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Al Gore, climate change profits and civil disobedience
in Sox First, on November 9, 2009
...time with its investments in smart electricity grids. That's on top of his companies focused on bio-fuels, sustainable fish farming, electric vehicles and solar power. And then there is London-based ...
Fewer Americans believe in climate change
in Sox First, on October 23, 2009
...first and foremost directed at reduced emissions from coal – the most carbon-intensive of all fuels – America's coal states are especially fearful about the economic implications of any controls (thou...
Chamber of Commerce versus Apple
in Sox First, on October 8, 2009
... of the more than 100 board members come from companies tied to the production or burning of fossil fuels. At least 49 of 118 board members represent oil and gas companies, chemical companies, utiliti...
Chamber of commerce: denying and splitting
in Sox First, on October 3, 2009
...g its heels on climate change, coming out against the Waxman-Markey bill and claiming that fossil fuels "are and will remain for decades to come the backbone of the US energy system". Now...
Lockerbie bomber freed for trade deals
in Sox First, on August 23, 2009
...ore trade between Britain and Libya, and not just in oil. Sky News reports: "Aside from fossil fuels, the UK's Trade and Investment body says opportunities occur in a wide range of industries...
Planes, trains & automobiles & climate change
in Sox First, on June 8, 2009
...en emissions from the oil, gas or coal used to power the public transport. If they use dirty fossil fuels, it's not that effective to stop global warming. The scientists also maintain that a lot ...
What next for GM?
in Sox First, on June 4, 2009
...ybe, but this bankruptcy and the company's battle to come through might take it in a completely different direction. Still, it's hard to ignore film-maker Michael Moore's vision of what ... ... seemed to be 'getting it', shifting its focus toward vehicle electrification and renewable fuels for the vehicles on its drawing boards," Makower writes. "Its R&D leaders were p...
Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 3: Rolls-Royce Touring Limousine
in Classical Drives, on May 22, 2009
...at can be tossed around by the seat of one's pants while conserving Mother Earth's precious fuels, I'd cheerfully surrender such principles to own and drive a vintage Rolls.
Presented wit...
How to introduce a carbon tax
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...arners. But he warns that a carbon tax might only be one of many taxes. The search for alternative fuels could create other problems. For example, the push for biofuels competes with people's nee...
Military joins climate change battle
in Sox First, on May 19, 2009
...mbat effectiveness and exacts a huge price tag-in dollars
and lives. "US dependence on fossil fuels undermines economic stability, which is critical to national
security. A fragile domestic elec...
Insulin May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease
in Daily Diabetic, on February 3, 2009
...s in the brain.
The discovery that insulin may slow or prevent Alzheimer's-related memory loss fuels existing theories that the disease may be caused by a third type of diabetes.
The findings, ...
Ben Gurion University and Primafuel Collaborate to Produce Fuel from Microalgae
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 22, 2009
...rsity of the Negev (BGU) and Primafuel, Inc. , a California-based company that develops renewable fuels, have entered a multi-year, multi-million dollar technology-licensing and development agreeme...
Biofuels May be Obsolete Before We Can Make Enough to Matter - Part III
in IfEnergy, on January 2, 2009
...ext four years. But it seems obvious to me that the long term goal is not to find better, cleaner fuels for the internal combustion engine in my SUV to run on.
The long term goal is to get rid...
Biofuels May be Obsolete Before We Can Make Enough to Matter - Part II
in IfEnergy, on December 29, 2008
...ake nearly a century for ethanol, which does produce fewer greenhouse gases when burned than fossil fuels, to make up for the carbon released in the initial process of converting virgin landscape into...
Hot, Flat and Crowded - Thomas Friedman
in Sox First, on November 3, 2008
...ur car or rolling energy storage unit (RESU) is now a plug in hybrid electric vehicle, where fossil fuels are replaced with renewable sources of energy. "Green becomes the smartest, most efficie...
Robin Rotenier Fine Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on September 26, 2008
... an innovative Paris-born jewelry designer whose passion for fine craftsmanship and original design fuels his men's cuff link and jewelry collections. A third-generation designer, Rotenier founded...
天涯社区与宝宝树达成战略合作
in Wangtam, on 2008-09-26
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Oil prices and the credit crisis
in Sox First, on September 18, 2008
...ise indefinitely. Only if we are willing to live with higher prices in order to develop alternative fuels can we hope to see an eventual reversal in the long-term uptrend in oil prices. In contrast to...
"How green is my valley?" - very if you're in Austria
in Wandalust, on September 2, 2008
...m renewable sources and 60% of waste recycled.
© 29cm
The Rogner Bad Blumau uses no fossil fuels for heating even in Winter as the hot thermal springs provide all the warm required. The restau...
