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Milestones and Trends in Renewable Energy -- 2005 and 2006

by Sterling D. Allan

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The Soap-Opera Fringe

The shenanigans that go on in the field of cutting-edge energy technology have a certain entertainment value as well.  What is the shyster going to dream of next to keep the money coming in and to keep the investors hoodwinked?  They only thing perpetual about their technology is their ability to keep the cash churning in.  Which billion-dollar corporation is Carl Tilley going to claim next to be courting him for his car that allegedly runs without having to stop for fuel? (Ref.) We've exposed the fact that neither GE nor GM had any relationship with him. (Ref.) Who is it going to be this year?

Then there are the melodramatic scenes created where the inventor becomes his own worst enemy, and the progress of his idea is stymied because of his impossible personality.  Just think of the energy we could generate if we could harvest the power of paranoia!  Can anyone get close enough to Jack Carrey this year to find out if he really has something worth pursuing?  Will Paul Pantone get out of his court-forced psychological care before the treatment drugs diminish his brain capacity? -- no, wait, update: will he get sprung from jail again? (Ref.)


Low-Tech, Low-Cost Interim Options

In terms of volume, our biggest story this year was about getting improved mileage and performance in most vehicles by adding around 2 ounces of acetone for each 10 gallons of gasoline. (Ref.) Hundreds of discussion forums picked up the story.  We've had over sixty individuals report their results at PESWiki. (Ref.) Now a company is commercializing a product that will automatically add the acetone for you, in precise ratios. (Ref ) The inventor has a U.S. Patent and is in the process of obtaining patents in other countries.

Converting diesels to run on veggie oil gained momentum in 2005, and will likely gain many more advances in 2005; but our highways will probably never smell like French fries, due to the infeasibility of wide-scale implementation and the stress that would put on the environment. (Ref.)

A related page that has received a lot of attention and effort is the index of fuel efficiency technologies. (Ref.) Somender Singh's approach of cutting grooves in combustion chambers to create a vortex effect is gradually catching on (ref.), but is not nearly as easy as adding a few drops of acetone to the fuel.  Inserting Brown's gas (H & O from electrolysis) into the air intake is another idea that seems to be taking off. (Ref., ref.) Will Robert Patterson enter the Tour de Sol this year with his ram implosion wing, which allegedly turns air drag into propulsion? (Ref.)


NEC: A Court of Educated Opinion and Review

In considering these many technology claims, and the wide range of credibility levels and feasibility behind them, perhaps one of the best things to happen this past year was the formation of the New Energy Congress. This group of interested, informed individuals has assembled to review the most promising up-and-coming energy technologies. After assessing claims as to what extent each is actually environmentally clean, renewable, affordable, and reliable, NEC will be issuing a weighted list of recommendations of the most promising technologies.

In the coming year, NEC reviews are likely to be helpful in raising awareness of, and especially directing resources into, those concepts and inventions which are most likely to facilitate the energy revolution. PES Network plans to be there, reporting on the fostering of renewable energy technologies of greatest promise, and of installations and pilot projects based on these.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Thanks Mary-Sue Haliburton for extensive editorial input.

PESN Stories from 2005

Highlights, in reverse chronological sequence.

December 31, 2005

• Francoeur Installs Fuel Vaporizer on GMC CrewCab - System uses 200-degree engine coolant to vaporize the lighter chemicals out of the gasoline into an isolated chamber system.  Inventor is working on a way to crack the heavier part of the gasoline.

December 30, 2005

• Investigation of an Energy Anomaly in Magnetic Circuits - Derek Gerlach replicates and refutes Harold Aspden's experiment, which Aspden claimed produced an anomaly of science by producing more energy than was input.

December 29, 2005

• Venturing to the Zero Point - Bearden gives credit to the courage that researchers such as Haisch and Puthoff have shown in pushing to the zero-point. Academically it was a huge risk to them, to their careers and to their income.

December 23, 2005

• Magenn Power's Floating Wind Generators Nearing Deployment - Inflatable, rotating balloon, wind turbine design scheduled for market readiness in 2006; at a price close to grid power.

