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Of course everyone is aware that oil serves as a sensational fuel for heating your house or business, for keeping your automobile or motorcycle running smoothly, and helping the transportation of goods to ports and customers worldwide, but most people would be very surprised at how big a part oil plays in making the products we all use day to day around our home and office.

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Tested Diesel Cetane Ratings Reach 63.6 in Comparison to the Norm of 51 With High Calorific Value Exceeding the European EN590 Standard

Global Energy (OTCBB:GEYI - News), an initiator of alternative energy projects focusing on the processing of organic solid and many kinds of hydro carbon wastes into usable alternative fuels, today reported on a number of tests on the diesel produced by the Company’s technology and plants supplier, AlphaKat GMBH, in Germany.

The first tests were conducted by the Institute for Neuwertwirtschaft GMBH (“IFN”) from a feed stock of household waste from the city of Liepzig on approximately 130 liters of synthetic diesel that were produced through the AlphaKat KDV process. The study concluded “this product can be used in CHP’s (combined heat and power plants). For use in the diesel engine area, which is subject to EN590 (The European Standard for Diesel for Vehicles), sulfur content and stabilization need to be adjusted for full scale industry plants. The refuse contained a maximum of 46% hydrocarbons from which the demonstration plant produced diesel from 41%, representing a conversion efficiency of 89%.”

ERRSA Energietechnic, a reputable test and regulation institute in Germany from Zitau, separately concluded, based on a test run on a 200KW diesel engine that the produced diesel held approximately 12,000 Kcal per kilogram compared to the EN590 standard of approximately 10,000 Kcal per kilogram. The Cetane rating 63.6 compared with the standard EN590. In summary, “the tested diesel is special fuel that could provide an alternative to vegetable oil with CPH and to fossil diesel fuel for vehicles. The high calorific value of the diesel would lead to reduction in the diesel engine’s fuel consumption and therefore reduction of emissions and logistics costs.”

Energy Tags: energy resources, alternative

Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet during this economic crunch that we are in. There is one thing though, that many of them are neglecting. Managing fuel cost.

Did you know that the average American who drives 15,000 miles per year will spend over $2000 on fuel this year? And the fact is, there is a couple of easy strategies that could cut that cost down to $1000-$1300.

Fact: If you put a hydrogen fuel cell on your car, you can almost DOUBLE your fuel economy.

The questions in most people's heads are, "Are they safe? Are they expensive?"

The answers are, yes they are extremely safe. You can actually build these yourself without being a rocket scientist or having any special equipment. Just household items and a few things that you can pick up your local auto store.

Energy Tags: alternative energy, battery technology

Passive solar can be as simple as items that can be heated by the sun to produce energy

Active solar is when you use more expensive solar panels and the like to produce electricity to either charge batteries or to power items direct.

I think one of the oldest uses of passive solar is to face your home towards the south when building (in the U.S.) as this has been done for many years. This gives you the most sun for the most parts of the day.

Solar tubes and skylights and good insulated windows provide good lighting in the home for most of the daylight hours. My daughter's house has a skylight in an interior bath that you hardly ever need a light saving on electric. More of these in homes could be considerable savings.

Gardeners in this country and other countries have used the sun to dehydrate food at no energy cost once you build the initial equipment (and this is not expensive).

Gardeners have used greenhouses connected to their homes then the sun and plants heat the homes at no extra cost and with hours of enjoyment.

Collector panels at windows build up heat to be used in the home. These can be bought or built your self as plans can be easily found on the Internet.

Solar to heat water to run steam engines was popular at one time until a more reliable and cheaper source was found. But now with cost what they are this may return as a source of energy.

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Energy Tags: Passive solar

Petroleum Products are easily recognized in the gasoline we use to fuel our cars and the heating oil we use to warm our homes. Lesser known uses of petroleum-based components are plastics, medicines, food items, and a host of other products.

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