Several years ago I read a great article about AbTech. The founder had developed a way to solidify oil slicks so I thought it would be good to see what has happened to this technology, as it was a way to clean up after an oil spillage. Thankfully, we haven’t heard of a major oil tanker disaster for several years - I certainly remember the Exxon Valdez that ran aground in … [Read more...]
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Goals
This is going to be an abridged view of the policy known as CAFE. It is abridged simply because like many Government sourced policies, it can twist and turn based on where the votes are - and get changed through its life! The policy was born out of the 1973 Fuel Crisis when OPEC (the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) announced an embargo on countries who … [Read more...]
Rudolph Diesel
Today everyone has heard about diesel engines - primarily because they have now gained a public reputation as being dirty and polluting - however not everyone has heard of the man behind the engine, his creativity and the mystery surrounding his death. On that last subject there are many theories and contradictions! Rudolph Diesel was born in Paris in 1858 where his parents … [Read more...]
E85 Fuel
This week’s article is about E85 fuel, another intermediate solution before drivers stop using petrol all together. E85, I believe is an intermediate solution because it still uses petrol as a base. E85 is a mix of ethanol and petrol – 85% ethanol and 15% petrol, so it helps to reduce the consumption of crude oil, however it increases the plant based ethanol production that … [Read more...]
North Sea Oil Tax Revenues Drop Wildly
Everyone who voted for Scottish Independence back in late 2014 have dodged a bullet - and a big one at that! Of the 3.6m voters some 45% voted for independence and the rest who won the race saying "no". At the time the Scottish Nationals were complaining that London - aka Westminster - kept most of the tax revenues from North Sea oil and that if they were independent, … [Read more...]
