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A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Saturday, March 31, 2012
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Mimicking butterfly wings could boost hydrogen fuel production
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Date: Mar 30, 2012 11:05 AM
Subject: Mimicking butterfly wings could boost hydrogen fuel production
To: "Chris Daly" <chddaly@gmail.com>, "Dan Stafford - Phone" <aquarianm@gmail.com>
Interesting find and possible applications;
Mimicking butterfly wings could boost hydrogen fuel production
http://io9.com/5897144/mimicking-butterfly-wings-could-boost-hydrogen-fuel-production
March 30, 2012, Author: Tim Barribeau, tim@io9.com
Chinese researchers have turned to the light absorbing properties of butterfly wings to significantly increase the efficiency of solar hydrogen cells, using biomimetics to copy the nanostructure that allows for incredible light and heat absorption.
Butterflies are known to use heat from the sun to warm themselves beyond what their bodies can provide, and this new research takes a page from their evolution to improve hydrogen fuel generation. Analyzing the wings of Papilio helenus, the researchers found scales that are described as having:
Ridges running the length of the scale with very small holes on either side that opened up onto an underlying layer. The steep walls of the ridges help funnel light into the holes. The walls absorb longer wavelengths of light while allowing shorter wavelengths to reach a membrane below the scales. Using the images of the scales, the researchers created computer models to confirm this filtering effect. The nano-hole arrays change from wave guides for short wavelengths to barriers and absorbers for longer wavelengths, which act just like a high-pass filtering layer.
So, what does this have to do with fuel cells? Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen takes energy, and is a drain on the amount you can get out of a cell. To split the water, the process uses a catalyst, and certain catalysts — say, titanium dioxide — function by exposure to light. The researchers synthesized a titanium dioxide catalyst using the pattern from the butterfly's wings, and paired it with platinum nanoparticles to make it more efficient at splitting water. The result? A 230% uptick in the amount of hydrogen produced. The structure of the butterfly's wing means that it's better at absorbing light — so who knows, you might also see the same technique on solar panels, too.
From: <tswiercz@earthlink.net>
Date: Mar 30, 2012 11:05 AM
Subject: Mimicking butterfly wings could boost hydrogen fuel production
To: "Chris Daly" <chddaly@gmail.com>, "Dan Stafford - Phone" <aquarianm@gmail.com>
Interesting find and possible applications;
Mimicking butterfly wings could boost hydrogen fuel production
http://io9.com/5897144/mimicking-butterfly-wings-could-boost-hydrogen-fuel-production
March 30, 2012, Author: Tim Barribeau, tim@io9.com
Chinese researchers have turned to the light absorbing properties of butterfly wings to significantly increase the efficiency of solar hydrogen cells, using biomimetics to copy the nanostructure that allows for incredible light and heat absorption.
Butterflies are known to use heat from the sun to warm themselves beyond what their bodies can provide, and this new research takes a page from their evolution to improve hydrogen fuel generation. Analyzing the wings of Papilio helenus, the researchers found scales that are described as having:
Ridges running the length of the scale with very small holes on either side that opened up onto an underlying layer. The steep walls of the ridges help funnel light into the holes. The walls absorb longer wavelengths of light while allowing shorter wavelengths to reach a membrane below the scales. Using the images of the scales, the researchers created computer models to confirm this filtering effect. The nano-hole arrays change from wave guides for short wavelengths to barriers and absorbers for longer wavelengths, which act just like a high-pass filtering layer.
So, what does this have to do with fuel cells? Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen takes energy, and is a drain on the amount you can get out of a cell. To split the water, the process uses a catalyst, and certain catalysts — say, titanium dioxide — function by exposure to light. The researchers synthesized a titanium dioxide catalyst using the pattern from the butterfly's wings, and paired it with platinum nanoparticles to make it more efficient at splitting water. The result? A 230% uptick in the amount of hydrogen produced. The structure of the butterfly's wing means that it's better at absorbing light — so who knows, you might also see the same technique on solar panels, too.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
There's still time to get your solar quote.
