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Beautiful dreamers: Anti-frackers propose an energy vision for New York State
I suppose it had to happen. You can’t be opposed to hydraulic fracturing to recover natural gas from the Marcellus or Utica shale in New York State without eventually coming up with an alternate energy supply source, given that New … Continue reading
CAP and Trade: Can Congress be bypassed?
In his State of the Union speech a few nights ago, President Obama, as expected, declared that it was time to confront “Climate Change”, citing Hurricane Sandy, record high temperatures, droughts, and other evidence. And he implied that he would … Continue reading
Shale gas: huge ammonia turnaround
In reporting on the “renaissance” of domestic manufacturing we have not stressed the resurgence of the domestic ammonia industry. Over recent years, fertilizer companies have imported very large amounts of liquid ammonia, as well as solid ammonia-based fertilizers, from countries … Continue reading
Posted in Chemical Industry, Manufacturing
Tagged ag chemicals, Clean Energy, natural gas
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Fuel Cell Vehicles or Battery Electric Vehicles
Let’s look at the pros and cons of fuel cell vehicles. There is a lot to be said for this type of car which has zero emissions except for water vapor. The energy source is pure, compressed hydrogen stored in … Continue reading
Global Warming: Some thoughts
It’s very difficult to get your arms around this subject, with arguments and controversies swirling, regardless of scientific evidence. So, let’s try to see where we stand. For this post (and my own viewpoint), let’s stipulate, as the lawyers say, that the earth is … Continue reading
Shutting coal-fired plants: the miners need help
This week’s NYTimes article on the Big Sandy plant in Appalachia has put in sharp relief the problem of balancing the need to cut down on pollution from coal-fired power plants with the understandable hardships to the local population that would result from shutting down the … Continue reading
Carbon Capture at Power Plants: Some day soon, but not here
While the U.S. Congress has evidently shelved any legislation dealing with limiting carbon dioxide emissions, the rest of the world is investing billions of dollars in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies (IHS Chemical Week May 7/14 2012, Pp. 27-29). It’s … Continue reading
President’s Research Budget Encouraging
We read about politicians wanting to drastically cut back the government’s role and government spending, including eliminating whole departments such as the DOE! Meanwhile, the Chinese government is spending many billions of yuans developing technology and supporting companies in the … Continue reading
Solar Energy: China, Politics, Technology…..it’s complicated
What are we to make of the fact that Solyndra, a government subsidized domestic solar panel manufacturer, apparently went bankrupt because Chinese solar panels became so cheap; that domestic solar panel producers will, in general, have a hard time competing with imports; that a government … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Industry, Manufacturing
Tagged Alternative energy, Clean Energy, Manufacturing
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Sustainability: Companies are engaged
U.S. Postal Service It’s interesting to watch the progress chemical and other firms are making in developing “greener” products and processes while Congress is going backwards in doing something about carbon emissions and reducing our dependency on fossil fuels. While … Continue reading
