Dependence On Fossil Fuels Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:42:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 How Would You Survive A World Without Fossil Fuels? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/survive-world-without-fossil-fuels-20140731/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/survive-world-without-fossil-fuels-20140731/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:42:44 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48723 Have you ever realized how much we depend on fossil fuels? Fossil fuels are involved in practically every single activity known to modern man. I’ve been laid up in bed a couple of days with the flu, which gave me some time to watch some documentaries I’d been trying to find the time to watch, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/survive-world-without-fossil-fuels-20140731/feed/ 12 48723 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/minesotta-turning-biomass-into-hydrogen-20080130/feed/ 0 64 A new catalyst can split carbon dioxide gas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/a-new-catalyst-can-split-carbon-dioxide-gas-20080130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/a-new-catalyst-can-split-carbon-dioxide-gas-20080130/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:58:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/01/30/a-new-catalyst-can-split-carbon-dioxide-gas/ Tom Simonite, www.newscientist.com A new catalyst that can split carbon dioxide gas could allow us to use carbon from the atmosphere as a fuel source in a similar way to plants. “Breaking open the very stable bonds in CO2 is one of the biggest challenges in synthetic chemistry,” says Frederic Goettmann, a chemist at the […]

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