The Sen. Richard G. Lugar - Purdue University Summit on Energy Security will bring more than 600 leaders to the Purdue campus in West Lafayette, Ind. to discuss national energy issues and policy. A goal of the summit is to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and to develop new strategies for alternative fuels.
The most energy efficient engine in mass use currently is the diesel engine, and the best alternative fuel for that engine is biodiesel.
Montana State University professor John Mandell has been testing materials used to build wind turbine blades since 1989, creating one of the nation's largest open-acess databases on the subject.
The price of gas has doubled over the past three years, hovering around $3 a gallon nationally. Wayne Hochwarter, an associate professor of management in the College of Business at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla., recently conducted research to determine how increased gas prices have affected personal finance, as well as behavior at work. More than 300 employees across a wide range of occupations were surveyed.
Mississippi State University researchers are using a $1.5 million federal grant to implement an innovative oil recovery process that could streamline U.S. production and help reduce the nation's dependence on foreign energy sources.
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have developed a new storage system to hold large quantities of hydrogen fuel that may one day power cars in a more cost-effective and consumer-friendly way.
The summer 2006 issue of the Virginia Tech Research magazine reports on a new device to monitor the nation's electric grid, technologies to supplement the grid, and alternative energy sources.
James Dumesic, a University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical and biological engineering professor, reports in the June 30 issue of the journal Science on a better way to make a chemical intermediate called HMF (hydroxymethylfurfural) from fructose - fruit sugar. HMF can be converted into plastics, diesel-fuel additive, or even diesel fuel itself, but is seldom used because it is costly to make.
Georgia Tech researchers have created a new combustor (combustion chamber where fuel is burned to power an engine or gas turbine) designed to burn fuel in a wide range of devices with next to no emission of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO), two of the primary causes of air pollution. The device, originally developed for NASA, has a simpler design than existing state-of-the-art combustors.
Iowa State scientists are using chemistry and nanotechnology to create a better way to make biodiesel.
A team of Iowa State researchers has used ultrasonic pretreatment of corn in laboratory experiments to increase the corn's release rates of sugars by nearly 30 percent. That could mean each bushel of corn that goes into an ethanol plant could more efficiently produce ethanol for your car's fuel tank.
Iowa State University researchers have used mold to convert corn fiber into ethanol. The discovery could turn byproducts of corn milling into another source of fuel.
Consumer confidence among Floridians in May did not budge from its April level of 86, the likely result of a downturn in the housing market and continued high fuel prices, University of Florida economists report.
Approximately 2 billion of the world's people have no access to electricity. Without electricity to power factory operations or other commercial endeavors, those 2 billion people remain mired in an endless cycle of poverty. One FSU researcher is working to break that cycle through the development of new energy technologies that are easy to install, environmentally sound and, perhaps most importantly, inexpensive to produce.
It took nearly seven years, but a University of Maryland time-use expert finally managed to get his answer to better fuel mileage into this country "“ the "Smart Car." "I think I may be the first person in Maryland or the DC area to own one," says John Robinson, a sociologist and a national expert on time usage.
Gas prices keep rising, people keep grumbling. A Rowan University professor and a colleague believe there are things Americans should do"”from exploring alternative fuels to changing habits"”that may make a difference.
As the price of gasoline continues to climb, consumers are beginning to reevaluate their criteria for purchasing new vehicles, according to a survey of 1,200 people conducted by the University of Maine. As gas prices rise, people are less likely to purchase a truck, just as likely to purchase an SUV.
When oil prices jump, there is no reason for such costs to hit consumers at the pump, said UAB retailing expert Robert Robicheaux, Ph.D.
Consumers who think the cost of gas is high now haven't seen anything yet, says Dr. Peter Tsigaris of Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC. The public-finance economist argues that supply-side economics is only a part of an overall equation that could, and should, see gas prices rise even further.
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Professor Catherine Wolfram finds some households cut spending when energy costs rise.
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