CO2 gas Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:32:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Technique to Better Estimate GHG Emissions from Fossil Fuels https://www.greenoptimistic.com/estimate-greenhouse-gas-emissions-20170914/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/estimate-greenhouse-gas-emissions-20170914/#respond Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:32:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=64304 A team of scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed an instrument that could be used to determine the percentage of carbon found in the atmosphere, that comes from the burning of fossil fuels. The core concept of the technology is similar to the one used in carbon dating, which essentially […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/estimate-greenhouse-gas-emissions-20170914/feed/ 0 64304 Biodiesel Developed Safely from Rhodococcus Bacteria https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biodiesel-developed-safely-from-rhodococcus-bacteria-20090929/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biodiesel-developed-safely-from-rhodococcus-bacteria-20090929/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:40:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4567 Using synthetic biology, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are trying to develop a new bacteria similar to the tuberculosis root to produce biofuel.

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