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Purdue Team Develops High Pressure, High Temperature Gasifier in Pursuit of More Efficient Synthetic Fuels Production

Green Car Congress

The research is part of work to develop a system for generating large quantities of synthetic liquid fuel from agricultural wastes, other biomass or coal via a gasification pathway. —Jay Gore, the Reilly University Chair Professor of Combustion Engineering at Purdue. The aim is to create a sustainable synthetic fuel economy.

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

Creative Greenius

If that’s too Al a Gore-ical for you then understand this – we have already reached the emergency landing point of our flight. said Dr. Hansen this same week testifying to Congress and that’s not all he said. ” “Mom?” ” says the man, “Mom is on the roof… ” Guess what?

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

Creative Greenius

If that’s too Al a Gore-ical for you then understand this – we have already reached the emergency landing point of our flight. said Dr. Hansen this same week testifying to Congress and that’s not all he said. How’s mom doing?&#. “Mom?&# says the man, “Mom is on the roof… &#. Guess what?

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night. Several early models of passenger vehicles have enough energy stored in advanced batteries to power several homes for hours.

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