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Geotimes February 2006 |
Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York...  |
Wired October 2006 |
My Big Biofuels Bet It may surprise you to learn that the most promising solution to our nation's energy crisis begins in the bowels of a waste trough, under the slotted concrete floor of a giant pen that holds 28,000 beef cattle.  |
Chemistry World April 2009 |
The biofuel future The chemistry to convert waste into fuels is now being tested at pilot plants around the world. We may have the science, but are governments and industry ready, asks Emma Davies  |
Chemistry World June 28, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
To Chew or to Burn? A positive buzz of research and bold investment is surrounding second generation biofuels.  |
Food Engineering November 1, 2006 |
Engineering R and D: Engineers mine brown energy Steven J. Brunner, vice president of engineering, discusses Microgy Inc.'s anaerobic digesters, which are designed to harness the energy potential in agricultural and food processing waste.  |
Chemistry World January 2009 Richard Van Noorden |
Editorial: Sustainable connection The interface between chemistry and engineering is more important than ever.  |
IEEE Spectrum July 2008 |
Venture Capital Eyes Biomass Gasification to Make Ethanol Samir Kaul, the Khosla Ventures general partner responsible for the firm's renewable portfolio, talks about the emerging technology of gasifying biomass into ethanol.  |
Food Engineering April 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Anaerobic gas and cash Soaring energy prices and the greening of corporate America couldn't have come at a better time for mobilized film technology for wastewater.  |
Chemistry World January 3, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Recycling Carbon Dioxide Into Petrol A new reactor could make chemically recycling carbon dioxide back into petrol a worthwhile endeavour.  |
Chemistry World March 6, 2014 Jose Lopez-Sanchez |
The future of feedstocks Can we replace fossil fuel-derived feedstocks with sustainable bio-based alternatives?  |
Chemistry World October 2007 Bernard Bulkin |
Can Chemistry Save the Planet? If we are to scale back our greenhouse gas emissions without society juddering to a halt, 21st century transport will need 21st century fuels. And of all the sciences, it is chemistry that is best placed to deliver them.  |
Food Processing March 2011 Dave Fusaro |
Clean Your Wastewater Before the City Does Pretreatment technologies can pay for themselves in surcharge savings.  |
Chemistry World March 28, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Cracking Water with Sunlight A power plant that makes hydrogen by splitting water with concentrated sunlight launches in Spain this month. It's a glimpse into a possible carbon-free future that uses solar-driven chemical reactions to produce the gas.  |
Chemistry World September 10, 2015 Jennifer Newton |
Waste not, want not? Karen Wilson is striving to promote biofuels and get the message across that there's a lot of waste streams from agriculture and food processing that could be a viable feedstock for fuels and chemicals.  |
Wired April 2003 Schwartz & Randall |
How Hydrogen Can Save America The cost of oil dependence has never been so clear. Consumers are ready for an alternative. From Detroit to Dallas, even the oil establishment is primed for change. We put a man on the moon in a decade; we can achieve energy independence just as fast. Here's how.  |
Geotimes December 2005 William L. Fisher |
Energy Outlook 2005 Analysts say political events and natural disasters might well interrupt world oil supplies, but lack of resources and production capability should not. Beyond oil, other energy sources will be creating their own economies in the near future.  |
Wired December 2005 Spencer Reiss |
Why $5 Gas Is Good for America The skyrocketing cost of oil is sending pump prices soaring. But it's also subsidizing research into new technologies that can change the energy game.  |
Wired September 2004 Spencer Reiss |
Let a Thousand Reactors Bloom Explosive growth has made the People's Republic of China the most power-hungry nation on earth. Get ready for the mass-produced, meltdown-proof future of nuclear energy.  |
Popular Mechanics October 2006 Alex Hutchinson |
The Next Atomic Age America's nuclear power plants will soon have to be replaced -- but with what?  |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2005 Robert Aronen |
Another Peek at Peak Oil It's all downhill from here. What does the future hold? Even if we are not sitting atop the peak, the supply-and-demand balance is so tight that energy companies should lead the market for many more years.  |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2006 Glen Kenney |
ExxonMobil's $400 Million Insult: Part 2 Oil companies are presently making a lot of money. They make it by pennies per gallon from refining, and only a little more from production. Oil prices are set by global supply and demand, and they will continue to rise as long as demand keeps increasing.  |
IEEE Spectrum August 2010 Adee & Guizzo |
Nuclear Reactor Renaissance Nuclear reactor design is poised for a desperately needed revival. Here are seven contenders  |
Geotimes December 2004 Naomi Lubick |
Global Oil Hot Spots As consumers continue to face higher gas prices at the pump, petroleum geologists continue to search the world for oil and natural gas.  |