“Secretly, a group of oil owners known as the Consortium is funding an international terrorist organization in order to destabilize the global economy and profit from soaring black gold prices…” Here is the summary of Act of War: Direct Action, a recently released strategy video game. Scenario and careful production, here are the […]
Month: July 2005
The era of expensive oil ...
by Yves Cochet The daily or weekly fluctuations in the price of a barrel of crude on the New York market are due to a multitude of factors of very different origin and scope. Commentators usually cite OPEC debits, the state of US commercial stocks, the weather, speculators, terrorism, the weakness of […]
ITER: Much ado about nothing?
By Claude Allègre The installation at Cadarache of the nuclear fusion reactor would be bad news for our research The president proudly announced that France was going to beat Japan and obtain the site of the experimental reactor of the future, which would be installed at Cadarache (Bouches-du-Rhône). And everyone to rejoice, especially in […]
CFLs and environment
Online publication of a document on the environmental impact of energy saving bulbs. Extract: "(New) more compact lamps with luminous properties suitable for domestic lighting have made their inroads in households in recent years. All these light sources use a very low dose of metallic mercury, trapped in the envelope […]
Light bulbs and environment
Here is a brief study on the environmental impact of new so-called energy saving bulbs. Keywords: bulbs, economy, energy, pollution, electricity, compact fluorescent, waste, treatment, impact, nature Introduction Fluorescent tubes, improperly called “neon tubes”, compact fluorescent lamps and high intensity discharge lamps (for public) belong to the family […]
alternative fuels
Unconventional or alternative fuels. Keywords: alternative fuels, fuels, alternative, petroleum, pollution, depollution, environment CNG (Natural gas-fuel) The use of CNG in gaseous state and compressed under 200 bars is a technological solution already proven since more than 500 vehicles are affected worldwide. On dedicated and optimized engines, […]
Solar installations for everyone
Solarstrom AG from Freiburg im Breisgau, together with the Berlin company Solon, will install by the end of the year the largest solar field in the world north of Würzburg (north of the Baviera). A total of 1500 small solar power plants, with a power of 7 to 10 kilowatts, will be installed over an area of 77 hectares. […]
Energy: Alternative fuels and propulsion in Germany
The objective set by the European directive of May 8, 2003, is to reach, by 2010, a proportion of 5,75% of biofuels on the market. The new European commissioner in charge of agriculture has also strongly encouraged Germany to develop alternative fuels, in particular with a view to liberalizing the agricultural market within the framework of […]
U.S. military takes an interest in photovoltaic textiles and plastics
Konarka Technologies (Massachusetts) signed a $ 1,6 million contract with the US Army for military applications of its ultralight photovoltaic cells capable of being integrated directly into plastics and textiles. The Army, on which field equipment (from GPS to night vision goggles) is increasingly dependent […]
GIFNET: Global Institute For New Energy Technologies
New takeover of the Quanthomme site Since March 2005, Jean-Louis Naudin has taken over the management of GIFNET - France. Its first “big” visitor was Mr. Kofi A. Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations. The confidence that Mr. Kofi A. Annan places in this Institute demonstrates the urgency of finding new solutions to energy problems […]