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Researchers from Caltech and UC San Diego report very high performance catalysts to convert seed oils to olefins

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The ethanolysis of fatty acids derived from seed oils could provide a renewable source of LAOs. olefins (LAOs) and other terminal-olefin products. Phil Szuromi (2015) “Olefins from seed oils at industrial scales” Science doi: 10.1126/science.347.6221.516-f. —Marx et al. Sullivan, A. Melaimi, M., Virgil, S. Weinberger, D.

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A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space

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Each megasat could then convert gigawatts of power into a microwave beam aimed precisely at a big field of receiving antennas on Earth. These rectennas would then convert the signal to usable DC electricity. Space Industry Experts Run the Numbers The U.S. Massive investments in space solar would likely proceed in the same way.

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