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dpurdy

Global Warming And Your Car | Car Talk - 0 views

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cost fossil fuels

shared by dpurdy on 23 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Burning one gallon of gas creates 20 pounds of carbon dioxide, and the average car emits about six tons of carbon dioxide every year
  • So... let's accept that global warming is caused by greenhouse gasses, chief among them carbon dioxide. Cars emit carbon dioxide as part of their emissions...
sconzomic99

ffs cost - 0 views

fossil fuels cost

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dpurdy

Discovery Kids :: Tell Me - How does a generator work? - 0 views

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fossil fuels convert fossil

shared by dpurdy on 19 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • . It does this by using a magnet that forces electrons to move along a wire at a steady rate while putting pressure on them.
dpurdy

Biofuel Guide - Introduction to Ethanol and Biodiesel - 0 views

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biofuel convert form cost

shared by dpurdy on 19 Mar 13 - Cached
  • First generation biofuel are those fuel derived from vegetable or animal fats/oils, starch or sugar with the use of modern technology.
    • dpurdy
      dpurdy on 19 Mar 13
       
      Gallons per acre In the perspective of land use and agricultural efficiency, ethanol seems to be a good choice. The reason is that about 420 gallons of ethanol can be generated per acre in contrast to 60 gallons of biodiesel per acre soybeans. Consequently, the cost of soybean oil would significantly increase if biodiesel production is increased as well.
  • 1. Let the base organic material (corn, sugarcane, wheat, etc) pass through a grinding meal to pulverize the selected material. 2. Then, liquefy it by placing the blend of water, grain powder and an enzyme that facilitates the breakdown of the grain compound into a high-heat cooker. 3. Cool it afterwards. Add another enzyme that will facilitate the conversion of starch into sugars which are then fermented, producing alcohol from the cooled mash. 4. Start the fermentation by adding yeast to the sugar mixture. The sugars will be broken down to ethanol (a form of alcohol) and carbon dioxide. 5. Distill the fermented mixture in order for the ethanol to separate from the solids. 6. Get rid of the water from the separated ethanol through a dehydration process.
  • dpurdy on 19 Mar 13
     
    "Cellulose ethanol production is newly discovered experimental processes which can breakdown cellulose in woody fibers. This would only mean that through this method, ethanol from crop wastes, trees and grasses can be derived. It is significantly better since trees and grasses require small amount of energy in comparison to grains that must be replanted annually. "
dpurdy

Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense - 0 views

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fuel cell form

shared by dpurdy on 24 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • dpurdy on 24 Mar 13
     
    How inefficient it is to make hydrogen from electricity
dpurdy

How much CO2 does one solar panel create? | MNN - Mother Nature Network - 2 views

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solar co2 fossil fuels

shared by dpurdy on 06 Apr 13 - Cached
  • solar panels are at least 20x better on the climate than coal, kWh for kWh.
  • Based on that study, solar PV works out to about 50g of CO2 per kWh compared to coal's 975g of CO2 per kWh, or about 20x "cleaner."
  • dpurdy on 06 Apr 13
     
    Comparison of CO2 from photovoltaics and coal. 
sokolkyl00

Solar Power Energy Information, Solar Power Energy Facts - National Geographic - 0 views

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solar co2

shared by sokolkyl00 on 29 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Every hour the sun beams onto Earth more than enough energy to satisfy global energy needs for an entire year. Solar energy is the technology used to harness the sun's energy and make it useable. Today, the technology produces less than one tenth of one percent of global energy demand.
  • In one technique, long troughs of U-shaped mirrors focus sunlight on a pipe of oil that runs through the middle. The hot oil then boils water for electricity generation. Another technique uses moveable mirrors to focus the sun's rays on a collector tower, where a receiver sits. Molten salt flowing through the receiver is heated to run a generator.
  • Despite the drawbacks, solar energy use has surged at about 20 percent a year over the past 15 years, thanks to rapidly falling prices and gains in efficiency. Japan, Germany, and the United States are major markets for solar cells. With tax incentives, solar electricity can often pay for itself in five to ten years.
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  • Solar energy is lauded as an inexhaustible fuel source that is pollution and often noise free. The technology is also versatile.
  • valentivin99 on 29 Oct 12
     
    " Today, the technology produces less than one tenth of one percent of global energy demand."
  • kennedyeri98 on 11 Mar 13
     
    Intriguing facts about the suns energy on how they use it on oil and the drawback 
  • bondycal00 on 26 Sep 13
     
    Every hour the sun beams onto Earth more than enough energy to satisfy global energy needs for an entire year. Solar energy is the technology used to harness the sun's energy and make it useable. Today, the technology produces less than one tenth of one percent of global energy demand.
dpurdy

MIT's artificial leaf is ten times more efficient than the real thing (Wired UK) - 0 views

