Comments on: Week in review: New breezes blowing in energy tech

Wind power, hydrogen fuel, even manure--that's the stuff that start-up dreams are made on.

[davek10]

Oil Independence

While alternative, clean fuel source development is crucial, independence from foreign oil is equally as important. I don't understand why there is not more emphasis on extracting oil from oil shale. Colorado,Utah and Wyoming have oil shale reserves that exceed the oil reserves in Saudi Arabia. And, with current technology, if the price of oil is $30/barrel or more (it is currently approaching $70/barrel), oil from oil shale is cheaper.

Check out the following from Wikipedia:
At 3.3 trillion tonnes, the oil shale deposits in the United States are easily the largest in the world. There are two major deposits: the Eastern US deposits, located in Devonian-Mississippian shales, cover 250,000 square miles (650,000 square kilometers). The Western US deposits, the Green River formation in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, are among the richest oil shale deposits in the world.

In Canada 19 deposits have been identified. The most explored deposits are in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

In 2005, Royal Dutch Shell announced that its insitu extraction technology deployed in Colorado could be competitive at prices over 30 USD/barrel. The Israel's AFSK Hom Tov process, which produces oil from a mixture of oil refinery residue, in the form of bitumen, and oil shale, claims profitable at the price of $16-$17 USD/barrel, however this technology still at the test phase.

Using oil shale, we could be independent of foreign oil in short order. What is holding this up? Let's tell the politicians that foreign oil is unacceptable. And, let's do it now.

[wnew813]

Alternative Energy

When is the next event to introduce other alternative energy sources? This is the greatest country in the world with the greatest minds. I am sure there is someone out there that can figure out what can be done to eliminate our dependence on oil even when our, or any other, government is not willing to do it.

[Fil0403]

Greatest minds?

It may be the greatest country in the world, and I have nothing against it (au contraire), but when I think about great minds, USA doesn't exactly turn up in my head; just check how many times Nobel prizes are given to Americans and you'll see what I mean (afterall, last time I checked, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, etc. weren't Americans).

[Fil0403]

Bad week in review: no news against Microsoft

How CNET works:

An unknown company claims that Windows Vista is not off to a fast start, having sold just a few copies since its January 30 consumer release? Scratch off the part "An unknown company claims that" and put it as main news.

Windows Vista is off to a fast start, having sold more than 20 million copies since its January 30 consumer release? Change the news a little and put instead that Microsoft claims that, so it gives the idea it's false, and put in the absolute end of the news of the week.

Sad thing is that it's true. Just pay attention.