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Consortium proposes large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICCM) as solution to global energy, food, and climate issues

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Members of the Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), led by Duke University in North Carolina, have published an open-access paper in the journal Oceanography presenting the large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICMM) as an answer to pressing global energy, food and climate security issues. Greene et al.

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Mariner Climate Global Industrial

State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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MARCH 2, 2013

Comparison of proposed Keystone XL route to previously proposed project segment. Aside from the potential construction and spill impacts of the pipeline, the scope of the climate change impacts have become the most contentious and politicized issue surrounding the pipeline. Source: Draft SEIS. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate

Study finds methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with EPA estimates

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

If leak rates are too high, natural gas does not compare favorably with one alternative, coal, in terms of climate impact. Where leak rates are low, the comparison favors natural gas. Methane emissions in the Haynesville shale of eastern Texas/northwestern Louisiana of about 88 tons (176,000 lbs) per hour, or 1.0-2.1%

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Gas EPA Arkansas Colorado

Study casting doubt on GHG benefits of corn stover ethanol draws sharp criticism by other researchers; Liska responds

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

A study published earlier this year in the journal Nature Climate Change that cast doubt on whether biofuels produced from corn residue could meet federal mandates for cellulosic biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60% compared to gasoline ( earlier post ) has drawn critical response published as correspondence in the same journal.

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Climate Change Climate Nebraska Carbon

Supercomputers Flex Their AI Muscles

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Those using supercomputers to uncover the structure of the universe, discover new molecules, and predict the global climate are increasingly using neural networks to do so. DeepCAM tests the detection of cyclones and other extreme weather in climate data. minutes using 256 CPUs and 1024 GPUs) and DeepCAM (1.67

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Climate Universal Energy Storage Texas

Stress Levels Revealed in Micro-Beads of Sweat

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

Sometimes climatic conditions don't lend themselves to creating enough sweat to analyze. The technology, developed by Dallas-based EnLiSense LLC and the University of Texas at Dallas , is promising enough that the U.S. But translating raw perspiration into "sweat equity" in real time in everyday life is not an easy task.

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Dallas Houston Personal Universal

Argonne analysis shows greenhouse gas emissions similar for shale, conventional oil

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

The research, conducted by Argonne researchers in collaboration with Stanford University and the University of California, Davis, analyzed the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas and the Bakken play mainly in North Dakota.

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Oil Gas Emissions Davis

Colorado State University Forecasters Predict Above-Average 2010 Hurricane Season

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APRIL 7, 2010

By comparison, 2009 witnessed tropical cyclone activity that was about 70% of the average season. The site provides US landfall probabilities for 11 regions and 205 individual counties along the US coastline from Brownsville, Texas, to Eastport, Maine.

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Colorado 2010 Universal 2005

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

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MARCH 27, 2017

In comparison, the highest grade industrial carbon nanotubes made from carbon dioxide are valued at $1000 fold higher than such fuels, and provide substantial economic incentive to transform and eliminate the carbon dioxide emissions from cement plants. —Licht (2017). 2017.02.005.

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CO2 Carbon Gas-Electric 2017

PNNL team develops higher-strength, lower-cost titanium alloy aimed at improving vehicle fuel economy and reducing CO2 emissions

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APRIL 2, 2016

b) Comparison of tensile strength and strain to failure (elongation) of Ti-185 alloy with other commercially available Titanium alloys. a) Ultimate tensile and yield strength of Ti-185 for three STA conditions. (b) The graph in (b) is plotted using CES Selector software, Granta Design, Cambridge, UK.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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JUNE 8, 2015

Emission reductions produced by the project are verified by an approved third party and registered with the Climate Action Reserve (Project ID CAR102 ). The main focus of the comparisons is on five environmental impact categories during production, use and recycling. Calculating stored carbon; “additionality”. McKinney Landfill.

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Carbon Personal Store Emissions

The EV Transition Explained: Battery Challenges

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NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The “simplicity” of EVs in comparison to ICE vehicles allows these disruptors to compete from virtually scratch with legacy automakers, not only in the car market itself, but for the material and labor inputs as well. Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory needs some 10,000 workers alone, for example. Furthermore, Dziczek adds, there are.

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Batteries Battery Lithium Ion Nickel Metal Hydride

Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination

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MARCH 26, 2023

Can advanced semiconductors cut emissions of greenhouse gases enough to make a difference in the struggle to halt climate change? The rise of GaN and SiC power electronics will ultimately have a greater positive impact on the planet’s climate than will the replacement of incandescent and other legacy lighting by GaN LEDs.

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Green Conversion Power Powered

Flash Drive: 2022 Toyota Tundra

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This is what Toyota has done with the all-new 2022 Tundra, which we previewed in a Texas-based drive program last week. Built in San Antonio, Texas, Toyota has the capability to produce more than a quarter-million Tundras annually, a number they’re likely to hit this year with a mix of 2021 and 2022 models. Lean on me–everyday.

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Tundra Toyota San Antonio F-150

First drive: Volkswagen 2015 Golf SportWagen

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MARCH 10, 2015

VW of America is hosting a media drive in a rainy Austin, Texas this week to introduce the new model. Comparison of city and highway fuel economy ratings for select MY2015 station wagons, using data from the fueleconomy.gov website. Equipped with the new EA288 2.0L TDI diesel, the SportWagen can offer up to 43 mpg (5.47 Earlier post.)

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2015 Fuel Economy Diesel Light

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Consortium proposes large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICCM) as solution to global energy, food, and climate issues

State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

Study finds methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with EPA estimates

Study casting doubt on GHG benefits of corn stover ethanol draws sharp criticism by other researchers; Liska responds

Supercomputers Flex Their AI Muscles

Stress Levels Revealed in Micro-Beads of Sweat

Argonne analysis shows greenhouse gas emissions similar for shale, conventional oil

Colorado State University Forecasters Predict Above-Average 2010 Hurricane Season

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

PNNL team develops higher-strength, lower-cost titanium alloy aimed at improving vehicle fuel economy and reducing CO2 emissions

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

The EV Transition Explained: Battery Challenges

Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination

Flash Drive: 2022 Toyota Tundra

First drive: Volkswagen 2015 Golf SportWagen

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