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- The future could be a gas with Carbon Science
- Diagram courtesy Carbon Sciences. Don't bury it, use it. That's the goal of Carbon Sciences and their plans to make CO2 an asset. We already know it's a problematic greenhouse gas, contributing to climate change. I recently blogged about the push by supporters...
- Blog posts 2009-02-03
- Hydrogen-powered+cars+with+zero-carbon-emission%3F
- Hydrogen-powered+cars+with+zero-carbon-emission%3Fanother load of balloneyCapturung CO2 and storing it is a myth.It would take more energy to convert the CO2 into some form of carbon liquid or solid than you would spend burning that fuel in the first place.If you are concern about CO2 the only solution lies with atomic energy...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- The plane facts
- The plane factsPlane PuzzlingWhy does a technology site like ZDNet have Luddites writing for them. It seems that 4th century thinking is a bit out of place for a site that is supposed to be about how technology improves our lives, not ruins it. Odd.WebCams and Video ConferencingI agree with...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-05
- Oil-eating microbes produce green energy
- It is estimated that oil sands -- or bituminous sands -- represent two thirds of the world's oil reserves. Still, it's expensive and difficult to extract oil from these sands. Even with today's crude oil prices, the industry is still looking for cheaper ways to produce energy from the so-called...
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- Photos: Fujitsu unveils king-size fuel cell
- Electronics giant inaugurates 200-kilowatt hydrogen fuel cell that will provide electricity as well as heat to buildings on its Sunnyvale campus.A proton exchange membrane PEM hydrogen fuel cell, king-size. Fujitsu inaugurated this fuel cell at its Sunnyvale, Calif., campus on Friday. The fuel cell sits in the parking lot...
- Image galleries 2007-08-17
- New tech offers hydrogen fuel on demand
- New tech offers hydrogen fuel on demandWhat's the mileage?Okay, you want us to pay $18/gallon to run this tech. Tell me, what kind of MPG do you get for that money? At 155 miles to a tank, it doesn't sound remotely likely that ANYONE would use this. ...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-27
- World's first biogas train fueled by cows
- World's first biogas train fueled by cowsBeyond ThunderdomeThis is probably the MOST likely fuel to replace oil in the future. Internal combustion engines run on methane very nicely! Not only that, but the molecules are large enough that scent can be added like natural gas to detect leaks. Hydrogen is...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-27
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- Thirsty ethanol? An insider's view.
- Thirsty ethanol? An insider's view.typical responseHow about the fuel needed to harvest the corn, fertilize, transport and impact on wild life.Corn for ethanol is a scam!Now, if this had been an oil exectalking about the abundance of oil, advancing technologies in drilling and refining oil, etc. You'd be all...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- Algae to the rescue
- Algae to the rescueNot a bad planI think it has a fair shot of not only working, but turning a profit.RE: Algae to the rescue"The algae can be harvested from biodiesel or animal food."The other way around?ScaleIt will be interesting to see the scale needed to be effectiveWOWWhat an amazing...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
- Obama rolls out help for green tech
- President Barack Obama put $1.2 billion where his mouth has been on green technology. At a Monday morning event at the White House Obama announced the availability of $1.2 billion in basic research dollars at Energy Department labs, News.com's Martin LaMonica reported. That money will fund research...
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Nuclear fusion as future power source
- Nuclear fusion as future power sourceok, so the radio waves allow them to control the plasma.. butdoes it allow the fusion reactor to actually produce more energy than it takes to run?Not quite accurateFusion reactors are not emissions free. They produce hard neutron radiation during operation. Some of this can...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-04
- Industrial Gases Desktop 2008 1.1 (Windows)
- Industrial Gases Desktop is a new software reference tool that provides industrial gas users, producers and resellers with highly valuable information, while saving time and money. Industrial Gases Desktop software resource conveniently delivers the key industrial gas facts, figures and calculation tools that industry professionals frequently need at their fingertips...
- Software downloads 2008-10-22
- Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming
- There's already money going into developing geoengineering plans to combat rising temps on this planet. Shell Oil has stepped forward as an early supporter. There are a myriad suggestions on how to use mega-engineering projects to combat global warming. Sulphurous gases sprayed into the upper atmosphere. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- From gas to solid, that's not just physics, that's green tech
- From gas to solid, that's not just physics, that's green techWhy do you think it's a scam?The western US is certainly a warmer, dryer place than it was when I was a child I know that from personal experience. You may be right that human activity has little or...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- Coal's in our future. So what IS wrong with Kansas?
- FutureGen's diagram of it's near-zero emission coal plant. You may think I really don't like coal. Bunch of petrified plants, after all. But the questions about coal are, after all, largely technological. It's unlike the debate over peak oil, and what supply...
- Blog posts 2007-11-11
- Today's word is "hydrogasification"
- So this is somewhat in the line of a news item. And since it involves using coal to produce an alternative fuel source, I am sure there are bound to be many naysayers angry at me for even reporting it. But, here goes anyway. ECOtality’s on-demand hydrogen...
- Blog posts 2007-10-18
- Plastic to help water and gas industries
- Researchers have lots of imagination. After developing plastic as solid as steel, other scientists from in Australia, Korea and in the U.S. have created a plastic which could cut CO2 emissions and purify water. Their new material mimics pores found in plants and is exceptionally efficient. As said one of...
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- 1967 discovery at IBM may be about to pay off
- 1967 discovery at IBM may be about to pay offOne little, one big[i]So if cars ran on hydrogen we'd need drainage systems improved but wouldn't have to worrry much about greenhouse gases from autos.[/i]Actually, water vapor is a much more effective greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. It just doesn't...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- Hydrogen fuel cells power Fujitsu data center
- Hydrogen fuel cells power Fujitsu data centerSlight of hand"Although carbon dioxide is expelled when producing hydrogen, the fuel cell will result in about 35 percent less greenhouse gas emissions overall..."Always funny when people believe that CO2 "flys" into the atmosphere. Even the kids show Beakmans World knows that CO2...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- Biofuel or bunk?
- Biofuel or bunk?Biofuels. Bunk?Hard to say whether they are bunk or not. There are at least as many energy/cost models of biofuel production/distribution as there are consultancies/universities with departments to study them. What is clear though is that there needs to be a dramatic increase in fuel efficiency in the...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
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