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solar hydrogen how sustainable

shared by dpurdy on 24 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • The device is an advanced solar cell, no bigger than a typical playing card, which is left floating in a pool of water. Then, much like a natural leaf, it uses sunlight to split the water into its two core components, oxygen and hydrogen, which are stored in a fuel cell to be used when producing electricity.
  • dpurdy on 24 Oct 12
     
    This is an amazing breakthrough in developing hydrogen.
mosherrya99

Fuel Cell Vehicles - 0 views

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hydrogen pollution

shared by mosherrya99 on 22 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • FCVs run on hydrogen gas rather than gasoline and emit no harmful tailpipe emissions.
carrowluk99

fuel cells - 3 views

fuell cells

started by carrowluk99 on 22 Oct 12 no follow-up yet
filionmar99

Group items tagged pollution - qmstech2 | Diigo Groups - 0 views

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location mrpurdy

shared by filionmar99 on 22 Oct 12 - No Cached
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      filionmar99 on 22 Oct 12
       
      read this
  • The major challenge to using wind as a source of power is that it is intermittent and does not always blow when electricity is needed. Wind cannot be stored (although wind-generated electricity can be stored, if batteries are used), and not all winds can be harnessed to meet the timing of electricity demands. Further, good wind sites are often located in remote locations far from areas of electric power demand (such as cities).
  • Although wind power plants have relatively little impact on the environment compared to fossil fuel power plants, there is some concern over the noise produced by the rotor blades, aesthetic (visual) impacts, and birds and bats having been killed (avian/bat mortality) by flying into the rotors. Most of these problems have been resolved or greatly reduced through technological development or by properly siting wind plants.
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  • A Renewable Non-Polluting Resource Wind energy is a free, renewable resource, so no matter how much is used today, there will still be the same supply in the future. Wind energy is also a source of clean, non-polluting, electricity. Unlike conventional power plants, wind plants emit no air pollutants or greenhouse gases. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, in 1990, California's wind power plants offset the emission of more than 2.5 billion pounds of carbon dioxide, and 15 million pounds of other pollutants that would have otherwise been produced. It would take a forest of 90 million to 175 million trees to provide the same air quality.
handste99

Biofuels | BP - 0 views

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future change

shared by handste99 on 22 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Biofuels
  • We are working to produce biofuels that are low cost, low carbon, sustainable and able to fulfil the world’s transportation fuel needs on a large scale without compromising food production
brownale99

Green Rock Energy - Geothermal Energy - Sustainability - 0 views

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geothermal sustainable

shared by brownale99 on 22 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • The Benefits "Geothermal energy has the potential to generate and deliver sustainable supplies of clean, renewable base load power. Depending on the nature of the resource and the reservoir, individual production wells have the potential to generate consistent supplies of base load power for decades."
  • Geothermal energy has the potential to generate and deliver sustainable supplies of clean, renewable base load power.
  • individual production wells have the potential to generate consistent supplies of base load power for decades.
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  • Base load electricity generated from geothermal energy is clean, renewable and has minimal impact on the environment.
  • Unlike burning fossil fuels, the process emits no greenhouse gases, pollution or hazardous wastes.
  • messinaaar98 on 22 Oct 12
     
    "The Benefits "Geothermal energy has the potential to generate and deliver sustainable supplies of clean, renewable base load power. Depending on the nature of the resource and the reservoir, individual production wells have the potential to generate consistent supplies of base load power for decades.""
  • gazdiknic99 on 11 Mar 13
     
    main idea, supporting facts, and conclusion
  • brownale99 on 11 Mar 13
     
    ""Geothermal energy has the potential to generate and deliver sustainable supplies of clean, renewable base load power. Depending on the nature of the resource and the reservoir, individual production wells have the potential to generate consistent supplies of base load power for decades.""
carrowluk99

World_energy_consumption_by_type_2006.png (763×277) - 0 views

about 6.27% of energy is generated by hydrogen fuel cells

potential

started by carrowluk99 on 22 Oct 12 no follow-up yet
ackleysam99

Pros & Cons of Solar Energy - 0 views

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pollution

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  • Solar panels give off no pollution, the only pollution produced as a result of solar panels is the manufacturing of these devices in factories, transportation of the goods, and installation.
  • he production of energy from the use of fossil and some renewable fuels (e.g. wind turbines) can be noisy, yet solar energy produces electricity very
  • quietly
ackleysam99

Solar energy 'cheaper than fossil fuels in 5 years' - 0 views

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cost

shared by ackleysam99 on 22 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Speaking to Silicon.com, the author of The Age of Intelligent Machines, said that nanotechnology could help solve the world's energy crisis and make solar technology cheaper.
janosjus99

Biofuels: Journey to Forever - how to make your own clean-burning biofuel - 0 views

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biofuel

shared by janosjus99 on 22 Oct 12 - Cached
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      janosjus99 on 22 Oct 12
       
      history on bio fuels
  • but if everyone had cars like ours, there'd be no need for roads."
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