energy 012212
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Energy
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Transportation Related
• Engine Friction can be overcome– 18% (current) to 61% (20 y) fuel efficiency gains
• Lead Battery Capacitor Hybrid– 4 to 10% energy boost
• New vehicles sells up 6.7%– To 77.7 million
• High speed train made of plastic
• More efficient ships blow bubbles
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Overcoming Engine Friction
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Lead Acid for Grid Storage
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Train can hit 500 km/h
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Nuclear News
• China cleared to buy 4th largest uranium deposit• Small Modular Reactor (SMR) overview and
status• Westinghouse MSR can power a suburb• Japan to miss 2020 emission targets due to
reduced nuclear power• Toshiba can remove 97% of cesium from
radioactive soil• Cigar Lake uranium mine is ontrack
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Flying Windmills
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Solar
• China increases 2015 solar power target to 15 gigawatts
• Foxconn plans to build solar panel factories
– Low cost and undreamed of scale
• Paint on solar cells
• Solar power with external quantum efficiency > 100%
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Is this a good idea?
Cyborg Insects
– Insect internal chemistry can generate power for onboard devices
– Recording and bug control electronics
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Carbon costs of various fuels
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Renewable Fuel, Chemicals from Seaweed
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Antimatter hybrid gamma laser