News tagged with fuel source
A silo fire doesn't have to ruin all stored silage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes, when harvest conditions are less than ideal, silage with lower-than-optimum moisture levels is put into a silo, potentially leading to excessive heating and a spontaneous-combustion ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Shifting the world to 100 percent clean, renewable energy as early as 2030 -- here are the numbers
Most of the technology needed to shift the world from fossil fuel to clean, renewable energy already exists. Implementing that technology requires overcoming obstacles in planning and politics, but doing so ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 19, 2009 |
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US army to be powered by waste
(PhysOrg.com) -- Defense company Qinetiq has been awarded a contract to supply the US army with a system that generates electricity from garbage.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 12, 2009 |
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What's Smelly But Can Fuel a Car?
Driving home from a seminar on fuel cell technology, Gerardine Botte was struck with a notion. Her idea was based on water electrolysis, a process used to produce hydrogen energy from water. Botte, an associate ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 02, 2009 |
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New study will contribute to better understanding of nuclear ignition
As the nation's nuclear weapons are aging (think the beginning of the Cold War), the U.S. government is turning to researchers and scientists at universities such as UC San Diego to figure out safe and reliable ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Washington forests may be solution to state's green-energy quest
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wood is a popular fuel for heating homes in the Northwest but few people might see it as an important source of liquid fuels for motor vehicles. However, a new University of Washington report ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Bioethanol's impact on water supply 3 times higher than once thought
At a time when water supplies are scarce in many areas of the United States, scientists in Minnesota are reporting that production of bioethanol — often regarded as the clean-burning energy source of the future ...
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Britain launches renewables drive to cut emissions
Britain announced plans Wednesday to slash emissions with a huge increase in the use of renewable energy to generate one third of the country's electricity needs by 2020.
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Camelina jet fuel could cut carbon emissions by 84 percent
The seeds of a lowly weed could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84 percent.
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Old carpet to fuel Shaw plant
That old, weathered carpet torn out from your living room could now be used to make new carpet.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Biomass as a source of raw materials
For the protection of the environment, and because of the limited amount of fossil fuels available, renewable resources, such as specially cultivated plants, wood scraps, and other plant waste, are becoming the focus of considerable ...
May 12, 2009 |
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Surveillance vehicles take flight using alternative energy (w/Video)
Nearly undetectable from the ground, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used by the military to scan terrain for possible threats and intelligence. Now, fuel cell powered UAVs are taking flight as ...
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Surveillance vehicles take flight using alternative energy
Nearly undetectable from the ground, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used by the military to scan terrain for possible threats and intelligence. Now, fuel cell powered UAVs are taking flight as ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Americans support action on global warming despite economic crisis
Even in the midst of a growing economic crisis last fall, over 90 percent of Americans said that the United States should act to reduce global warming, according to a national survey released today by researchers at Yale ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 18, 2009 |
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ONR and GM partner to test advanced fuel cell vehicles of the future (w/Video)
As the global automobile industry considers alternative energy sources to replace the traditional internal combustion engine, Jessie Pacheco, a mail clerk at Camp Pendleton, has been making his rounds to Marines ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 18, 2009 |
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