December 14, 2005

• Spinning Power from Waste Energy: Louis Michaud’s Atmosphere Vortex Engine - Tamed-tornado, anchored-vortex concept said to offer a vast increase in electrical output using waste heat from existing power plants. Small prototypes are promising.

December 4, 2005

• Maxing Earth's Buffers to the Breaking Point - The Earth is extremely resilient, but there are limits to how much she can take, and when her buffering capacity is saturated, catastrophic ecosystem breakdown results. We are beginning to see some more rapid changes now, indicating that we are on the edge of the buffer.

November 25, 2005

• IHS Preparing After-Market Hydrogen Supplement Device for Vehicles - Innovative Hydrogen Solutions, Inc. of Canada has been developing an electrolysis unit that extracts hydrogen and oxygen from water and injects it into the air intake of a vehicle, to increase fuel economy by anywhere between 10% and 30%.

November 21, 2005

• Bowie in line to play Nikola Tesla in 'Prestige' - Singer David Bowie is in talks to return to film acting in a new thriller about competing turn-of-the-century magicians.

November 18, 2005

• Hydrogen embrittlement not a substantial threat - Hydrogen-conversion expert, and clean-fuel specialist, Tai Robinson, responds to assertion that when hydrogen gas dissolves into the structure of certain metals such as aluminum & steels, it can cause cracking and failure of metal components.

November 16, 2005

• Defense contractor reticent on anti-gravity discovery - A fabled top secret World War II technology, never fully developed by the Nazis, although many individuals were allegedly killed in the process of its testing, apparently has been replicated in part by a mainstream Californian defense contractor, SARA, showing anti-gravity and propulsion effects.

November 7, 2005

• TMA's vertical axis wind turbine introduces competitive advantage - Design creates pull on the back side contributing to 40%+ wind conversion efficiencies, doesn't kill birds, runs more quietly, doesn't need to be installed as high, blends better with landscape. Generating costs estimated at 2.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, surpassing conventional energy sources.

November 3, 2005

• Wind power project floating out to North Sea - Norwegian utility envisions a floating 660-foot-tall tower, tethered to sea floor, supporting 95-foot-long blades. Scaled-down 3 MW demo with 14-foot’ blades expected in 2007. If the concept works, Norsk Hydro envisions parks of perhaps 200 windmills, in waters 700-2,200 feet deep.

November 2, 2005

• Focus Fusion poses overwhelming competition to Tokamak - Purports to be a far more feasible and profoundly less expensive approach to hot fusion, in contrast to what the international project (ITER) in France is pursuing. Lawrenceville Plasma Physics is currently researching and developing the Plasma Focus Device for hydrogen-boron nuclear fusion.

October 31, 2005

• Floating offshore wind energy and hydrogen fuel generating company tipping to Europe or Asia - Inventor Tom L. Lee, Ph.D. has developed a floating wind turbine platform concept for accessing the higher winds out at sea, and converting wind energy efficiently to hydrogen and electricity. Would prefer to license its manufacture and distribution to a U.S. party.

October 27, 2005

• Deriving Power from Atmospheric Pressure Differences over Geographically-Spaced Sites - New method of power generation will harness the difference in atmospheric pressure between locations 100 to 200 miles apart, with reliability comparable to coal, nuclear, gas, and hydro, but at a cost substantially lower, and with no pollution.

October 22, 2005

• OSEN Launches Site for Open-Sourcing Clean Energy - Website launch provides inventors and users with tools of collaboration for shared advancement of clean, free, and renewable energy technology solutions. Believes that open sourcing, which has been such a boon to the software community, can be just as much so, if not more for the energy world.
  
• OSEN makes cannon-ball splash opening with release of disclosure testimonial videos - Earth-shattering never-before-seen video testimonials released for the first time, featuring seven energy inventors.  Affidavit witnesses implore the halting of suppression of new energy technologies that could eliminate our dependence on fossil fuel.

