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Explosions caused by natural gas leaks are rare considering the 1.9 million miles of natural gas distribution pipeline in the United States. When they do happen they are often caused by damage from construction companies excavating a site for new construction or to repair existing construction.
Well, we finally watched the Video of a Private Czech Fighter Plan, which was being flown on cooking oil, no it probably is not the first. I imagine at the end of the Third Reich that they were trying to fly their Messerschmitt 262 interceptors off anything they could find that would light jet engine. Nevertheless it is pretty cool from a bio-fuel standpoint to fly an aircraft off of cooking oil.
Wow have you seen this car? The Aptura is scheduled to launch sales later this year in California. An electric (or plug in hybrid) vehicle that also looks very cool. Now we are talking.
The first Operating Prototype achieved over 230 Miles per gallon!
Five years ago, Aptera's founder Steve Fambro endeavored to design and build a passenger vehicle that was safe, comfortable, and more fuel-efficient than anything ever produced. This aspiration, combined with his background in engineering, led him to an intensive study of aerodynamics, and composite aircraft construction. He hypothesized that a low-drag, aerodynamic body shape could be achieved without sacrificing comfort, drivability or safety.
What emerged, after much designing, conceptualizing, and constructing, was a prototype two-seat, three-wheeled vehicle. This first operating prototype achieved a stunning 230 miles per gallon, Building on this success, Steve expanded his Aptera team and created the Aptera Typ-1, which has been re-designed, re-engineered, and refined into a production ready vehicle. We are excited to announce that the Aptera Typ-1 is now available for reservations.
A little preview of the Aptura from the LA Times:
Say hello to papa, I want on of these cars. Sign me up.
Company Announces Plans to Address Power Reliability Concerns
American Electric Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqCM:AETI - News), the premium supplier of custom-designed power distribution and control solutions for the traditional and alternative energy industries, today announced its formal entry into the wind power market at the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2008 conference. The company also released results from a survey they sponsored about the wind energy industry's perceptions about the state of its electrical infrastructure and offered valuable advice to overcome risks associated with a wind farm's sub-optimal electric infrastructure.
In conjunction with the company's wind power market entry, AETI also announced today a new West Texas wind farm construction operation and the addition of a wind power construction veteran to help bring the company's traditional engineering and instrumentation (E&I) construction and electrical maintenance services to the West Texas wind farm market.
"With our formal entry into the wind market, we are leveraging our power distribution and control technology, our 60 years of technical expertise, and our construction and services capabilities to enable the wind power industry to reach its maximum potential," said Charles Dauber, president of the M&I Electric business of AETI.
Batteries are separated into two categories, by application (what the battery is used for) and construction (how the battery is built. Automotive, deep-cycle and marine are the major applications. There are others, but those three categories make up the bulk of battery applications.
market at the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2008 conference. The company also released results from a survey they sponsored about the wind energy industry's perceptions about the state of its electrical infrastructure and offered valuable advice to overcome risks associated with a wind farm's sub-optimal electric infrastructure.
