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Dirty A.I.: A Tool that Looks For New Oil

Arsenij Percov — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:35:42 +0000

Much of the globe still relies on fossil fuels to supply its energy needs. However, while energy consumption increases, the amount of fuels available and found already drastically decreases. Therefore, the oil and gas industry have to search for new resources and it becomes more and more challenging. For this reason, Petrogal Brasil (under Galp) […]

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Japan’s Emissions Slightly Rise, But Not From Nuclear Shutdown

Courtney Lepping — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 08:42:06 +0000

The earthquake that terrorized Japan in 2011 led to the shutdown of nuclear energy. There was an increase in CO2 emissions by 11.8 percent from 2010 to 2014. Could the reported increase be caused by the shutdown after the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant disaster? Sources claim the rise in emissions wasn’t much of a rise at […]

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OPEC States It Doesn’t Give a Jack About Electric Vehicles

Courtney Lepping — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:39:17 +0000

OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), a significant world oil contributor, recently displayed overconfidence in its presence and future influence despite the rise in electric vehicles. While car companies are looking to produce more electric vehicles, OPEC expects to continue providing oil for the car industry. OPEC’s members seem entirely ignorant of the world’s […]

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Agricultural Soil Impacted by Fracking Chemical Spills

Courtney Lepping — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 20:19:24 +0000

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) chemicals sometimes end up where they’re not supposed to be: in agricultural soil. Toxic biocides, surfactants, corrosion inhibitors, and slicking agents are some of many types of chemicals used to extract oil and gas from shale and rock. The chemicals aid in extraction, but what happens after a spill? Scientists from Colorado […]

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Why Cheap Oil Means More Money for Green Energy

Michael Rush — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:54:50 +0000

The price of fuel has fallen dramatically in recent months, and the culprit is the lack of profitability in the international oil market. While cheap fuel has traditionally meant bad times for the renewable energy sector, this time it’s going to be different. Fossil fuel investors unsatisfied with their returns are going to seek opportunities […]

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“Fixers” Do the Oil Companies’ Dirty Work – Keep the World Dependent On Fossil Fuel

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 20 May 2014 07:21:05 +0000

Although it sounds like something straight out of a movie, it’s real… when the oil giants like Chevron or Exxon-Mobil want to move in on a new oil reserve in places like the Middle East, Asia, or Africa, the first call they usually make isn’t to the government office putting it up for sale, it’s […]

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Oil and Gas Giants Receive Unneeded Subsidies, Avoid Paying Taxes

Mila Luleva — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:38:53 +0000

Shocking report by the nonpartisan research and advocacy group Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ), reveals that for the past 5 years major oil and gas companies received more subsidies from the government than they paid as a corporate income tax on their huge income. By presenting the results of their analysis of 500 major enterprises, […]

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Biodiesel Extracted from Thanksgiving Turkey

Leigh Hutchens — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:26:24 +0000

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in which Americans not only overstuff themselves with food to the point of misery, but also generate tons of kitchen fat, oil, and grease (FOG). Most people know that dumping the fats of meat, dairy products, and lard is terrible for the sewer system. Industry collection agencies and restaurants are […]

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“Oil, not Alternative Energy, is the Future…”

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:33:34 +0000

Usually I look for and read stuff related to alternative energy, electric cars, things that aren’t that obtrusive to the environment and that don’t harm our children and our planet’s future health. I have never thought for one second that in the 21st century someone can say: “Oil, not Alternative Energy, is the Future” For […]

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Bristol Researchers Discovering Magnetic Soap – The Ultimate Solution For Oil Spills

Mike Sandru — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:59:57 +0000

Doesn’t your heart ache at the sight of oil-covered sea creatures on TV when there’s an oil spill? It does, doesn’t it, but accidents do happen. So from now on, thanks to the University of Bristol, we have a cleansing solution with no side effects: a soap! Obtained by mixing iron with inert surfactant materials […]

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Deep-Fried Thanksgiving Turkey Oil Gets Transformed Into Biodiesel In Louisiana

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:02:40 +0000

Fried Thanksgiving turkeys are a lot more polluting than you ever thought. Because people prefer having them deep-fried, they use several gallons of oil that usually gets dumped, ending up in a landfill. A New Orleans nonprofit organization is about to change that. They plan on recycling that oil into high quality biodiesel starting this year.

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Arab Oil Company Acquires 4% of Tesla Motors

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:54:05 +0000

I don't want to cross the decent border of believing in a conspiracy theory, but when the oil business is threatened these days, it's normal that oil magnates wouldn't sit back and watch electric cars and alternative energy providers take their piece of meat from right in front of them.

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New Carbon Collecting Car – Really That Green?

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:34:29 +0000

Georgia Institute of Technology has created a concept of a car in a pretty new polluting fashion: it uses petrol as a fuel, but it separates hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The hydrogen is used in a fuel cell, and the CO2 is collected and recycled. Now, I know my website’s name is “greenoptimistic.com”, but this […]

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How To Turn Plastics into Diesel Fuel

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:48:13 +0000

Global Resource Corporation (GRC) found a way to convert all plastics scrap and especially tire rubber to… guess what… DIESEL oil! The secret behind this invention is the generation of hundreds (to be more specific, 1200) of microwave spectrum frequencies, each of them acting on some hydrocarbons from the material to be “melted”. As the […]

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Self-powered Electric Vehicle Running without OIL/GAS/HV Battery

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:54:16 +0000

This car runs by itself with no need for GAS, OIL or any other external power source. It’s entirely self-powered by an electric mechanism resemblant to Bedini’s motor. See it for yourself! This is the future of the auto industry. Sooner or later it will still happen, no matter the consequences on the oil industry.

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We May Save The Planet If We Run Out Of Gas?

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:54:12 +0000

Indeed, it does seem that the Earth will run out of oil, natural gas and coal much more quickly than was, originally, anticipated by researchers keeping track of overall expenditure of these resources [1]. At the same time, others warn that any expectation of nuclear power taking over as an effective substitute is both unrealistic […]

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