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Ultra-Efficient Gas Engine Passes Test

Ultra-Efficient Gas Engine Passes Test What is the weight of the vehicle compared to a prius or other vehicles? MPG without this info is not... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 8, 2010 at 7:50 AM EST

Igniting Fusion

use neutrons created from fusion? Isn't the conversion of u238 to a fissile material easily accomplished with 40 year old technology known as... (read full comment)  

Posted on June 26, 2009 at 1:33 AM EDT

A Cheaper Way to Draw Oil from Shale

shale kerogen will change viscosity at the temperatures of the heater and will flow. it will also crack to some extent like in a visbreaker. coal... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 24, 2009 at 12:52 AM EDT

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Does Anyone Understand Geo-Engineering?

geo engineering it seems that in talking about engineering the planet the first thing we have to admit is that we don't know what the affect of... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 23, 2009 at 5:17 PM EDT

TR10: Traveling-Wave Reactor

sstar How is this different than the sstar reactor, proposed by Lawrence Livermore some years ago? (read full comment)  

Posted on February 27, 2009 at 1:51 PM EST

Green Nuclear

Nukes now The visceral opposition to nuclear power is understandable given the lack of reasonable technical discussions. Any time someone says the... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 26, 2009 at 6:20 PM EST

TR10: Liquid Battery

Cost and Feasibility The real driver on renewable power based on wind and photovoltaic systems (after technical feasibility) are the costs of... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 26, 2009 at 5:27 PM EST

Obama Orders Fuel Efficiency

one misguided effort after another The Obama program will be ineffective, irritating and expensive to the consumer. People who buy SUV's are not... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 27, 2009 at 10:54 PM EST

A New Biofuel: Propane

If ethanol was an economic way to produce fuel, all the corn farmers should be using it to run their tractors. The same should hold true for... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 25, 2007 at 1:29 PM EDT

Hell and Hydrogen

Just a couple of comments on this subject. If there is no co2 problem there is no carbon supply issue for hundreds of years. The vast stores of... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 15, 2007 at 12:18 PM EDT

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