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Osaka Gas launches pilot project in Thailand to supply vehicle natural gas fuel from biogas

Green Car Congress

Osaka Gas has been engaged in developing biogas refining technology since 2012 in a quest to utilize unused biogas, promote energy preservation, and help protect the environment. These include palm residue, the remnants of sugarcane crushed to extract juice, and food factory wastewater.

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Ford, Jose Cuervo team up to make car parts with bioplastic reinforced with blue agave fibers

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Success in developing a sustainable composite could reduce vehicle weight and lower energy consumption, while paring the use of petrochemicals and the impact of vehicle production on the environment. Once harvested, the heart of the plant is roasted, before grinding and extracting its juices for distillation. 13 mm wide.

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Study Suggests That Use of Land-Efficient Animal Feed Technologies and Double Cropping Could Reconcile Large-Scale Biofuel Production With Food Production

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CO 2 listed is biogenic carbon released during fermentation. The resulting protein-rich juice is then coagulated and dried. Annual mass flows from the current allocation of 114 million ha (left) versus a land efficient allocation (right) showing all major crops and outputs for the maximum ethanol production scenario. Click to enlarge.

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What Does Henry Waxman Know About Climate That Made Him Quit?

Creative Greenius

If he thought he had passed the carbon tax or climate bill torch to someone else he was confident would bring it across the finish line he would have said so. And that absence of hope comes from a career in DC and being able to smell the crazy juice being guzzled down by the corporate right and their shameless suckups and sycophants. .

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Tree Planting as Carbon Offsets – Does Latitude Ma.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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The Earth continues to experience record-breaking temperatures caused by increased atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). WHY A REDUCTION IN CARBON EMISSIONS SHOULD NOT BE THE FOCUS. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc. That could mean more military involvement and massive disaster relief.

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

Indeed as it turned out he knew far more than the President or any member of Congress did on the subject but none of them cared because Gore’s personality and persona didn’t work on TV. But nothing we did could gain the parks any more love or funding. Too few people give a shit about that title. .

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