October 21, 2005

• Tankless Water Heaters are Brutal on the Grid When Popularized - Tankless water heaters draw energy on demand, and do not have a thermal energy storage aspect. Multiplied by many customers' hot-water usage patterns, these surges of energy amount to a significantly higher peak load for utilities, resulting in increased costs and, more significantly, in increased waste during non-peak times.
  
• Wilma the Super Storm and Energy from the Vacuum - Reflections on the dynamics of this record-breaking hurricane, principles of physics and atmosphere, and ramifications for unlimited energy from the vacuum of space. (PESN; Oct. 21, 2005)

October 20, 2005

• SkyBuilt aims to be the Dell of renewable energy systems - If you have a unique power need that is off grid, and you want something that can deploy quickly, is rugged, and will last for a long time, SkyBuilt is who you call. The CIA shouldn't be the only one to benefit.

October 18, 2005

• Krystal Planet is Alluring the Mainstream Consumer Market for Renewable Energy - Energy Star partner has 1,400 independent dealers selling wind, solar, biodiesel and hydrogen fuel cell systems. They encourage anyone to join now to make money, save money, and help clean the planet.

October 13, 2005

• Design To Improve Turbulence In Combustion Chambers by Creating a Vortex - Somender Singh says a radical design change in the face of combustion chambers, by forming grooves, channels or passages through the squish areas, will further enhance in-cylinder turbulence followed by multi flame front combustion, as contained in his US Patent 6237579. Do-it-yourselfers might consider cutting some grooves to approach the effect.

October 6, 2005

• Offshore "Bobbing" Device for Harnessing Wave Energy - The Manchester (UK) Bobber, a patented new wave energy device, passed Phase One last January, testing of 1/100th scale working model.  Phase Two will now involve testing a 1/10th scale device.

October 5, 2005

• Findsolar.com Launches - New site launched with intent to be the pre-eminent online resource linking consumers to solar professionals. Nearly 400 solar energy system installers and other solar pros from around the U.S. are currently listed.

September 29, 2005

• Konarka and Textronics Partner to Develop Power-Generating Wearable Electronics - Konarka, with their Power Plastic that converts light to energy, and Textronics, with their electronic textiles capability, have joined to create prototype garments and fashion accessories with portable, wearable power-generation capabilities.

September 26, 2005

• "New Energy Movement" Posts New Website - New non-profit organization aims to foster awareness and activity among the mainstream. First conference was held last year.  Site presently features a few essays from prominent individuals in the field of new energy.

September 22, 2005

• Turkey-Waste-to-Oil Now Selling Commercially - Carthage, Missouri plant is producing 100-200 barrels of oil (the equivalent of crude oil No. 4) per day utilizing by-products from an adjacent turkey processing facility.

September 21, 2005

• Wave Propulsion: Brief History and Remedy - French and Russian proponents of harnessing sea wave energy provide a short history, identifying why the approach has been abandoned by major entities, and suggesting how to revive this yet-to-be-fully-actualized approach.
  
• Kneider's Sea Wave Energy Propulsion Technology - Francois Kneider has build numerous proofs of concept of wave energy propulsion systems, and believes it could be a feasible system commercially for water craft.  Offers intriguing directions for home experimenters.

September 19, 2005

• Pantone's Legal Battles - GEET inventor, Paul Pantone, is publishing a "legal battles" index on his website.  PESWiki has published a page to allow named parties to respond if they feel they are misrepresented.

September 17, 2005

• Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger - The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years, even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped since the 1990s. The shift has occurred as global sea surface temperatures have increased over the same period.

September 16, 2005

• Katrina Wood Waste Creates Biomass Opportunity - Green Energy Resources is offering to pay the government to release the wood normally sent to a landfill or burned. GER says the harvested destruction from weather events in general could power as much as 10% of U.S. energy needs.
  
• GM Says They've Not Heard of Tilley - Carl Tilley shows the Pontiac Bonneville on his site and calls it a "Tilley Electric Vehicle" saying it will go for sale this year. General Motors says they have never heard of Tilley.

