SO YOU WANTED TO SWIM LIKE A SHARK, CHECK THIS OUT…

YOU CAN DRIVE THIS SHARK Jumping the shark: the Innespace Seabreacher X If you saw this thing on your neighbor’s trailer, you’d laugh at him. “What sort of pretentious man-child buys a boat shaped like a shark,” you’d scoff into your mugaccino, secure in the knowledge that you’d never shell out for something so ridiculous. [...]

RENEWABLE ENERGY SNOWY HYDRO CONTACT POINT

SNOWY HYDRO – RENEWABLE ENERGY PO Box 332, Cooma NSW 2630 PH: 02 6453 2888 FAX: 02 6452 3794 Email: snowyinfo@snowyhyrdo.com.au Internet: www.snowyhydro.com.au Sourced & published by Henry Sapiecha

CLOUD SEEDING & GLOBAL WARMING CONNECTION

Global warming ‘solution’ could backfire PALO ALTO, Calif. (UPI) — A cloud-seeding scheme proposed to combat global warming could change global rainfall patterns and result in water shortages, researchers say. Whitening clouds over the world’s oceans to reflect more sunlight and reduce global warming could in fact increase monsoonal rains over oceans while causing the [...]

BREAKING WATER DOWN WITH SUNLIGHT AND VIRUS

BASIC ELEMENTS DERIVED FROM WATER BY USE OF MICROBES A team of MIT researchers has managed to mimic the photosynthetic process in plants by engineering M13, a simple and harmless virus, to help splitting water into its two atomic components – hydrogen and oxygen – using sunlight. The researchers hope this is the first step [...]

COMBUSTIBLE ICE FOR FUEL – BURNING ICE IN CHINA

Freshly discovered reserves of combustible ice can power China for 90 years Eco Factor: Low-emission fuel sources discovered in China. China has discovered new sources of frozen combustible ice on the tundra of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which according to researchers can supply China with 90 years worth of energy. The new reserve equals at least [...]

MAKING HYDROGEN FROM WATER WITH A METAL CATALYST

Renewable Energy: Inexpensive Metal Catalyst Can Effectively Generate Hydrogen from Water Science (May 1, 2010) — Hydrogen would command a key role in future renewable energy technologies, experts agree, if a relatively cheap, efficient and carbon-neutral means of producing it can be developed. An important step towards this elusive goal has been taken by a [...]

ALGAE FOR FUTURE FUEL MANUFACTURING

Algae: Biofuel Of The Future? ScienceDaily (Aug. 19, 2008) — In the world of alternative fuels, there may be nothing greener than pond scum. Algae are tiny biological factories that use photosynthesis to transform carbon dioxide and sunlight into energy so efficiently that they can double their weight several times a day. As part of the [...]

GREEN CARS IN CHINA – ELECTRIC CARS IN INDIA

China to Push Green Cars India to Focus on Electric Vehicles China’s policy for transportation energy China’s subsidies for purchasers of EVs, hybrids and FCVs The Indian automotive market is growing fast. Phone meetings are essential in India because it is difficult to travel due to heavy traffic congestions, Chatterji said. A number of lectures [...]

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS NOW AVAILABLE

NGK Develops High-efficiency Hydrogen Fuel Cell Jun 15, 2009 17:53 Hiroshi Idegawa, Nikkei Monozukuri Printer-Friendly digg This! E-Mail Article del.icio.us The structure of the cell housing flow channels Power generation efficiency An SOFC stack and a cell NGK Insulators Ltd developed a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that uses hydrogen gas as fuel and achieved [...]

DRAIN BACK RAIN WATER TANK SYSTEMS RELEASED

Hassle-free drainback systems from Energy Labs Energy Labs introduces a revolutionary line of products that will increase your return on investment by saving time on installations. Energy Labs’ drainback tanks are aesthetically superior and competitively priced. Available with or without internal heat exchangers, these uniquely designed products are fully assembled, resulting in easy installations and [...]