Eco20/20 Guest Energy Articles
Biofuels- 3rd Generation
Ezra Drissman
...Finally all the scientific advances have led us to change around and old and fairly useless substance. In face as children we would buy the special fish that would eat it off of the sides of our fish tanks. <---Click to Read Full Article
Key Behaviors to Maintaining a Green and Healthy Home
Paulo Nery
North Carolina, USA
Most people don't give much thought to how their behavior can impact... <---Click to Read Full Article
Do you have the Next Great Energy Idea?
Do you have the next great energy idea? Share it!
Renewable Energy Hold the Key to Our Energy Needs
Sudhanshu Chopra
MBA Candidate '10
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
Alternate resources of energy are a key to minimize these problems if not alleviate them for ever... <---Click to Read Full Article
SopoApps Creates Solutions for the Applications Challenge
Zeina Jafar
Sopogy.com
In the solar thermal industry a key problem behind technology adoption is the lack of available knowledge in applications engineering. <---Click to Read Full Article
Production First, Perfection Second - India Vs. United States
Ezra Drissman
In my research into the new wave of electric cars, energy production and things of that nature, India always seems to have their hand in the cookie jar. <---Click to Read Full Article
Conservation for Cash
Dr. Robert E. Buxbaum,
President, REB Research & Consulting.
http://www.rebresearch.com
What can you do to save money when gas costs $4.20/gal? Conserve for cash! Driving slower is perhaps the easiest thing anyone can do to save cash and save the nation from itself. Consider the effect of driving on the highway at....... <---Click to Read Full Article
Metro Detroit: Can Regional Mass Transit Act as an Economic Stimulator?
John Kateel is a Michigan native who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Owner of JM Alexander(www.jmalexander.com), producer and distributor of eco-friendly bags and products.
The famed investor, Warren Buffet, has consistently had a winning investment strategy. Invest in companies whose assets are undervalued and spend capital to boost up the long term value of that investment to the benefit of all.
If Metro Detroit were a firm, it would be the most undervalued asset in the developed world. Its' international reputation is tattered. Its' main industry is in financial free fall. The mood on the street is depressively glum and anxious..... <---Click to Read Full Article
A Clean Coal Ppwer Plant With CO2 Sequestration
Dr. Robert E. Buxbaum,
President, REB Research & Consulting.
http://www.rebresearch.com
On a cost of energy basis, there are few fuels as attractive as coal for non-mobile power production. Western coals cost less than $30/ton: far less than oil or natural gas at $135/bbl and $12/MMBTU respectively. There is far more chemical energy in a ton of coal than.... <---Click to Read Full Article
Managing Growth in Wind Energy Production
Jon VanDerZee
Masters of Urban Planning Candidate
University of Michigan
Originally published University of Michigan Student Planning Journal
Abstract: The Energy Information Agency predicts that in the next 25 years, wind energy capacity in the U.S. will grow by 300%.
This paper will address some of the main issues affecting the growth in wind energy production in the U.S. and Michigan including regulatory issues, environmental concerns, and technological barriers.
In keeping with a local environmental planning context, most of the focus will be on environmental concerns, including concerns over public safety and welfare, with many references to local policies and regulations.
A discussion of wind energy production is certainly apropos as policy-makers are recognizing the problems associated with current methods of energy production. <---Click to Read Full Article
Oil Industry Overview
Elad Hillman
Senior-University of Michigan
Business Administration
Our Dependence on Oil
Oil is an essential resource to our modern lifestyles. As the world's premier source of energy, oil generates 40% of the world's
commercial energy. It has powered economic and population growth over the last century and a half. Ninety-five percent of land,
sea, and air travel run on energy generated from oil. The Haber-Bosch fertilizer-creation process and many other fertilizer
processes rely on oil. On a personal level, we need oil for our automobiles, for our heating systems, and for our power supplies.
Rising Global Demand
"Global demand for oil has increased seven-fold over the past half-century due to rapid ..... <---Click to Read Full Article
The Personal Benefits of the Hydrogen Economy for the Average Driver
Dr. Robert E. Buxbaum,
President, REB Research & Consulting.
http://www.rebresearch.com
There seems to be confusion about what the hydrogen economy is, and how it benefits the average driver.
In my understanding, the hydrogen economy is simply the use of hydrogen as a medium of exchange among the different energy sources and their uses.
This is similar to the exchange economies for electricity or gasoline.
A typical American buys electricity that is generated and distributors through a complex web of generator, exchange and supply companies located across the region.
The customer needn't follow where the electricity came from, or how it reached him since each kilowatt hour is indistinguishable among the suppliers and the customers.
Because this web, electricity is cheaper and more reliably available than it would be otherwise.
The typical U.S. household uses..... <---Click to Read Full Article
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