It always feels good to get back in the saddle, so to speak, plying one’s original trade. I spent a few hours yesterday with 2GreenEnergy client Dr. David Doty, CEO of Windfuels, and 2GE Associate Terry Ribb, talking about naming, …
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Carbon Dioxide Capture
A reader asked for my feedback on this concept in CO2 capture. I really don’t have the background to evaluate this, but I can say that the capturing of CO2 at point sources, e.g., coal plants and concrete manufacturing, is …
Synthetic Fuels
These people claim, “A US start-up has created vodka quite literally from thin air – using solar power to convert carbon from the air and convert it into alcohol. It’s now working with NASA to look at other opportunities for …
Making Food Out of Air
Theoretically impossible? No. Totally unfeasible? Only if you object to paying $200,000 for a loaf of bread.
Steelmaking: Greater Efficiencies, Reduced Emissions
I thought I’d let you know that I’m just finishing up a writing project for a client, concerning one of the most exciting set of technologies I’ve come across in a long while. When implemented, this will drive incredible improvements …
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A Low-Carbon Future
A client asked me to read this report from mega-consulting form McKinsey, concerning pathways by which the four top CO2-emitting commodity-producing industries (ammonia, cement, ethylene and steel) can move to a low-carbon future. Here are a few comments:
Could Climate Change Be a Randomly Occurring Event?
As noted on the Windfuels website, “no year (from 1880 when records began) before 1973 was hotter than 1973. Every year since 1978 was hotter than 1978.”
How Not To Learn About Synthetic Fuels
Here’s a video on synthetic fuels. This is an important topic for people to understand, but this particular presentation contains so many misleading claims, that it does more to confuse and misinform the viewer than to elucidate the subject.
Synthetic Fuels in the News
2GreenEnergy has had a long-running interest in helping a company called Doty WindFuels enter the synthetic fuel market; in fact, they’re on our “clean energy investment opportunities” page. The company, based in Columbia, SC, has a proprietary multi-step approach that …
High-Level Discussion of Energy Storage
As our civilization attempts to integrate more solar and wind into its grid-mix, the subject of energy storage becomes increasingly important. This article in GreenTechMedia offers a cursory look at the three technologies that are competing with batteries: pumped hydro, compressed …
