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How much carbon dioxide is too much?
According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) greenhouse gases in the atmosphere need to be stabilized at levels low enough to "prevent dangerous anthropogenic interferen...
By vanessa on Sep 29, 2008 2:04 am
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General | CO2 Sequestration | Global Warming |
Russia Hit The Rocks Hardest
By rights, this year's Sochi Economic Forum should have been a victory lap for Vladimir Putin. Russia's president turned prime minister had just, in his own words, "punched the face" of upstart Georgi...
By vanessa on Sep 29, 2008 1:52 am
Saved Under : Energy Economics General | Energy Trade General |
Ag. Engineer Suggests Low-Energy Alternative to High-Temperature Grain Drying
A little-used grain-drying technique can help farmers control energy costs, according to an Ohio State University agricultural engineer.American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers ...
By vanessa on Sep 26, 2008 4:50 am
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy | Energy Storage | Industrial Applications |
Food shortage catastrophe creeping up on the world
...The second major new demand factor is the significant push for biofuels in response to climate change and fears of peak oil. As an example, the US ethanol industry alone will use 104 million tonnes...
By vanessa on Sep 26, 2008 4:49 am
Saved Under : Energy Economics General | Energy Policy General |
BMW builds luxury hybrid sedan
Following on the recent announcement by Mercedes-Benz of its mild hybrid sedan with lithium ion batteries, BMW announced its own mild hybrid sedan with lithium ion batteries.Here's the story for you. ...
By vanessa on Sep 25, 2008 12:37 am
Saved Under : Hydrogen Energy | Applications of Energy General | Energy Efficiency |
Tesla's 'Bluestar' to be all-electric family car
Tesla Motors has received many accolades for producing an all-electric luxury sports car. But its long-term plans may hold its most challenging task: making a mass-market electric car. The company int...
By vanessa on Sep 25, 2008 12:31 am
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy | Applications of Energy General | Energy Efficiency |
Candidates Position On Energy Related Issues
In the past, US politicians actively talked about terror, Osama, WMD, Afghan and Iraq to win the elections. This time they have ventured into new territories - Oil drilling, energy and global warming....
By vanessa on Sep 10, 2008 3:25 am
Saved Under : Energy Economics General | Energy Conservation | Energy Policy General |
Chemical breakthrough turns sawdust into biofuel
A wider of range of plant material could be turned into biofuels thanks to a breakthrough that converts plant molecules called lignin into liquid hydrocarbons. The reaction reliably and efficiently tu...
By vanessa on Aug 01, 2008 6:13 am
Saved Under : Bio-energy |
Industry report says U.S. natural gas supply abundant
The United States has over 100 years worth of natural gas supplies, and forecasters have consistently low-balled the amount of the clean-burning fuel trapped in unconventional places like shale rock, ...
By vanessa on Aug 01, 2008 6:07 am
Saved Under : Natural Gas |