tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41237567933450854462024-03-14T13:49:02.376-05:00Green LeafI will do my best to bring you stories about up and coming technology in the world of energy. I will also bring you the utmost information on stories which have an impact on our environment here on planet Earth.
Please be sure to like my blog folks, otherwise I have no way of knowing whether you like it or not.goshenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504445264703455229noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123756793345085446.post-44838832827893390612014-03-15T12:18:00.000-05:002014-03-15T12:18:21.872-05:00Sodium ion batteries have made a breakthroughAs reported here in the past, sodium ion batteries have suffered from a real problem with bloating. The problem lies in the negative electrode, or the anode as it is known. There has been a real advancement made in this territory by the Kansas State University. See they have developed an anode that is made up of graphene and molybdenum disulfide. It apparently allows us to have a sodium battery that does not swell. Here is a link to the article reporting the story: <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/graphene-composite-offers-critical-fix-for-sodiumion-batteries">Sodium ion battery advancement</a>
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</br></br>I mean groundwater is the only unadulterated resource that we have. But if politicians like Bradley get their way, Illinois will also become a fracking state! And by the way it is no wonder why he is in favor of such-- a quick search at the Illinois State Board of Elections Website, results in finding this out about his contributors as far back as 2011. <b>And by the way you will most likely have to click on the image to see the names that it details, unless you have a huge monitor</b></br>First up on the list is Exxon, no surprise there: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzBIDFYkSeHVT5OvDA29gh84lcuc2ToNV5B0mkhft4p1xn7KFHXskLFx3uxmbGtAt1Xkk6Mv0kCwGyq6DTGI_wx_qxkV40w_hjHw5P-zTpfRhZe2ur6xQXn8rUV-CImLtd8wHRkKm2-c1/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-02-19+at+3.47.21+PM.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" style="width:560px;height:315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzBIDFYkSeHVT5OvDA29gh84lcuc2ToNV5B0mkhft4p1xn7KFHXskLFx3uxmbGtAt1Xkk6Mv0kCwGyq6DTGI_wx_qxkV40w_hjHw5P-zTpfRhZe2ur6xQXn8rUV-CImLtd8wHRkKm2-c1/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-02-19+at+3.47.21+PM.png" /></a></br></br>And that is only the start as can be seen by this screenshot which was also taken today:</br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPUpKTNVP3z4rPnsbQSenVydQhr91aim41WijpJOWWOG59vr8z7BGhoIRW_MR5hSnROlnDMpUq8RhFYFdyTFoSnmvn3tuGeIhctOLHQi7LutWimrUN0EdpsXr7v6GRnyqsbyTjJEs-xYM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-02-19+at+3.52.48+PM.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" style="width:560px;height:315px;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPUpKTNVP3z4rPnsbQSenVydQhr91aim41WijpJOWWOG59vr8z7BGhoIRW_MR5hSnROlnDMpUq8RhFYFdyTFoSnmvn3tuGeIhctOLHQi7LutWimrUN0EdpsXr7v6GRnyqsbyTjJEs-xYM/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-02-19+at+3.52.48+PM.png" /></a> And as can be seen from that particular screen shot, all but two of the donors were oil companies! And Mr. Robert Wilson, who is from Harrisburg, I do not know if he owns any oil properties, but I am certain that he is a stakeholder in at least one coal mine that I am aware of.</br></br>And this list is not as populated by oil's interest but it clearly shows a few:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPBmrWG66uZgLVDF7y0sUn-kztbk64TQKu3wYeaXwnBk_WbnD-tzwkPfgrUHQ8yTGz5-iuiaC9N3xZd75EwgRp8Loh9XF7QCvw-OeZBCmhxVKJ3Mk_uTUyc6t7CPiWm1mwdVt5KWNJT4E/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-02-19+at+3.55.53+PM.