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Refining vegetable oil into diesel fuel

At the AlwaysOn Venture Summit in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Peter Bell, co-founder of Renewable Fuel Products, explains that his company's reactors are small and mobile enough to be loaded onto the back of a truck and taken wherever the waste oil is being created. They process an end product...

Tags: Free Trade, Finance, biofuel, green, oil, vegetable, waste, diesel, gas, reactors, carbon, technology

Videos 2008-12-05

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Nuclear power has political meltdowns

Nuclear power has political meltdownsNo surprises.It was a government run entity. Of course it was overrunning costs. That's what government entities do.Nuclear waste is way less toxic than your current nemesis: coal ash heaps. It's just that people have been successfully indoctrinated to think that nuclear radiation is the most...

Tags: Nuclear Waste, nuclear energy, political meltdown, reactor, meltdown, government, nuclear waste

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Coal: more on the fall-out

Coal: more on the fall-outCoal is not perfect......but right now it is what we have. I used to live down there in SW Colorado, and have seen first hand the effects of living near large coal fired power plants. I used to fish in those lakes, until the...

Tags: breeder

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Hybrids to increase market share, but...

Hybrids to increase market share, but...Pretty glacial statements . . .Pretty cold language around here. Why the scare quotes around re-tool? Why the talk about hidden agendas again?Do you just hate them because they exist or something? Is there [b]any[/b] way they could earn your trust?Now that they're finally turning...

Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, battery, X-REV, hybrid, car, electric vehicle

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

Global warming: new stuff

Global warming: new stuffacidificationThe really stupid idea of sequestering CO2 underground would acidify the underground water tables big time. Then more minerals get desolved in the underground water. We haven't seen real problems yet until they start injecting CO2 underground.Paid for by Obama Communist Ruler USSACommunist agenda, I...

Tags: carbon dioxide, global warming, underground water, new stuff

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

Sun power could be really cooking

Sun power could be really cookingCan't boil water at 176 fArticle in the BBC said it get's up to 80c or 176f. Water boils at 212f. So...you can't boil water and you can really cook at 176f.RE: Sun power could be really cookingActually, you can boil water with this thing....

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

Algae to the rescue

Algae to the rescueNot a bad planI think it has a fair shot of not only working, but turning a profit.RE: Algae to the rescue"The algae can be harvested from biodiesel or animal food."The other way around?ScaleIt will be interesting to see the scale needed to be effectiveWOWWhat an amazing...

Tags: carbon dioxide, Algae, rescue, Water Vapor

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

New physics as applied to solar tech

New physics as applied to solar techNone of which will make a bit of differencebecause of the fact that incident sunlight striking the earth is 1 kw/m^2.An insufficient energy density for an industrialized society. Stick your fingers in your ears and cry la-la-la all you want. Even at 100% efficiency,...

Tags: New Physics, solar tech

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders abound

Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders aboundPrevent most net breaches!!!Our system prevents a majority of Network Breaches while keeping the Networks "UP," Provides a Real Time Global Administrator that sits transparently over other OEM's Network Management systems (i.e., IBM Websphere, HP OPenview, SCADA, etc), the system...

Tags: NETWORKING, Enterprise software, network, SCADA

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

"Zombies ahead!" sign says something about SCADA security

An electronic road sign hacked to alert drivers to hoards of the undead provides a nice pedagogical example of why SCADA security is such a "big deal". Earlier this week a road sign was hacked to warn drivers about zombies disturbing their evening commute. The hack itself...

Tags: Security, SCADA, Zombie, Enterprise Software, Software, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2009-01-29

Electric cars level automaker playing field

Electric cars level automaker playing fieldDrawback of electric carsWhat I see with todays cars is that most consumers will balk at them because they have not really developed the technology yet needed to really sell like a gas powered vehicle. Speaking as an American, we seem to want high...

Tags: car, electric car, SUV

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

In Skins vs Believers: Linux always loses

In Skins vs Believers: Linux always losesSo tell me murph,Is that why you were so quick to point fingers at MS when the London Stock Exchange experienced an outage, despite the official reason was a "network connectivity problem"?The same political bias......is often evident when eco-bullies demand that "big oil" companies...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Niagra, fossil fuel, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-12-15

Nuclear fusion as future power source

Nuclear fusion as future power sourceok, so the radio waves allow them to control the plasma.. butdoes it allow the fusion reactor to actually produce more energy than it takes to run?Not quite accurateFusion reactors are not emissions free. They produce hard neutron radiation during operation. Some of this can...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Fusion Reactor, fusion reaction, Nuclear Fusion, hydrogen

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

Google talks efficient data centers

Google talks efficient data centersSounds like the same basic setup in useat nuclear reactors for years,

Tags: Data centers, Storage, data center, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Is nuclear a good carbonless solution?

Is nuclear a good carbonless solution?I just view this windows ads!!Okey, i want to see the belle will say something,but ,but. it just give me some funny windows ads:)More, and why??TOP best free moviesRE: Is nuclear a good carbonless solution?The only way that nuclear will be a long term solution...

Tags: Plutonium, carbonless solution, good carbonless solution, breeder reactor

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

Moonquake 2 (Windows)

Following a devastating moonquake, you have been called in on a well paid contract to clear the 10 levels of the lunarbase of rubble using your explosives. Your task is made more complicated by the malfunctioning security robots that are roaming the base and the delicate nuclear reactors that are...

Tags: FleecyWare, Robots, Microsoft Windows, Security, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-09-12

Coal's outspoken enemy and his uphill battle

Coal's outspoken enemy and his uphill battleMore FB-SMore faith Based Science. Explain exactly how this is a problem when the average temperature hasn't increased in the last decade and the polar icecap was 10% larger in 2007 than in 2006.Coldest summer in Alaska, on Record?James Hansen would prefer us all...

Tags: global warming, coal, outspoken enemy

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

Some serious research into gasoline-free transport

Some serious research into gasoline-free transportIt's a motor, a battery, and an engine."Not a surprise, the auto industry is crap at explaining these vehicles to potential buyers."It's a motor, engine, and a battery. The motor can power the wheels. It gets great mileage.That's about as much explaining as you need....

Tags: Engineering, hydrogen, battery, motor, gasoline

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Nuclear renaissance has sprung a leak, or several leaks

Nuclear renaissance has sprung a leak, or several leaksWe certainly do know what to do with the waste.The waste from fission reactors can be reprocessed to recover unused fuel, while the rest can be condensed and stored. We have a waste repository waiting in Nevada (you know, the place...

Tags: leak, renaissance, nuclear energy, Nuclear renaissance, Nuclear Waste

Discussion threads 2008-08-10

Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?

Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Where's Sarah Connor?Will it change its shape to an LA policeman and chase me in a tractor trailer truck?Mercury?It's the only metal I know of that is liquid at room temperature.RE: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Reminds me of liquid-sodium-cooled nuclear...

Tags: liquid metal-cooled CPU, metal-cooled CPU, water-cooled system, Liquid metal-cooled CPU, CPU, Galinstan, Mercury, PC

Discussion threads 2008-07-21