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Jatropha Plants

March 13, 2019 by sjw Leave a Comment

I am one of those old fashioned people who believes that the internal combustion engine still has life in it, not necessarily with carbon-based fuels like petrol or diesel, but with bio-diesels from plants or waste products. In several news items over the past few years I have spoken about the possible use of Jatropha as a source of bio-diesel and is actually the name of a … [Read more...]

Mazda Could Revive the Rotary

November 22, 2018 by sjw Leave a Comment

Mazda recently made an announcement about its future with regards to power units. It was an announcement that helped the industry know what their plans were and how they were going to achieve them. Mazda has been one of the last manufacturers to say what they were going to do because they were seen as the last bastion of the internal combustion engine with their SkyActiv-G … [Read more...]

Stanley Meyer’s Fuel Cell

October 15, 2018 by sjw Leave a Comment

This is another story that keeps on doing the rounds - a claimed perpetual motion engine. The idea is simple: push an electric current through water to get two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen and then burn them to get water (with a power stroke). The idea is so simple that it cannot work effectively! However that hasn’t stopped the conspiracy theorists from thinking up some … [Read more...]

Aquafuel Research Ltd

August 14, 2018 by sjw Leave a Comment

I read about this company and their technologies whilst following the ever-growing Formula E racing series for electric race cars. Aquafuel Research is a British company that specialises in renewable energy creation using existing technologies to keep costs down. The basis of their technology is two-fold: Extracting glycerine from renewable sources. Using a combined … [Read more...]

From Oil to Electrons

June 13, 2018 by sjw Leave a Comment

I read an interesting article in The Economist magazine recently that described how some oil companies are “cross-dressing”, in other words, making them look like the opposite to what they are. It is clear that today, Governments and the mainstream media are in love with electric cars. This means that the oil companies are seen as the enemy and although Governments get … [Read more...]

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