Climate Change and Allergies
in Allergies, on August 23, 2008
...alderas
A recent Newsweek article discusses the effects of global warming on the prevalence of different types of allergies. Ragweed allergies, which account for the majority of seasonal allergie... ... indicate that rising temperatures and increased atmospheric carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels appear to encourage the growth of ragweed. These very same factors also appear to affect the i...
Bioenergy: Alternative Energy from Microorganisms
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 3, 2008
...ned are possible areas for new research that may contribute to future breakthroughs via alternative fuels. Chapters are written by experts currently engaged in the research, who not only present the c...
HedgeCo Expansion
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 19, 2008
...Founder of HedgeCo Networks. "The vote of confidence that they've instilled in us further fuels our existing drive to be the leading name in the hedge fund service industry."
Inter-Atl...
Engineered Cyanobacteria: New Source for Biofuels
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 24, 2008
...eered a cyanobacteria to produce sugars which may be used as raw material for ethanol and designer fuels production.
Nobles made the new cyanobacteria (also known as blue-green algae ) by givi...
Book Review: The Biography of a Dollar by Craig Karmin
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on March 18, 2008
...it deserves to be. I mean, it's a book about the world's monetary system and how our dollar fuels it, and the threats to the dollar's dominance. Does that sound exciting? Not to me, either...
BootStrapMe interviews Bijoy Goswami (Part 3)
in BootStrapMe, on March 7, 2008
...trepreneur must carefully consider which entrepreneurial path they want to take - they are all very different, with their own unique trade-offs. The Bootcamp helps the entrepreneur to proactively pick... ...the bootstrapping process. Indeed, for bootstrappers, the constraint of capital is what creates and fuels innovation (see: http://www.abdmag.com/constraint_creates_innovation.htm). Bootstrapping is no...
USA: Enterprise fördert E85
in Das Mietwagen-Blog, on 05.03.08
... das Statement des Autovermieters aus. Im Autochannel heißt es:
"Embracing new, clean fuels and automotive technologies is a priority for Enterprise Rent-A-Car and an important part of our b...
Art and Wine
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on March 3, 2008
... filling their cellars and covering their dining-room walls for centuries.
More at; Credit crunch fuels investor thirst for art and wine
...
BP's double standard
in Sox First, on February 8, 2008
...k's court proceedings. "It is fine to credit BP for plowing money into solar cells and bio fuels," Woolmer writes. "It is good that it said early on that manmade carbon emissions mi...
The Greatest Motor Race in the World Lives Again in 2008
in Classical Drives, on January 3, 2008
... repeated by two groups of cars, one consisting of classics, the other of cars powered by renewable fuels, in the 2008 Great Race. Be sure to read more about this remarkable event after the break:
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Resisting Temptation is All in the Sugar
in Daily Diabetic, on December 5, 2007
...ting strength of self-control.
Participants in this task are shown color words that are printed in different-colored ink (like the word red printed in blue font), and are told to name the color of th... ...
Sugar, in the form of glucose literally fuels self-control - thereby if we lose the sugar, say during exercise (when sugar is depleted), we tend to lose Self Control and behave badly or no...
BMW's Alternative Fuel Vehicle Gains Celeb Support!
in Cool Picking, on December 4, 2007
...which serves to fulfill current and future demand for individual mobility without the use of fossil fuels. Given the price of gasoline in the US and in Europe, this sounds like a pretty nifty car.
J...
Virgin Founder With Eyes on the Sky: Social Spotlight
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 22, 2007
... invest, the private sector should take up the slack. "The group has vowed to prove that clean fuels with zero gashouse emissions can work with airplanes, but the trick he said will be to find a ...
Overeating Sugar Could Cause Wrinkles
in Well Woman Blog, on October 21, 2007
...ugar completely. Even whole grains, fruits, and vegetables turn to glucose - the type of sugar that fuels glycation -when digested. But limiting added sugar can help.
2. Supplement your diet with at...
GM's Pushing Ethanol To Pittsburgh Customers
in carzz.org, on October 8, 2007
It'd be even sunnier in Pittsburgh if GM's customers drove on E85.
By Gunnar Heinrich
No, the General hasn't taken up bartending on weekends to make ends meet.
GM is busy promoting the fact that according to its numbers, if every one of its customers who live in greater...
Low Air Quality Aboard Planes
in Hidden Travel Gems, on October 6, 2007
...ubstances in the vicinity can add to this mixture, such as ozone, and vapours from hydraulic fuels and engine oils. Combined with a low humidity, these can significantly reduce the overall air ...