September 14, 2005

• Tilley Claims Endlessly-Charged All-Electric Vehicle to be Ready for Sale in 2005 - Carl Tilley announces a concept car with all the bells and whistles of speed and luxury, combined with ultra efficiency. Or is this yet another stage of an ongoing fraud stemming back decades?

September 10, 2005

• Lutec Demo Video Alleges Over Unity - Video shows 4.25 Watts rectified DC going into the spinning device, which meanwhile is producing 15.4 Watts AC, for an efficiency of 362%.

September 8, 2005

• Penn biologists invent power-generating backpack - The "Suspended-load Backpack" converts mechanical energy from walking into electricity -- up to 7.4 Watts -- more than enough energy to power portable electronic devices for soldiers, field researchers or disaster relief-workers.

September 6, 2005

• Weather Modification a Long-Established, Though Secretive, Reality - New legislation not designed to foster pleasant or productive weather, but planned as tool of weaponized weather control, already well tested and in use since 1976. Amateur and hostile weather-makers alike likely to lose their technology to the military.

September 2, 2005

• Gulf Oil Disruption Likely to Cripple U.S. and World Economy - The damage done to the Gulf oil and gas infrastructure is tremendous.  Gas is in short supply in the region, further hampering restorative efforts.  Snowball effect of this aorta of U.S. commerce is likely to be felt worldwide.  Long overdue time to look at alternatives to oil.

August 31, 2005

• Purdue Announces Hydrogen from Water, Organic Material - Purdue researchers have developed a novel technique for producing hydrogen from water.  It requires only water, a catalyst based on the metal rhenium (REE-nee-um) and an organic liquid called an organosilane, which can be stored and transported easily.

August 19, 2005

• Late EV Gray's Nephew Wants to Resurrect Famed Free Energy Motor - The Gray motor was the first market-ready prototype replication of Nikola Tesla's radiant energy phenomenon, but never made it to market for reasons that his nephew described as paranoia, secrecy, and greed. He took his invention with him to the grave -- or did he?

August 16, 2005

• Urine-Powered Battery - Singapore physicists create first paper battery that generates electricity from urine. Technology is an ideal match for cheap, disposable healthcare test-kits.

August 11, 2005

• World's largest solar installation to use Stirling engine technology - 20-year purchase agreement between Southern California Edison and Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. will result in 20,000+ dish array covering 4,500 acres capable of generating 500 MW, more than all other U.S. solar projects combined.

August 10, 2005

• A more dry 'Rinse' cycle for washing machines will save on dryer energy costs - A team of researchers at the U. of Florida have developed a method that dries clothes 20 percent more during the spin cycle, by reducing the surface tension of the water, using a very small portion of detergent and fabric softener.

August 5, 2005

• No trouble removing oil from water - A simple tank-and-siphon system for removing oil from oily water and protecting the environment is about to be launched internationally by an engineering team from the University of New South Wales.

August 4, 2005

• Son of Late Magnet Motor Inventor Attests to Device Authenticity - Thirty-three years after Lee Bowman's passing, his son now speaks up. Attests to having witnessed the device in operation, tells of lingering family scars over investor litigation.

August 2, 2005

• IAUS to Push Solar to Within Competitive Range of Grid Power - Thermal solar panels coming into production in September will produce electricity at 3-5 cents per kilowatt-hour. Highly-efficient bladeless turbine has wide range of waste-heat-harnessing applications.  Methanol production technique will draw CO2 out of the environment, reversing global warming.

July 28, 2005

• Second Suspect Arrested in Murder of Cold Fusion Champion - Joseph P. Reilly arrested Tuesday for May 14, 2004 murder of Dr. Eugene F. Mallove, internationally renowned champion of cold fusion and other alternative energy technologies.

July 27, 2005

• Cool Light on Hot Days: Fiber Optics Bring the Sun Indoors - Piping in sunlight without using electricity is a win-win proposition for the ecosystem and human society. Both home and business customers anticipate energy savings and a more pleasant indoor environment.

