natural gas power plant Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 03:09:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Beijing Coal Power’s Last Breath will be in 2016 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-power-China-Beijing/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-power-China-Beijing/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2015 03:08:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=53911 We’ve been covering Beijing’s growing air pollution problem for some time now, as the city fights to decide between coal power and its growing energy needs. The problem with coal power is that it is easy, practically just laying there, ready to burn. It also happens to be one of the dirtiest fossil fuel sources […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-power-China-Beijing/feed/ 0 53911 Capturing Carbon Dioxide From Air Would Be Inefficient, Princeton Study Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/direct-air-capture-20110509/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/direct-air-capture-20110509/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 18:40:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18553 The carbon dioxide that we emit can be reduced in several ways, out of which some are more or less effective. A study performed by Princeton engineer Robert Socolow reveals that as much as we'd want to, we simply can't remove carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by means of "Direct Air Capture" technologies.

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