She talks about an e-methanol plant in N. Sweden. 12.5 min. video on Ted.com. “https://embed.ted.com/talks/lang/en/olivia_breese_the_molecular_love_story_that_could_help_power_the_world”
Archive for the ‘biofuel’ Category:
2022-04-23 China To Add 90GW Solar
90 GW is a huge amount of solar – that’s like adding 30 full sized power plants! But China’s voracious appetite for an ever increasing amount of electricity is causing them to build more fossil fuel power plants. What the world needs is to end the horrible addiction to cheap throwaway goods from China and
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2022-04-23 $1M Prize For Pyrolysis System To Remove CO2
The pyrolysis system sequesters CO2 in biochar, which is used to enrich the soil. The $1M prize is going to them for building a plant that will soon be online. https://www.kcrg.com/2022/04/23/iowa-state-research-team-wins-1000000-new-process-that-removes-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere/
2022-03-24 Europe Wasting 10 kT Wheat On Ethanol
There is a food crisis in Europe – a huge amount of wheat is being diverted. Europe uses 10,000 tonnes of wheat to produce ethanol for fuel. The article claims that this is equivalent to 15 million loaves of bread at 750 grams per loaf. But that’s not correct! .75 kg per loaf should give
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2021-07-23 No More Big Oil To Blame For Suppressing Your Invention
David Cowlishaw It has been more than ten years since that article was written / published, but there still hasn’t been a “water powered car.” So what has been your excuse? You used the excuse that the “oil barons” took this invention and made it disappear. I know this for a fact. In the next
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2021-05-08 Methane, Fossil Fuels In Livestock And Dairy Farming
From FB reply I’ve read there is research about feeding seaweed to livestock to reduce methane. The livestock industry has had manure digesters that produce enough power to run the dairy farms, and this is a mature technology. They could also run the farm equipment using compressed methane AKA natural gas. In any case the
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2021-02-27 Heat Pumps Save Money
From Gates p.154 << How much money can a heat pump save you? Here are a few examples of the savings on new construction in cities around the US. [Chart of four US cities, with an average saving of 22%] You won’t save as much if you’re retro fitting and existing home, but switching to
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