Dec 9, 2009
Posted in Geek, Science at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 5 Comments; add yours
Electric vehicles reduce noise and local air pollution, such as nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and ground-level ozone, but do they simply relocate the carbon tire-tracks to fossil-fired power stations or are there benefits on the global scale?
Fundamentally, an electric engine can achieve 85 to 90% energy conversion efficiency, which contrasts starkly with the internal combustion engine, which can achieve at most 20%, requiring the conversion of …
Dec 7, 2009
Posted in Geek, Science at 5:00 pm by David Bradley -- 1 Comment
This is the Sciencebase blogging schedule for the remainder of 2009:
Sciencebase.com Dec 8 – Science news round-up with a spectral twist
Sciencebase.com Dec 9 Electric vehicles better than hybrids?
ImagingStorm.co.uk – Dec 10 Science of sepia-toned photography
Sciencetext.com Dec 15 Cathartic emails for overworked journalists
Sciencetext.com Dec 16 Tips for Twitter brutes
Sciencebase.com Dec 17 Pre-Xmas science book reviews
SciScoop.com Dec 22 Large Hadron Collider (LHC) diatribe (anon guest post)
Sciencebase.com Dec 23 Green by design
Sciencebase.com Dec 24 Happy Solstice Event
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Nov 5, 2009
Posted in Geek, Science at 8:45 am by David Bradley -- 15 Comments; add yours
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