U.S. politics, American dependence on fossil fuels, and simple economics are as intertwined as strands of DNA. This is obvious to almost everyone, whether they work in Washington, D.C. or half way around the world. In media reports, recent layoffs at Alpha Natural Resources, a coal producer, lay the blame on the Obama administration for anti-coal policies developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, yet coal also competes with natural gas. This is another reason for lost jobs at Alpha Natural Resources. More U.S. power companies are converting to natural gas, partly because of lower expense, and partly due to tightening EPA regulations on coal-burning facilities. A report by the nonpartisan U.S. Energy Information Administration noted that the relatively low price of natural gas and lower-than-expected electricity demand growth were among the causes of a slow-down in demand for coal. The Congressional Research Service reported that low prices for natural gas would have caused some older coal-firing plants to shut down "almost regardless of EPA rules." While partisan attacks are nothing new in Washington, an understanding of simple economics may elude the grasp of politicians and media commentators alike. It is this: power producers migrate to the lowest fuel costs for creating energy. Cheaper fuel means greater profits, while the question of environmental stewardship goes mostly ignored. If power companies could deliver low-cost electricity and do no harm to the environment, politicians and media wags would have one less thing to argue about. NRGLab, the premiere green-energy company in Singapore, has a solution to both problems. NRGLab (http://nrglab.asia/) has developed and perfected poly-crystal technology for producing electricity from environmental heat. This scalable power solution uses self-contained generators known as SH Boxes, which produce electricity for as little as 3 cents per kW. NRGLab systems produce environmentally-friends energy; no harmful emissions or pollutants of any kind are released from the companys generators, which operate more than a decade on a single installation. The companys video channel, including a presentation of the technology, is available on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/user/nrglabsgd. NRGLabs first auction to license the rights for SH Box production will be held Feb. 5 in Singapore. Learn more here: http://nrglab.asia/auctions.html. A copy of the companys Strategic Business Plan can be reviewed here: http://nrglab.asia/images/NRGLAB_Strategic_Business_2013_SH_Boxes.pdf NRGLab plans to transform the way the world receives electric power, while improving the lives of billions of people with an environmentally-friendly, low-cost power source that holds vast profit potential for the companys partners. We invite you to join us in Singapore on Feb. 5 at the Raffles Hotel (http://www.raffles.com/singapore/). While politicians debate world energy problems, private enterprise is doing something about it. Learn more about what NRGLab is doing to create sustainable, low-cost electrical power: NRGLab.asia. Josh Hanson
