article given Vestas just reported 166 million Euro in losses.

]]> http://blog.cleantechies.com/2012/02/08/the-future-of-wind-energy-is-up-in-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-79598 Comment on Fox News Spreads Propaganda on Clean Energy by Concerned Citizen http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechies_comments/~3/5tALiFuhj80/ Concerned Citizen Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:36:48 +0000 http://blog.cleantechies.com/?p=34153#comment-79581 Michael, Thank you for being level headed and not completely buying into this argument as others have done for years. The Conservatives argue for limited government involvement in economics, but if it were not for this involvement, renewable energy would be more of a major player in current energy allocation. The article argues that renewables are not a proven source of energy for modern civilization, but it can be argued that fossil fuels are in fact proven to be finite. I would place all my chips on something that is a possibility rather than hold out on something that is most certainly going to fail at some point. Michael, Thank you for being level headed and not completely buying into this argument as others have done for years. The Conservatives argue for limited government involvement in economics, but if it were not for this involvement, renewable energy would be more of a major player in current energy allocation. The article argues that renewables are not a proven source of energy for modern civilization, but it can be argued that fossil fuels are in fact proven to be finite. I would place all my chips on something that is a possibility rather than hold out on something that is most certainly going to fail at some point.

]]> http://blog.cleantechies.com/2011/06/06/fox-news-spreads-propaganda-on-clean-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-79581 Comment on New Record for High Concentration Phovoltaic Solar Modules by Ian http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechies_comments/~3/CdcA-EsHhzM/ Ian Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:45:46 +0000 http://blog.cleantechies.com/?p=46800#comment-79577 Great news. This will hopefully knock the naysayers down a peg. Great news. This will hopefully knock the naysayers down a peg.

]]> http://blog.cleantechies.com/2012/02/06/new-record-for-high-concentration-phovoltaic-solar-modules/comment-page-1/#comment-79577 Comment on Clean Energy: How Much Hot Air? by Richard http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechies_comments/~3/hewIHJV-RYo/ Richard Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:53:07 +0000 http://blog.cleantechies.com/?p=46571#comment-79548 The heat produced by renewable energy is irrelevant. The sun warms the planet, which reradiates heat to the atmosphere, which warms up, and the Earth's atmosphere radiates heat to outer space. The atmosphere has a relatively stable temperature if it absorbs as much heat as it radiates to outer space. The atmosphere heats up because greenhouse gases retain more heat in the atmosphere. Oxygen and nitrogen do not retain heat but carbon dioxide, short-lived water vapour, methane, and other greenhouse gases do. The more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the more heat the atmosphere retains, and the less heat radiated to outer space. It is the greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels that is the problem because that is what is causing the atmosphere to warm up. As the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere declines the temperature of the atmosphere will decline, because more heat will be radiated to outer space. The heat produced by renewable energy is irrelevant. The sun warms the planet, which reradiates heat to the atmosphere, which warms up, and the Earth’s atmosphere radiates heat to outer space. The atmosphere has a relatively stable temperature if it absorbs as much heat as it radiates to outer space.

The atmosphere heats up because greenhouse gases retain more heat in the atmosphere. Oxygen and nitrogen do not retain heat but carbon dioxide, short-lived water vapour, methane, and other greenhouse gases do. The more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the more heat the atmosphere retains, and the less heat radiated to outer space. It is the greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels that is the problem because that is what is causing the atmosphere to warm up. As the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere declines the temperature of the atmosphere will decline, because more heat will be radiated to outer space.

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