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This one Should be in Line
by Andrew McCaskey
One That Should Be There
Here’s one industry that should be at the public assistance line: A consortium to insure that the US has the capability to not only perform basic research and invention of the batteries needed for automotive, wind, solar and other energy sources (and sinks) but the manufacturing capacity to carry it through.
The Obama Administration could not find a better, more highly visible and politically savory initiative for announcement before the end of January. A concerted effort to pull together a variety of researchers, National Laboratories and leading manufacturers to act as the sole target for Federal money offers the best of both worlds: A way to demonstrate decisive action politcally, and a way to focus the aspirations and skill development of workers on jobs that have a future.
The other benefit that such public involvement would bring would be some serious light on the entire subject of energy storage for vehicles. Earlier this year there were a series of articles on the “ultracapacitor” storage cells from EEstor, a Texas startup with heavy funding and links into major defense contractors. The only trouble is, their page is “Under Construction, and if they are making introductions in 2009 as promised, they need to get cracking.The internet abounds with crackpot schemes to run automobiles on water, as Snopes Debunks Various Water Fuel schemes. Some government oversight, funding, and credibility will go a long way towards some serious progress.
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