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From: "Green America" <coopamericanews@coopamerica.org>
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Obama's Big Move on Climate
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Google Alert - hydrogen, wind, power
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
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AREVA mobilized for offshore wind energy in Normandy |
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The future of fuel: The future of hydrogen (Part 2) | ||
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Mutant Heat Wave Shattering Records | Mother Jones
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/03/crazy-heat-wave-about-get
Includes NOAA video of 116 years of global high-temperature records being set in 26 seconds.
Global WHAT?? Do we really want to play this game?
Sweet breezes,
Dan
Friday, March 23, 2012
Big Oil Tax Subsidies -- End Them Now!
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Subject: Big Oil Tax Subsidies -- End Them Now!
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Solar Powering Cars without Batteries |
GL Zephyr: Rag Radio On Sustainability
Rag Radio main page: http://www.koop.org/RagRadio
(February 10, 2012)
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Brad Kittel, who has developed an entire philosophy around the concept of “sustainability through salvage,” builds “Tiny Texas Houses” that are “99% pure salvage.” Some as small as 125 square feet, the houses come wired for electricity and outfitted for plumbing, and include a shower and toilet and a loft for sleeping. Kittel, who trains people to do "salvage mining," says "we have the power to create solutions to our global problems by the simplest of choices we make each day."
Brad Kittel set out 30 years ago from Florida "on an adventure to write the great American novel." After a stop in Las Vegas, “eating out of dumpsters and finding things to sell in flea markets” to buy parts to fix his converted 66-passenger school bus, he ended up in Austin, Texas, where he started buying up and restoring condemned boarded-up houses. In 1997 he started Discovery Architectural Antiques in Gonzales, Texas, which has over 130,000 square feet of inventory, and, utilizing that inventory, started building his “tiny houses” -- which are made with “100% American grown and mined materials…with zero carbon footprint.” Kittel hopes his houses "will last for at least another century," and he believes "that there are enough building materials sitting around on the ground to build much of the next generation of housing."
Host and Producer of Rag Radio: Thorne Dreyer; Engineer and Co-Producer: Tracey Schulz. Rag Radio is produced in the studios of KOOP 91.7-FM, an all-volunteer, cooperatively-run community radio station in Austin, Texas, in association with The Rag Blog (theragblog.blogspot.com) and the New Journalism Project, a Texas 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Underwriting announcements and recorded music have been removed from this podcast. Running time: 50:05.
This audio is part of the collection: Community Audio
Artist/Composer: Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer
Date: 2012-02-10
Keywords: Rag Radio; Thorne Dreyer; Roger Baker; Brad Kittel; Sustainability; Salvage Mining; Tiny Texas Houses
Brad Kittel set out 30 years ago from Florida "on an adventure to write the great American novel." After a stop in Las Vegas, “eating out of dumpsters and finding things to sell in flea markets” to buy parts to fix his converted 66-passenger school bus, he ended up in Austin, Texas, where he started buying up and restoring condemned boarded-up houses. In 1997 he started Discovery Architectural Antiques in Gonzales, Texas, which has over 130,000 square feet of inventory, and, utilizing that inventory, started building his “tiny houses” -- which are made with “100% American grown and mined materials…with zero carbon footprint.” Kittel hopes his houses "will last for at least another century," and he believes "that there are enough building materials sitting around on the ground to build much of the next generation of housing."
Host and Producer of Rag Radio: Thorne Dreyer; Engineer and Co-Producer: Tracey Schulz. Rag Radio is produced in the studios of KOOP 91.7-FM, an all-volunteer, cooperatively-run community radio station in Austin, Texas, in association with The Rag Blog (theragblog.blogspot.com) and the New Journalism Project, a Texas 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Underwriting announcements and recorded music have been removed from this podcast. Running time: 50:05.
This audio is part of the collection: Community Audio
Artist/Composer: Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer
Date: 2012-02-10
Keywords: Rag Radio; Thorne Dreyer; Roger Baker; Brad Kittel; Sustainability; Salvage Mining; Tiny Texas Houses
Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Have you seen this?
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Date: Mar 22, 2012 2:11 PM
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From: "Maggie L. Fox, Climate Reality" <info@climatereality.com>
Date: Mar 22, 2012 2:11 PM
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