Articles written by Patrick J Coyle
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How We Get Power from the Sun
The Sun bathes the Earth in a constant flow of electromagnetic energy and there are many different ways that we can harvest that clean energy for our use.
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There Are Alternatives to Ethanol
Ethanol, with all of its problems, is a costly, stop-gap replacement for gasoline. The alternatives to ethanol are being developed in biotechnology laboratories.
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Fuel Cells Need New Infrastructure
Technical work on fuel cells for electric vehicles is on going. Before they can be commercially viable there must be an adequate support infrastructure in place.
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Borohydride Fuel Cell
Sodium borohydride solutions can provide the hydrogen storage necessary for fuel cells to be a viable source of power for electric vehicles.
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Organic Fuel Cells for Vehicles
Various organic processes can be used to generate hydrogen from biomass feed materials for use in a hydrogen fuel cell for portable electrical generation.
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Power from Ethanol Fuel Cells
Using ethanol as the hydrogen storage medium for fuel cells could solve the safety problems associated with the storage of hydrogen gas.
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Cost of Ethanol
Ethanol is the designated interim solution to many energy problems, but what is the cost? More importantly, how do you calculate the cost?
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Fuel Cells to Power Cars
Some propose to substitute hydrogen for gasoline as the fuel source for automobiles. Hydrogen powered fuel cells are clean power sources but they may be too costly.
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New Biofuel Plant
Tyson Foods and Syntroleum announce a new joint venture to produce a drop in diesel synthetic fuel replacement from food manufacturing byproducts; fat and grease.
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Problems for New Ethanol Facility
A city utility is being asked to pay for infrastructure improvements for a new Ethanol production facility.
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Potential Biofuel Problems
The UN Commission on Sustainable Development looks at biofuels and sees potential problems along with the benifits of energy independance and reducing carbon emmissions.
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