petroleum wastewater Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:07:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Polluted Wastewater From Oil Production Sold For Irrigation in California https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wastewater-oil-production-california/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wastewater-oil-production-california/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:44:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54266 The extreme drought in California is now way beyond a simple emergency, heading fast towards unsolvable crisis. Yet, many companies seem to be benefiting from those in need, first were the water bottling firms, now the oil companies. If we have to be optimistic, there is one good thing that comes out of the devastating […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wastewater-oil-production-california/feed/ 0 54266 Wastewater Mixed With Petroleum Could Reduce Emissions by 84% https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wastewater-mixed-with-petroleum-could-reduce-emissions-by-84-20090110/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wastewater-mixed-with-petroleum-could-reduce-emissions-by-84-20090110/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:22:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1495 Taiwanese scientists discovered that a new fuel can be made by combining industrial wastewater and petroleum oil. The new fuel's efficiency is increased by 14% and is a friendly way to treat industrial wastewater as well. The new fuel could eliminate the expensive treatment of industrial air emissions from boilers.

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