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Lifecycle Study Finds Algae as Bioenergy Feedstock Has Higher Environmental Impacts than Conventional Crops in Energy Use, GHG Emissions, and Water Use; The Importance of Using Waste Streams

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Terrestrial bioenergy feedstock crops such as switchgrass, canola and corn have lower environmental lifecycle impacts than algae in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and water regardless of cultivation location, according to a new lifecycle assessment by researchers at the University of Virginia. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es902838n.

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Forecasting the Ice Loss of Greenland’s Glaciers With Viscoelastic Modeling

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This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL. 1) Greenland’s sparsely populated landscape may seem unspoiled, but climate change is actually tearing away at its icy mantle. 1) The article notes that the entire Northeast Greenland Ice Stream contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by 1.1 Humbert, et al.

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GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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This research article focuses on a highly favored route to the synthesis of controlled nanostructures at high rate, high yield, and low cost by molten carbonate electrolysis. The production of synthetic fuels from carbon dioxide (and/or water) has been widely studied and can be efficient. —Licht (2017). 2017.02.005.

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Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities Highlights Importance of Geophysical and Technical Factors

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The metabolism of a city can be interpreted either primarily in terms of energy flows or more broadly including a city’s flows of water, materials, and nutrients. They calculated emissions for ten cities (or metropolitan regions), which vary in population from 432,000 to 9,519,000; comparisons are in per capita terms. Charles Kolb.

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Converting Oil Shale to Gasoline via Alberta Taciuk Processor Results in Full Fuel Cycle GHG Emissions 1.5-1.75 Larger Than From Conventionally Produced Gasoline

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The ATP retort has lower water requirements than previous surface retort designs, and can also utilize fine particles, thus reducing shale waste. For comparison, upstream consumption for reformulated gasoline produced from conventional oil is ~0.2-0.25 Energy Fuels , Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ef900678d. Credit: ACS. MJ upstream.

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The #1 working mum’s guide to buying the perfect electric car

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Who wants to hear yet another article on ‘daddy owns a flash car’?… Let’s change things up a little. There could not be a better candidate for such an article! Though, I think it’s important we differentiate ‘Tesla as a brand’ and ‘EV’s on the whole’ because Tesla’s in comparison, are very expensive! Mum, Get a Tesla!”.

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What are Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles? Will They Replace BEVs?

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Like BEVs, FCEVs’ exhaust produces no smog-forming or climate-changing emissions; the sole result is water. In comparison, an FCEV with a battery pack of less than 2 kWh can drive up to 650 kilometers. In comparison, there are 24,000 BEV charging stations, with 15% of those being rapid charging stations.