July 24, 2005

• Extracting 'Energy from the Vacuum' is Just a Drop in the Ocean - Tom Bearden’s correspondence with L.R. Pastor purports that our current energy systems tap the 'vacuum' in a deliberately inefficient manner that disturbs equilibrium. The nature of the 'ZPE - Energy From The Vacuum' and Tesla's "wheelworks of nature."

July 20, 2005

• AEC Unveils its First Hydrogen Production Demonstration Unit - Alternate Energy Corporation's H2 1500-A1 demonstration unit produces hydrogen from water, on demand. Production arrangements are being made for shipment later in 2005 at a price projected to be comparable to fossil fuels.

July 18, 2005

• Researchers make advances in wind energy generation - Engineers at the University of Alberta have created a wind energy generator that they hope people will one day be able to use to power their own homes.

July 14, 2005

• Sonofusion Bubbling to Mainstream - Considering the recent media fawning of the Purdue bench top fusion results, Leslie R. Pastor points out other sonofusion research as well as other energy alternatives that are being overlooked, similar to the AC v DC controversy of Edison's time.

July 13, 2005

• Climate Summit Emphasizes Profitability of Going Green - Mayors from around the U.S. meet to learn more about problem of climate change and to be armed with solutions that they can implement on the most local level of government.

July 11, 2005

• Fear and Irrationality in the Oil Patch - Profit-taking and stock prices rise and fall, but fears seem to be unfounded. Is the oil shortage real? Facts are hard to come by, and philosophical arguments rage.

July 10, 2005

• BLAM-O!! Power from Lightning - Having demonstrated a smaller prototype using artificial lightning, Todd Livingstone is now waiting for the next lightning storm to test his full-scale prototype for harnessing the energy of a lightning strike. Technology is a reverse of directed energy weapons.

July 7, 2005

• LA Adopts Global Energy Independence Day - The county of Los Angeles, California, has adopted Global Energy Independence Day, held annually on July 10, the birth date of Nikola Tesla.

July 1, 2005

GMCC Announces REMAT™ Production Prototype - Electromagnetic system said to tap into magnetic energy for the generation of usable power.

June 26, 2005

• J.L. Naudin Claims to Extract Free Energy Using Moller's Atomic Hydrogen Generator (MAHG) - Experimenter claims to derive free energy cleanly and safely from the dissociation and association of hydrogen atoms. Data posted from several tests. Plans, schematics, methods all listed openly to encourage replication and improvement of results. Based on decades-old concepts set forth by Nobel laureate.

June 24, 2005

• Holy Grail Evades Lutec 1000 - Progress report on the Australian company that has claimed for years to have a commercially ready free energy device.

June 21, 2005

• World's First Purpose-Built Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorbike Makes North American Debut - ENV ("envy"), unveiled June 14 in Los Angeles, is a virtually silent and completely nonpolluting. Expected in market by 2006.

June 17, 2005

• Magnetic Power Inc. is Nearing Pre-Production Stage with Zero Point Energy Modules - Modules built with off-the-shelf components are expected to generate electricity anywhere, any time, for less than 1 cent per kilowatt-hour. One kW modules expected for market next year.

June 13, 2005

• Semi-Trailer Truck Mileage Increases 4% with Acetone Added to Fuel - Adding 2 oz of acetone per 10 gallons of diesel fuel gave a modest increase in mileage -- but not enough to surpass the expense of acetone added. Causative factors enumerated.

June 12, 2005

• Konarka and Solaris Nanosciences Create Joint Research Program -  Solaris' nanoscale metallic structures could boost the solar energy conversion efficiency of Konarka's portable power plastics.

June 11, 2005

• Yale poll reveals overwhelming public desire for new energy policy direction - 92% of Americans say that they are worried about dependence on foreign oil. 93% of Americans want government to develop new energy technologies and require auto industry to make cars and trucks that get better gas mileage... (PESN; June 11)

June 10, 2005

• 200 Tons/Day BioOil Plant Engineering Completed - DynaMotive and Tecna's joint modular plant will generate energy from abundant organic resources traditionally discarded by the agricultural and forest industries. To be deployed in Canada and internationally. (PESN; June 10, 2005)
  
• NanoHorizons patents breakthrough for solar cells and organic LEDs - Innovative nanoscale photovoltaic cell design enables dramatic improvements in solar cell efficiency and breakthrough reductions in fabrication costs. Technology licensing program announced.

