diesel fuel Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:09:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Solar Powered Device Turns Methane into Cleaner Syngas and Diesel Fuel https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-device-turns-methane-into-cleaner-syngas-and-diesel-fuel-20130425/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-device-turns-methane-into-cleaner-syngas-and-diesel-fuel-20130425/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:09:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36593 A new solar-powered device developed at the Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory (PNNL) by researcher Robert Wegeng could reduce the CO2 emissions of natural gas by up to 20 percent. Basically, what the device does is it takes the heat obtained by concentrating sunlight through the usage of a parabolic dish (solar concentrator) and uses it to transform […]

The post Solar Powered Device Turns Methane into Cleaner Syngas and Diesel Fuel appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-device-turns-methane-into-cleaner-syngas-and-diesel-fuel-20130425/feed/ 0 36593 Alligator Fat Turned Into Precious and Cheap Biodiesel in Louisiana https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alligator-fat-biodiesel-20110818/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alligator-fat-biodiesel-20110818/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:40:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20193 A team of researchers from the Lafayette campus of the University of Louisiana have not only gotten used to the idea of putting plant oil (biodiesel) into their tanks, but are also thinking how they could convert alligator fat into an energy-rich fuel. 45 billion gallons a year: that the total diesel consumption in the […]

The post Alligator Fat Turned Into Precious and Cheap Biodiesel in Louisiana appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alligator-fat-biodiesel-20110818/feed/ 2 20193 Drinkable Water Extracted From Diesel Fuel Now Possible https://www.greenoptimistic.com/drinkable-water-diesel-fuel-20110421/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/drinkable-water-diesel-fuel-20110421/#respond Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:52:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18103 Apparently, necessity teaches us better than any ecological drive, or at least this seems to be the case for the U.S. military. Missions can't do without water, but the amounts they need are very hard to transport. So the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has found a way to ease the pain of carrying large water supplies.

The post Drinkable Water Extracted From Diesel Fuel Now Possible appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/drinkable-water-diesel-fuel-20110421/feed/ 0 18103 Solar Powered Cellphone Towers Can Dramatically Reduce Own Carbon Footprint https://www.greenoptimistic.com/india-solar-powered-cellphones-20100330/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/india-solar-powered-cellphones-20100330/#respond Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:31:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7150 The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Indian government will present a mandate that would require telecom operators to use solar panels to power their cellphone towers. This will dramatically reduce their carbon footprint and will make a huge difference in long term.

The post Solar Powered Cellphone Towers Can Dramatically Reduce Own Carbon Footprint appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/india-solar-powered-cellphones-20100330/feed/ 0 7150