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" style="width:560px;height:315px;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPBmrWG66uZgLVDF7y0sUn-kztbk64TQKu3wYeaXwnBk_WbnD-tzwkPfgrUHQ8yTGz5-iuiaC9N3xZd75EwgRp8Loh9XF7QCvw-OeZBCmhxVKJ3Mk_uTUyc6t7CPiWm1mwdVt5KWNJT4E/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-02-19+at+3.55.53+PM.png" /></a></br></br>And as I told a good friend of mine, the list goes on:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoaBqO-PN9-Hiwrr4qtOhBdQdaY2RytsZ0JRXgG9x0PZs92OULPVsHkGtzgTGDqMrnBy1zcyzE6n7DEovq6kiYSoh7Su6Aa1paNpSic4doh9Jqfqm6rPz-nnipXQc4qpbvasGAEAQgkuA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-02-19+at+3.57.27+PM.png" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" style="width:560px;height:315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoaBqO-PN9-Hiwrr4qtOhBdQdaY2RytsZ0JRXgG9x0PZs92OULPVsHkGtzgTGDqMrnBy1zcyzE6n7DEovq6kiYSoh7Su6Aa1paNpSic4doh9Jqfqm6rPz-nnipXQc4qpbvasGAEAQgkuA/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-02-19+at+3.57.27+PM.png" /></a></br></br>Now in a perfect world I would say that he should be excused from deciding whether or not to allow fracking in our state! Now, since I am more of a realist, and realize that this will not happen; I would be willing to settle for <b>Representative Bradley</b> to send all of this money back to its source, then perhaps we could get an unbiased point of view. But the question is will he do this and prove to us, his constituents that he is unbiased? Only time will tell!</br></br>And just so that everyone knows, <b>Representative Brandon Phelps</b> is also on the dole of the petroleum corporations. But I do not believe he is on the same committee deciding to let fracking happen in this state. But I lay you even odds that he would also be in favor of legalizing it as well, since he has been paid off by them beforehand! I, for one, do not want my groundwater to end up being flammable right out of the tap, but this could very well be the case if the petroleum industry gets their way!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxQgUCjWTRCqQaJQIZMPGhqIQbs8SSWsx4F4KnSVuPvSHz0dK2oa2rvrrDckI55EY3RUl9LCuyT0wAo5yc1ZMfCbZP0Max3qFPEWx3Ne-GWN_98oHNUPThWclXgRG91E7iPybcq9V9Nrq/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-12-05+at+12.50.27+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="267" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxQgUCjWTRCqQaJQIZMPGhqIQbs8SSWsx4F4KnSVuPvSHz0dK2oa2rvrrDckI55EY3RUl9LCuyT0wAo5yc1ZMfCbZP0Max3qFPEWx3Ne-GWN_98oHNUPThWclXgRG91E7iPybcq9V9Nrq/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-05+at+12.50.27+PM.png" /></a></div></br>And such a train, since it does not have all of the affect of the various resistances that conventional trains do it can travel much faster. In fact according to <a href="http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012/12/04/japanese-maglev-train-310-mph/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGreenOptimistic+%28The+Green+Optimistic%29#.UL-QOoXrH9I">this article</a> on the train it has a reported speed of 310 mph!</br></br>I hope and prey that we in America can join the <b>Mag Lev</b> revolution and develop them here for use on our railroads. Just think about how fast this would make travel for commuters or someone wanting to go across the country. Not to mention if this technology was adopted by the likes of BNSF (which is owned by Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway) or the Canadian National (successor to the Illinois Central) travel time for packages would be greatly reduced!
