Climate change caused by air pollution created by the burning of fuels is already having catastrophic effects on the United States a study mandated by the President has found. The National Climate Assessment prepared by a large panel of scientists prov…
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China Seeks to Secure Future Energy Sources
An article in today’s New York Times focuses on the surge in the need by China to secure energy sources to power its growing economy as it continues rapid modernization. A telling statistic mentioned in the article is that in 2000 China consumed …
2014 Predictions Thread
Today is the shortest day of 2013 — the official beginning of winter here in the United States, and the Christmas and New Year’s holidays are upon us. In my estimation it’s been a good year for the LENR cause. The most important event…
US Electricity Costs hit an all Time High
It is easy to see why there is so much interest in alternative energy sources such as low energy nuclear reaction (LENR). Electricity rates in the United States just hit an all-time high according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The average cost …
Happy Thanksgiving to All!
Another thanksgiving holiday is here in the United States — it’s a great occasion for family and friends to get together and enjoy good food and company, without the expense of gift giving. Going back through the archive of posts on the sit…
US Electricity Costs hit an all Time High
It is easy to see why there is so much interest in alternative energy sources such as low energy nuclear reaction (LENR). Electricity rates in the United States just hit an all-time high according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The average cost …
Green Energy Not So Easy For All
While Germany, at least by some accounts, seems to be making a killing in the green energy industry, the United States just can’t seem to get it right. Solyndra, of course, is the…E-Cat Report – getting ready for the Energy Catalyzer
‘Cures’ Posting on Cobraf Forum Again
It’s hard to get any information from people who have worked on the ‘inside’ with Andrea Rossi, but one notable example is an engineer who goes by the handle of ‘cures’ on the Italian science forum Cobraf.com. It has been …
A Death Spiral for Utilities?
I’ve been doing some reading about the problems facing the electric utility industry worldwide — and there does seem to be a growing realization that the model under which electricity providers have operated under for decades is undergoing …
Hopes Turn To LENR For Cars
In the United States, the government “bought out” General Motors Corporation in order to keep it from going bankrupt. The government promised (which should have been the first premonition of failure) that this…E-Cat Report – getting ready for the…
Fossil Fuel Prices Rise
In the United States, gasoline prices have risen. This has many people angry – after all, the U.S. is now producing as much gasoline as Russia, so shouldn’t the prices decrease? Believe it or not, the reason cited for the increase in gasoline prices is – corn. Yes, corn. So, how does that affect gas […]
Stanley Pons’ Preface from J.P. Biberian’s La Fusion dans Tous ses États translated
Stanley Pons, co-discoverer of cold fusion, left the United States in 1991 amidst an unprecedented assault. Physicists wedded to the 100-year-old standard model of nuclear theory, and whose funding would be jeopardized by this seemingly simpler approach to energy production, ‘threw tantrums’ and attacked with vehemence. Steven E. Koonin, who left Caltech Institute to work … Continue reading Stanley Pons’ Preface from J.P. Biberian’s La Fusion dans Tous ses États translated →
Unconfirmed — First US E-Cat Plant in Operation
I think this should be put in the rumor category for now, but I received the following comment from ‘Francesco CH’ today — someone who hasn’t commented here in quite a while, but in the past has proved to be quite a reliable sou…
Obama Unveils New Climate Change Policy — LENR Not Included
President Obama yesterday delivered a speech that set forward an energy policy designed to combat climate change and avoid condemning future generations to living on a “planet that is beyond fixing.” He charged the Environmental Protection Agency f…
US Dept of Energy Provides $150 million in Funding for Small Nuclear Reactors
William Pentland of Forbes is reporting that the US Departmennt of Energy has signed an agreement with Babcock and Wilcox for around $150 million in funding for the development of B & W’s modular small nuclear reactors run by its mPower subs…