UNH to Use Landfill Gas as Energy Source
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 18, 2007
... a second generator at UNH, is $45 million.
Aside from reducing dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels, EcoLine will also help reducing the university's greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated...
In Implementing Alternative Fuels > Brazil Is Already 'Round The Bend
in carzz.org, on August 23, 2007
sugar cane , not corn, provides all of Brazil's ethanol supply.
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By Gunnar Heinrich
In 1985, most cars in Brazil were powered exclusively by ethanol. In effect, it took the populous South American country 10 years to transition from oil to ethanol...
Quantum Dots Lead to Better Solar Cells
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 22, 2007
...nvironmentally friendly energy source, it has a ways to go before being able to compete with fossil fuels - but efforts like this could make the difference....
Unhealthy Lifestyle Fuels Increasing Cancer Rates
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 9, 2007
You probably know that already, but it doesn't hurt to add more salt to the wound so to speak, as long as the message hits home loud and clear.
These are new statistics released by Cancer Research UK which revealed tremendous rise in cancers linked to excessive sun exposure, alcohol, smoki...
The Future Steps Forward at Classic Cars Concours
in Classical Drives, on July 30, 2007
Here, at last, is a concours with a difference. The 13th annual Glenmoor Gathering will feature "Cadillac: Standard of the World" and "Alternative Fuel Vehicles: a 100 Year Retrospective" from September 14-16 at the Glenmoor Country Club near Canton, Ohio . What caught...
Converting Solar Energy to Fuel
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 4, 2007
...k on increasing the nation's energy supply through direct conversion of sunlight into chemical fuels .
According to project leader Gary Brudvig Professor and Chair of the Yale Department of Chem...
They'll Build Your Fantasy Car
in Classical Drives, on June 8, 2007
... ultimate gift. For the rest of us, more concerned with climate change and the search for renewable fuels, it is one more example of (no, I won't suggest greed) indulgence gone astray. If all thes...
Interesting Concept: Solartopia
in IfEnergy, on May 30, 2007
...een-powered 21st Century civilization that is based on total renunciation of all fossil and nuclear fuels, all-out conversion to renewable energy, (primarily wind , solar and bio-fuels), complet...
China Bringing Big Profits to Commodities Markets
in China Venture News, on May 27, 2007
...he world's commodity markets. The country's enormous appetite for base metals, minerals and fuels has pushed their prices to new highs... " The piece said that China was " swallowing...
Energy harvesting phone recharger that works
in Tech Without Wires, on May 22, 2007
...igh Tide Associates make the case that these units enable: * Power on demand, anytime/anywhere. No fuels, maintenance, or disposal needed.
* High efficiency harvesting, minimum effort/maximum usage ...
Who Will Say Its Really Green?
in IfEnergy, on April 30, 2007
...pense of environmental damage and it should lead to less emissions of greenhouses gases than fossil fuels. The production of biomass must not endanger food needs and should contribute to the prosperit...
Renewables In Renewables Out
in IfEnergy, on April 30, 2007
... efficiency of 10:1 (energy produced is ten times the input energy) and will become the first US biofuels activity in the US that will not be dependent on fossil fuels.
Not convinced? Read more here...
No Damaged Forests, Says the UN
in IfEnergy, on April 28, 2007
... The UN thinks its ok to support the European Union's bid to blend biofuels into transport fuels despite alarming news of environemntal damages, particularly in South- East Asia and Brazil...
Rating Biofuels
in IfEnergy, on April 28, 2007
...nks to a study conducted by UC Berkley, a rating System that looks at the links between biofuels, food, fuel, and land and provides a method of judging the total environmental and global warm...
Fuel for the Future
in Philoneist, on April 25, 2007
...ne shot we would have solved the problem of garbage disposal as well as that of finding alternative fuels!...
Rapeseed-Derived Biodiesel Emits More Potent Greenhouse Gases
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 23, 2007
... As a follow-up to a previous entry indicating that biofuels actually pose more health hazards than the conventional gasoline , here comes another report suggesting that biodiesel could potentiall...
Ethanol-Based Fuels Pose More Health Risks than Gasoline
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 19, 2007
...ition of the journal Environmental Science & Technology
suggests that despite the fact that biofuels are regarded to be more environmentally friendly, ethanol-based fuels may actually pose more h...
ConocoPhillips Grants $22.5 Million for Biofuels Research Program at Iowa State University
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 11, 2007
...earch program at the Iowa state University to develop technologies that produce biorenewable fuels. The grant consists of an initial $1.5 million in 2007, followed by additional yearly grants o...
The Uranium Rush
in IfEnergy, on March 30, 2007
... says its not based on the revival of nuclear energy as an alternative to traditional fossil fuels, rather the interest in Uranium is because of very high prices for it today.
