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Lithium-Ion Batteries and Centerfolds, Part II

For more info on clean coal power generation go to the Dept. of Energy web site at www.fossil.energy.gov/...

An excerpt from their 2008 newsletter:
The FutureGen concept announced in 2003 planned the creation of a near-zero emissions, 275-MW power plant that would produce hydrogen and electricity from coal, and serve as a laboratory
for commercial development.

Hardly a made up term though coal is not an ideal energy source. It will require government regulation to make it happen and we will need it. The use of all alternative energy sources must be pushed.

Lithium-Ion Batteries and Centerfolds, Part II

Assuming there are adequate sources for Li, the qualities they have are almost required in the auto transportation sector. Electric cars hae not had success until recently (hybrids) because the range was too limited.

There is a place for the new lead acid batteries and that is in the local storage area where power is generated by solar or wind. However, this is too costly for mass generation farms.
Base load infrastructure will need to be increased by use of Nuclear and probably clean coal and geothermal.

69% of oil usage is in transportation and that is the main area that must be addressed. This is where Li batteries will be used and HEV will have a large market. For hybrid cars and large trucks, we can use new engine technology (see AXVC, TTEG, CYPW) that can burn most liquid or gas fuels.