Cerium Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:10:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Shortage of Rare Earth Metals Dealt by The Department of Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/doe-shortage-rare-earth-metals-20130114/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/doe-shortage-rare-earth-metals-20130114/#respond Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:01:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31371 In order to deal with domestic shortages of rare earth metals, The Department of Energy (DOE) has established a research hub that will develop strategies and find solutions to preserve the depleting resources.The rare earth elements are 17 in total and include scandium, yttrium and the 15 lanthanides (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/doe-shortage-rare-earth-metals-20130114/feed/ 0 31371 Minesotta turning biomass into hydrogen https://www.greenoptimistic.com/minesotta-turning-biomass-into-hydrogen-20080130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/minesotta-turning-biomass-into-hydrogen-20080130/#respond Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:02:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/01/30/minesotta-turning-biomass-into-hydrogen/ An efficient, super-fast new method of turning waste biomass into hydrogen has been developed by scientists in Minnesota, US. The researchers say it could help significantly reduce many nations’ dependence on fossil fuels. Hydrogen represents a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels but is both costly and dangerous to transport, leading many to argue that it […]

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