June 9, 2005

• XsunX Developing Solar Film for Buildings' Windows - See-through thin film plastic Power Glass™ integrates solar collection capabilities in a cost-comparable substrate to existing film products, taking energy gain into consideration.

June 3, 2005

• Tapping Thermal-Gradient Cold: Free Power or Planetary Suicide? - Advocates of tapping ocean depths for stored cold promise a clean future. But is it really environmentally friendly, or a slippery slope into unrecoverable catastrophe? (PESN; June 3)

June 2, 2005

• Mallove Murder Suspect Arrested - Gary McAvoy arrested for felony murder.  Eugene Mallove, champion of Cold Fusion, brutally murdered more than 1 year ago in Norwich Connecticut.

May 28, 2005

• Vaporate Aims to Maximize Bang for the Buck - A pinpoint technology eliminates a limitation of internal combustion engines with minimal intervention. Patented fuel-injector collar heats incoming fuel so it burns more completely.  First product delivered Monday.

May 27, 2005

• Solar-Hydrogen Maglev Rail System Conceived - Interstate maglev rail system would include solar panels along the tracks, which would generate hydrogen to run the transport vehicles, which would travel at 250 mph, carrying cars and people between metropolitan areas. 3x excess energy anticipated. (PESN; May 27, 2005)

May 24, 2005

• Ammonia Cracker for Fuel Cell Hydrogen Supply - ZAP and Apollo Energy's proprietary method produces H-on-demand from onboard ammonia. Touted as inexpensive, zero-emission power source to jump-start the hydrogen economy.

May 22, 2005

Searl Effect: a tantalizing technology and a sad coda - An elderly Searl recalls achievements, blames former associates for stealing Searle's Electromagnetic Generator (SEG), and outlines the basis of both the generator and flight without pollution or G-forces.

• 2005 Tour de Sol skirts 100 mpg - Over 60 hybrid, electric and biofuel vehicles from throughout the U.S. and Canada demonstrated that we have the technology today to power our transportation system with zero-oil consumption and zero climate-change emissions.

May 21, 2005

• Bedini Monopole Project Update - List moderator, Rick Friedrich, says several people are claiming to have achieved over unity in their replication of Bedini's designs; says he is in process of documenting the design specifics as well as the results.

May 18, 2005

• AEC Completes First Live Demonstration - Hydrogen-on-demand, from water, through metallurgic process. Expecting product shipment later in 2005.

May 16, 2005

• Company Announces Discovery of Almost Unlimited Inexpensive Natural Gas Substitute - No airborne emissions from inexpensive process that creates gas from biomass, waste wood, and low-grade coal.

May 14, 2005

• Growth of Energy Sources in China vs Pollution - An overview of the present energy generation methods and their pollution load, as well as up-coming installations, many of which are green energy modalities; but also talk of re-starting older, less efficient plants, in order to handle mushrooming electricity demands.

May 1, 2005

• James McCanney Announces Plans to Replicate Tesla's Tower - Having written a book on the subject, he now intends to build a full-scale version of this tower that he says will both tap into free energy and disseminate it wirelessly.  Counterpoint presented.

April 29, 2005

• Real-Time Methane Generation in Retired Oil Fields - Naturally-occurring bacteriological process may provide opportunity to convert finite oil resource to long-term generation of natural gas. Luca Technologies scientists provide proof of present-day conversion of oil to gas.

April 28, 2005

• Bench Top Cold Fusion Reported at UCLA Makes Worldwide Splash - Nature has published a report of table top cold fusion at UCLA. An Associate Press story is receiving widespread coverage by mainstream news organizations.
  
• Bench Top Sonofusion at Purdue and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - IEEE reports apparatus that produces nuclear fusion inside tiny vapor bubbles may one day give us cheap, clean, and virtually limitless energy.

