Ever hear the expression “it’s so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk”? That may be a colorful way to describe the temperature but scientists aren’t taking the concept lightly. A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is close to commercializing a means of using that heat-soaking property of road-asphalt for […]

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Here is the link to John Sydney McCain III’s energy plan known as the Lexington Project.
There are a few big headings including Oil Speculation, Expanding US production, Reforming our transportation sector, Investing in clean energy, Protecting our environment, and Promoting energy efficiency. But the devil is in the details.
How many devils are in […]

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I saw this in a blog referring to this old news from May 2001, that the Bush administration was canceling the program to develop an 80 mpg ’supercar’.
How far would they have been by now? Seven years have gone by.
And what makes me write about it now is that Bill Richardson, who […]

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We talk often about fuel cell technology and many times the immediate implication is the prospective use in fueling our cars, trucks, and SUV’s. A scientist at MIT has been looking at some of the benefits of solar energy not only as a petroleum alternative, but also as a means of decreasing dependency […]

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I just got back from an aunt and uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary where my sister gave people those Dryer Balls. She says that she saves about 15 minutes with each load.
I have yet to try them, but she believes in them enough to give out 4 pairs. They supposedly also reduce […]

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