The reasons for ...
Thirty Years Ago in Global Warming...
in Philoneist, on March 21, 2007
... of CO2 control in the atmosphere is tackled by proposing a kind of 'fuel cycle' for fossil fuels where CO2 is partially or totally collected at certain transformation points and properly disp...
New Biofuels Process from Purdue University
in IfEnergy, on March 20, 2007
...gineers from the Purdue University have discovered a new technology that will produce liquid fuels from biomass. This new technology involves adding hydrogen from a carbon-free energy resource ...
Algae Power
in IfEnergy, on February 26, 2007
...learn more about this amazing resource.
And thanks to bloggers and like-minded people, algae-based fuels look like they are set to bloom very soon. According to this article by Kevin Bullis , the po...
Hedge Funds Work With Supervision Entertainment to Produce Clean Energy
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 12, 2007
...reliance on the utility company's provision of electricity and also removing reliance on fossil fuels for heat.
The unveiling is being organized in Southern California by approximately 1000 inter...
The greening of Exxon Mobil?
in Sox First, on January 30, 2007
...more than 50 per cent until 2030, that 80 percent of world energy consumption will come from fossil fuels, such as oil, gas and coal and that Exxon Mobil was ready to provide it. You can read the repo...
The 2007 State of the Union Address
in IfEnergy, on January 25, 2007
...oup second only to al Qaeda in the American lives it has taken.
The Shia and Sunni extremists are different faces of the same totalitarian threat. Whatever slogans they chant, when they slaughter th... ... now import from the Middle East.
To reach this goal, we must increase the supply of alternative fuels, by setting a mandatory fuels standard to require 35 billion gallons of renewable and alternat...
Ecological decline "a greater threat than international terrorism": the challenge for business
in Sox First, on January 25, 2007
... the only things the bosses are worried about are "overregulation" and finding talent. A different picture from the UPS European Business Monitor, as reported here , which finds that Briti... ...atory caps on emissions which would dramatically decrease America's consumption of carbon-based fuels and set an example for the rest of the world, Dubya instead suggested increasing the use of al...
P.O.T.U.S. Tells U.S. To Conserve & More
in carzz.org, on January 24, 2007
...for the Congress to step up its support for domestically produced e85 ethanol and other alternative fuels such as biodiesel and methanol.
On matters pertaining specifically to the automobile industr...
The "smoking gun" of climate change - it's gonna to get worse
in Sox First, on January 23, 2007
...on carbon emissions, according to news reports . Yep, Dubya is expected to talk about alternative fuels like ethanol and revamping fuel-efficiency standards for passenger cars, says The Wall Street...
The Economics of Coal to Liquid Fuel
in IfEnergy, on January 15, 2007
...peratures and pressures; hydrogen and carbon monoxide are produced and then reassembled into liquid fuels.) It has long been too expensive to compete with standard crude oil. On the plus side, sulphur...
Driving Around Biofuels Town
in IfEnergy, on January 12, 2007
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Last night I got several text messages saying that the Philippine Biofuels Act of 2006 has been signed into law. That is a significant development since this piece of legislation enables...
Much A Do About Bob
in carzz.org, on December 28, 2006
GM's "Car Czar" Bob Lutz is at it again - stirring the blogosphere into a frothing frenzy over a mere quip or two in his own FastLane Blog this Friday last. From Jalopnik to The Truth About Cars , the reactions (and condemnations) were swift.
The principal ruckus revolve...
Pennsylvania To Become the Leading Biofuel State by 2007
in IfEnergy, on December 18, 2006
...ue of becoming a front-runner in the US renewable energy market. But the Pennsylvanians have gone a different green track, and instead of wind or solar initiatives, they have gone to Biofuels producti... ...s have gone a different green track, and instead of wind or solar initiatives, they have gone to Biofuels production. Edward Rendell , Pennsylvania's Governor has just announced that an additiona...
Online Map Service Receives Venture Funds
in China Venture News, on December 12, 2006
...as received about $10 million in financing from both IDGVC and W.I. Harper.
This financial news fuels speculation that Mapbar will certainly plan a US listing in less than two years according to...
Quantum Dots Solar Cells
in IfEnergy, on November 30, 2006
...rying to make solar cells that are more efficient," But it's so much cheaper to use fossil fuels, despite all the obvious advantages of solar cell technology."
The solar cells that she...
New Flasy Biofuel Technology
in IfEnergy, on November 30, 2006
... or what is commonly known as Syngas. Syngas is a chemical that is used for making chemicals and fuels, gasoline included.
According to team leader Lanny Schmidt, the process is cheap and will us...