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdo2VSgtTcZbqcaR1WJpTsEIeuByE9CTLbrC_DNZCHeaL_o_XzTb_ls9XDyjd9iUBPYnqzciZ8mE9bBmvLMAm6W9B81nhT5zcVgykPO0EyuKpaAzhFIx9AWDB5CQqZHh3HUMQ-Za3viYZ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-11-26+at+12.02.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="268" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdo2VSgtTcZbqcaR1WJpTsEIeuByE9CTLbrC_DNZCHeaL_o_XzTb_ls9XDyjd9iUBPYnqzciZ8mE9bBmvLMAm6W9B81nhT5zcVgykPO0EyuKpaAzhFIx9AWDB5CQqZHh3HUMQ-Za3viYZ/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-11-26+at+12.02.41+PM.png" /></a></div></br></br>They have not totally solved silicon's problems, but this marks a huge step forward for us all. I truly believe that one day soon we may have an answer to silicon's problems, at least we can hope anyway.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHh52zT_RUdPK1yrD955vEFqORXjqUb9rVqRMd2q-fZzHP1b-IqMtH9deTxKmDJN8CZ6iVKtf3huk0pDmHqssyc7W1GqXmL-W1D3IpnXU2MK_nVoi4p_OecwaUankaU9KvRxHFsNYl-Qk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-11-13+at+3.48.33+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="270" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHh52zT_RUdPK1yrD955vEFqORXjqUb9rVqRMd2q-fZzHP1b-IqMtH9deTxKmDJN8CZ6iVKtf3huk0pDmHqssyc7W1GqXmL-W1D3IpnXU2MK_nVoi4p_OecwaUankaU9KvRxHFsNYl-Qk/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-11-13+at+3.48.33+PM.png" /></a></div></br></br>Now this startup could go a long way in fostering the EV market. But most importantly, it may also help to shed the long held belief that EV's wont make it as far as petroleum powered vehicles will. It has been a long held belief that most people in our country today that suffer from the 'range anxiety', but there is no basis for their belied at all!</br></br>This market is also achieved by <b>Green Cab of Madison, WI</b>, as they too have EV cabs up there. And you can see the <a href="http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012/11/02/first-ev-taxi-fleet-us/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGreenOptimistic+%28The+Green+Optimistic%29#.UKG2cIXrH9L">whole story here</a> for yourselves.
9.16%2BPM.png" alt="Russia's hidden artic nightmare which shows how polluted the landscape is up there, largely because big oil has polluted it so badly"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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The Darwind5 is priced at $6983.8290 US dollars ($6,995 Canadian dollars) for a 1.5 kilowatt unit. But what is new and rather innovative about this turbine's design is that it can produce 35% more power! And if you so desire, more can be read on it <a href="http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012/11/02/eggbeater-vawt-design-powerful-efficient/#.UKKZH4XrH9L">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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By increasing the voltage of the positive electrode and minimizing the oxidation of the electrolyte, NEC Corp has increased the energy-density of the new rechargeable battery by about 30%, from about 150Wh/kg to over 200Wh/kg.' And <a href="http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012/10/10/nec-effects-30-energy-density-lithium-ion-battery/#.UJa7HIXzf9I">here is a link to the article which I am referencing here</a>.</br></br>And as was noticed in that article, there was supposed to be more discussed about this battery at the PRIME 2012 exhibit in October. Perhaps I will try to look that up later and bring you their discussions about this battery at the PRIME exhibit in the future. But I say kudos to both <b>NEC</b> and <b>Nissan</b> over this one, and I can only hope that other people will take their advancement and improve upon it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_oLPJ05qfdnB5P_intW06Seapx9aDBEfVwm2ltnv1_2KQmsAmI7_fx843En3lYxBP3TRQbhc4__fCqlgfELCxZnIhvZ2ow6SUbq942r6Rmi0YfQhPSG9M7JUTH7TUsD3PNeHsAZ4k_pZ/s1600/FirefoxNanowires001.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="262" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_oLPJ05qfdnB5P_intW06Seapx9aDBEfVwm2ltnv1_2KQmsAmI7_fx843En3lYxBP3TRQbhc4__fCqlgfELCxZnIhvZ2ow6SUbq942r6Rmi0YfQhPSG9M7JUTH7TUsD3PNeHsAZ4k_pZ/s400/FirefoxNanowires001.png" /></a></div></br></br>And here is the <a href="http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012/10/16/nanowires-could-potentially-double-the-power-of-solar-cells/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGreenOptimistic+%28The+Green+Optimistic%29#.UJQuSYXzf9K">article which inspired me to write about nanotechnology and its application to solar cells</a>. </br></br>I wish <b>Bandgap Engineering</b> the best in their efforts to double the efficiency of solar cells. Hopefully their ideas will come to fruition soon and we will all be able to buy a solar cell with nanowires in them.
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