This piece first appeared on the Energy Collective, Jan. 20, 2014. The marine shipping industry is moving towards a heavy use of LNG, driven primarily by new emissions standards that come into place in 2015 combined with the low cost of natural gas from unconventional shale resources. Traditionally, big ships use bunker fuel, the heaviest…
Continue reading →This was the first piece I ever published at The Energy Collective, Nov. 17, 2013. Critique of New York State WWS 100% Renewable Energy Plan (.pdf). I feel compelled to respond to a paper that is widely referenced by anti-hydrofracking activists as proof that New York can move beyond fossil fuels and power 100% of its…
Continue reading →CH4 for a Clean Energy Economy A simple yet far-reaching proposal CH4 is methane, and it could be the fuel of choice for a clean energy economy. Methane is widely abundant and clean burning. We can use it to replace coal and petroleum and this would enable society to slash pollution, end wars for oil,…
Continue reading →Published at Waste Management World, June, 2009 (.pdf) This is a condensed version of my Plasma Gasification of Waste paper that was turned into an article. This was the first article on energy I was ever paid for. This article was gotten a lot of attention and people continue to email me for information since my…
Continue reading →This is the project that started it all. This was my first research project on renewable energy technology and the first paper I produced. All my thinking on Zero Waste began with this project. Plasma Gasification of Waste_Dodge This was a project for my MBA program at Cornell University. Ironically, I got a lousy grade…
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