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Comment by James Lutz on November 15, 2009 at 12:05pm

Has anyone here heard of research on a "mag-rail" system? This meaning using a linear stator engine similar to mag-lev, but using rails to support the weight, rather than levitation. This should mitigate the high wattage use of mag-lev technology, especially with freight.

The biggest obstacle I see is the rails being affected by the magnetic fields. They may experience extra stress and current induction (increasing power loss) if they are metallic.

One benefit to this is a stationary power source, which means no refueling, not hauling fuel, and choice of generation method. The transmission losses can be mitigated by setting up small power plants (such as wind, solar, hydrogen, and natural gas) along the rails. It also offers the benefits of central control.

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Comment by Michael on October 14, 2009 at 4:18am

George Soros to Invest $1 Billion in Green Energy
Posted by: Mark Scott on October 12

The upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen are less than two months away, and everyone is looking to throw in his/her two cents. On Oct. 10, it was billionaire George Soros’ turn to get in on the act. Giving a speech in Denmark, the man who famously ‘broke the Bank of England’ in the early 1990s now plans to invest $1 billion in clean energy technology. Another $100 million — doled out in $10 million increments annually over ten years — will fund the newly-created Climate Policy Initiative, a foundation targeted at environmental policy.

That’s a sizeable amount of cash, though Soros didn’t specify where the $1 billion would be spent other than saying ‘stringent conditions’ will be used to evaluate potential investments. And in an ironic twist, Soros, who made a sizeable chunk of his fortune through currency speculation, put his support behind carbon taxes, not cap-and-trade systems. His reason? Financial investors can too easily manipulate carbon markets.

Soros is wise to keep his cards close to his chest. With so much money on the table, potential deals could be given a ‘Soros premium’ if the billionaire focuses on a too-narrow clean energy brief. But some of his likes/dislikes are already known. Soros, for instance, has invested in clean coal technology, including Portsmouth (NH)-based Powerspan Corp that specializes in carbon capture technology.

Yet before we start speculating too much on where Soros will spend his cash, a word of caution is merited.

Other high-profile figures, such as T. Boone Pickens, have made similar promises of multi-million dollar investments. Often, though, their plans have come to nothing. That obviously doesn't mean Soros won't go ahead with his $1 billion scheme. But until concrete plans are announced, I'll reserve judgment. As Rod Tidwell (from Jerry Maguire fame) once said: 'show me the money.'

Indeed, the more important figure -- for me -- is $25.9 billion. That's the amount of money invested in green energy projects in the third quarter of 2009, according to New Energy Finance. After a shaky start to the year, investors are now more willing to fork out for clean energy projects. The gradual thawing of the credit markets certainly has helped. So have government-sponsored funds -- like renewable feed-in tariffs or other subsidies for green technologies -- that were included in global stimulus packages.

So with investment returning to the sector, maybe Soros has picked a good time to buy in. Other investors will keep a close eye where he puts his money.

Comment by Gary Fosburg on September 24, 2009 at 12:54pm

If the Pickens plan (which I support) supported a National Energy Lottery (see blog below) proposal and the 4 million followers donated 5 bucks a week for this Energy Raffle, there would be 800 winners a week or 41,600 winners a year
of a $25,000 voucher good only for Renewable products, ie; solar, wind, hybrid, energy green appliances, etc...and be fully transferrable as well. Take advantage of the Fed's energy credit and it would buy around $32,000 worth of Green product/s.

If the Pickens Plan ran this program and retained 10% for operations, not only would it generate further income for the cause but the donators would have some fun with the potential of winning this voucher and 25,000 to 1 odds. Better than a money lottery that doesn't promote going green.

At $20,000,000 a week @ 10%, that's $2,000,000 for the Pickens Plan for operations. Would certainly be enough for expanding the mission. That's over a Billion for the year! Maybe take that money and invest in a windmill anufacturing company that is owned by the workers. Spread the prosperity and have it Made in USA by the owners/workers.

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Comment by Gary Fosburg on August 27, 2009 at 4:30pm

Road power 2 page businessplan 8-21-09b.pdf
Hi William. No, I didn't take it as such. I welcome a "devils advocate" approach so I can address each and every situation. When you read about Road Power, the embedded hose idea is now being replaced by a flush plate. UK has a prototype of same concept and I'm in discussions with them about their system.

Comment by William Engwer on August 27, 2009 at 10:34am

Gary, I certainly don't intend to seem negative or unduly critical of your Road Power system. I like the idea that you can recover energy from vehicles normally wasted and dissipated as heat under braking. I'm only applying the same approach I try to use in evaluating my own ideas, to look for any possible weakness or impracticality and try to address it, being brutally honest. Sometimes, I've seen enough reasons to discontinue work, and sometimes I've seen doorways I hadn't considered that made a given idea better.

If 1 million units power 3 million homes, then one unit can provide electricity for 3 homes. How many KW hours are you figuring for your base or average household load? What is your installed unit cost, and cost per KWhr compared to other generating options?

I live close to an interstate that is a major commute route into and out of Atlanta. Traffic is normally stop and go in each direction for about 2 hours weekdays. The afternoon commute time in summer is one of the highest electrical load times here, as the houses have been heat soaked all day, and all the AC units are running flat out. Does your system respond simply to the weight of a passing vehicle, so it would be effective to offset this peak demand, or is it dependent on a minimum vehicle velocity? WCE

Comment by Gary Fosburg on August 27, 2009 at 8:34am

As an inventor, I'm used to 99 failures before one success. Text book philosopy was never my strong suit, didn't want to become programmed.
Your scepticism is welcomed as it brings out more of the details that I will need to explain in my business plan. After researching traffic patterns of major highways of America, Road Power will continue to run for 5 minutes between the next vehicle. That's a long time. Even on America's interstate highway system, 18-wheelers are driving constantly, especially at night.
We need to think 10 years into the future. Just what NASA does.
So, let's imagine best case scenario.
1. T Boone Pickens Plan implemented including converting trucks, buses, to natural gas.
2. Al Gore's plan implemented
3. Stimulus package starts to take off.
4. National Energy Lottery creates 20 million home reduction of enery consumption. NOTE: If they built excess solar output, now those 20 million homes in 10 years would be producing.
5. Road Power installed...One million units would product enough electricity to power 3 million homes.
6. All new construction in the country requires solar/wind/bio/thermal type installation. That right there would stop the increase of consumption.
7. Visualize battery technology making the next leap. See my previous article in this blog about plastic that withstands a nuclear blast and is still cold to the touch. Imagine that as conductive plastic in batteries that would never get hot. Would expand the amount of storage/use capacity.
8. Now we would be prepared for Lithium Ion Tankers.

Thanks for your feedback. Too bad more people are having this friendly debate. But love the forum.

Comment by William Engwer on August 26, 2009 at 9:04pm

Yup.

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