Synthetic fuels made from air and water to reduce GHG faster than EVs?

Posted by Pierre Langlois
On 26/07/2016
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Recently, a contact shared with me his concerns that the electrification of transportation might be a process too slow since global warming and pollution require vigorous action in the next 15 years. He argued that perhaps we should think of using existing vehicles and operate with liquid synthetic fuels made from air and water using […]

The Hydrogen Car could hinder transportation electrification

Posted by Pierre Langlois
On 14/06/2016
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Photo: Toyota Mirai. This Thursday, June 16, 2016, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the Montreal Science Centre, a panel on hydrogen and its final position in the energy landscape of the future will be held. Minister Pierre Arcand is one of the speakers. Members of the panel are: Richard Chahine, director of the […]

Production of revolutionary graphene batteries begins in Spain

Posted by Pierre Langlois
On 21/03/2016
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How about a battery capable of storing up to 1 kWh of energy in 1 kg? That is 4 times more energy for the same weight than stored in the Panasonic batteries used in Tesla vehicles (at cell level)! It seems like we may soon witness a revolution in the world of batteries, according to […]

The predicable economic failure of dirty oil

Posted by Pierre Langlois
On 16/03/2016
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On March 3, a group of Canadian scientists (from coast to coast) published an open letter to our provincial and federal premiers titled “Oil risks mortgaging the future of Canada”, in the newspaper Le Soleil of Quebec. The letter is of course critical of the very negative environmental impact that would result from an increase […]

Iron powder as a clean fuel rather than electricity?

Posted by Pierre Langlois
On 13/01/2016
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With the media success of the COP21, we can expect to see more promoters of alternative clean fuels aiming to displace electricity for vehicles, claiming insufficient battery range and slow recharging. Such arguments are already used to promote hydrogen, which, as I have said and demonstrated in several articles, is a ‘false good idea’. Now […]