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EU research project IDEALFUEL seeks to develop marine low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from biomass; Bio-HFO

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The IDEALFUEL project aims to create sustainable alternatives by developing new efficient and low-cost methods to produce low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from wood-based non-food biomass. Although cleaner fuels are available, many companies opt for HFOs due to their low cost.

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LanzaTech, Harsco ally to develop ethanol from steel gas process

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at Harsco’s world headquarters in Pennsylvania, taps into Harsco’s leadership serving the worldwide steel industry, in combination with LanzaTech’s proprietary bioenergy technologies for reducing the carbon footprint of integrated steelmaking operations by converting waste gas to ethanol and high value chemicals.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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And it will cost much less than you think. Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. We’ve already decided we’re going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy. We have cleaner, cheaper, safer ways to drive everywhere.

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Will an EV-Filled World Pass The Sulfuric Acid Test?

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In 1894, a German chemist named Herman Frasch plotted a process of tapping a sulfur-containing mineral deposit by pumping it with superheated water. Jean-Michel Lavoie, University of Sherbrooke In swept the fossil fuel industry’s waste to save the day. As dirty as it sounds, it’s actually cleaner than mining.

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EPA honors winners of the 20th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge; advanced biofuels

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The algae uses CO 2 from air or industrial emitters with sunlight and saltwater to create fuel while reducing the carbon footprint, costs and water usage, with no reliance on food crops as feedstocks. This has led to improved biofuel productivity, higher economic returns, minimal waste production, and a lower carbon footprint.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish. Furthermore, even the older version PHEV can recharge at a slow rate using local solar, wind, water-derived or other net zero CO 2 fuel. It is wasteful and destructive to be burning this versatile molecule; we must stop. For an extended discussion see Appendix C).

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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The opportunities for private-parties to buy and sell emissions allowances, and to purchase any allowances auctioned by the state, lie behind cap and trade’s potential to achieve emissions reductions at low cost to the overall economy. Financing Investments and Other Public Expenditures.

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