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May 7, 2013

New technology propels an ‘old energy' boom

  • Fossil fuels were going to be expensive and scarce, relics of an earlier age. But in the race to conquer energy technology, Old Energy is winning.
    • By JONATHAN FAHEY
    AP Energy Writer

    NEW YORK — Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade — just not the one we expected.

    By now, cars were supposed to be running on fuel made from plant waste or algae — or powered by hydrogen or cheap batteries that burned nothing at all. Electricity would be generated with solar panels and wind turbines. When the sun didn't shine or the wind didn't blow, power would flow out of batteries the size of tractor-trailers.


     
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