April 25, 2005

• Jirnov Vortex Engine Supported by U.S. Navy - 25 kW prototype shown to have strong torque, using half the energy, with half the emissions. $1 million grant awarded General Vortex Energy by the Navy to build 125-kW prototype. Nine U.S. patents.

April 23, 2005

• Perendev-Power Website Downgraded - Touting an all-magnet magnet motor near market readiness (for 3 years now), downgraded website now claims they are working in association with the European space agency. PerenTech mothballed.

April 20, 2005

• Cold Fusion Goes Back to School at MIT - Colloquium to be held on Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus May 21, 2005.

April 14, 2005

• AEC's Mobile Demonstration Program Nears Completion - Alternate Energy Corp.'s proprietary metallurgy technology permits a small-scale unit to generate hydrogen from an aqueous solution through a "green" system at a price competitive with the current fossil fuel kWh cost of energy.

April 7, 2005

• PROTELF = Proton - Electron Fusion - Sub-excited Neutron Production and subsequent energy release by stimulated K-electron capture. Paper regarding the Vallee Synergetic Generator.

April 3, 2005

• Joseph Newman Appears on Discovery Channel, Canada - Becomes irate when person from audience volunteers to inspect for hidden wires.
  
• Cold Fusion: Data vs Dogma: Fact vs Fiction - Leslie R. Pastor addresses the hypocrisy of the mainstream scientific community in handling the Cold Fusion revolution. Cites extensive resources regarding Cold Fusion developments.

April 2, 2005

• Free-Energy forum moved to OverUnity.org - Greater versatility, more tools.  Moderated by Stefan Hartmann.  Archived after 20,000+ messages, with ~2800 members. (PESN; April 2)

March 31, 2005

• 100 mpg Challenge: National Monte Carlo-Style Rally - Contest, with $10,000 in awards will be held May 13-14, in conjunction with the annual Tour de Sol, which features alternative energy vehicles.

March 29, 2005

• Genesis-Scientific Claims Trillion Dollar Licensing Interest for Not-Yet-Launched Products - Says they have secured nearly 1 trillion in licenses, with a near 2 trillion yet to secure in backlog. Questions persist as to whether this is a bona fide company with legitimate product.

March 28, 2005

• 'Free Energy' in 2005 - A survey by Sterling Allan of a very dynamic field, from solar and wind to cold fusion and magnet motors. What PES Network Inc is doing to promote alternative energy technologies. Pending launch of Open Source Energy Network (OSEN).

March 27, 2005

• Howard Johnson Won Patent Trial Case for Magnetic Propulsion - Patent awarded when he demonstrated a working linear propulsion proof of concept.

March 17, 2005

• Acetone In Fuel Said to Increase Mileage - Readily-available chemical added to gas tank in small proportion improves the fuel's ability to vaporize completely by eliminating the surface tension that inhibits full vaporization of fuel droplets.

March 10, 2005

• Ernest Griesel Drives His Diesel Bus on Grease - Ernest Griesel -- yes, that is his birth name -- drives around in a diesel bus whose diesel engine he has converted to run on grease from restaurants. It burns well and clean. The exhaust smells like French fries. He shares easy-to-follow conversion instructions.

March 8, 2005

• Ram Implosion Wing Developments - Recent replications claim to confirm effect in which special aerodynamic shape is alleged to create an air vortex that increases vehicle mileage and decreases airflow disturbance.

March 1, 2005

• Lowrance Theory for Energy Extraction from Matter - Paul Lowrance proposes a solid state method for extracting energy from the motion of atoms in matter, resulting in cooling of the matter, to be regenerated from the ambient surrounding temperature. Says model is based on existing laws of physics.

February 27, 2005

• Earth's Magnetic Field Reversal - Possible energy ramifications of diminishing magnetic field. How long will it linger at zero before reversing?

January 25, 2005

• Indonesian Tsunami Tripped by Exxon-Mobile Works? - One cubic mile of natural gas extracted every four years at epicenter Aceh facility presents a possible man-made trigger in 9.0 earthquake.

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