Power Plants Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:48:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 How Environment vs Economy Could be a Win-Win Situation https://www.greenoptimistic.com/environment-vs-economy-win-20140604/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/environment-vs-economy-win-20140604/#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2014 15:31:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47836 Every time someone, whether it be scientists, the federal government, or environment activists, suggest that we need to cut emissions and reduce pollution, the other side of the argument is always, “but it’ll ruin the economy!” The short answer to that retort is, perhaps reflected best in the words of Elon Musk (regarding hydrogen fuel […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/environment-vs-economy-win-20140604/feed/ 0 47836 Coal Plants in the US, the Greenhouse Gas Elephant in the Room https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-plants-us-greenhouse-gas-elephant-room-20130913/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-plants-us-greenhouse-gas-elephant-room-20130913/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:41:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=41586 Coal plants, both here in the US and abroad, are the dirtiest when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions but, for some reason, don’t get the attention they rightly deserve in climate change discussion. In the United States, there are about 6,000 power-generation facilities, providing the energy we need, as a society, to function. Depending […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/coal-plants-us-greenhouse-gas-elephant-room-20130913/feed/ 0 41586 Leftover Ash Generates Hydrogen Gas, We Just Need to Collect It https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ash-hydrogen-generation-20130325/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ash-hydrogen-generation-20130325/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:24:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35278 When power plants burn coal, wood or even refuse to generate electricity, the leftover ash generates hydrogen gas, which is why it must be stored outside. Leftover ash from power production often finds its way to landfills or, in some countries, as a construction material. It can’t be stored inside though, because the leftover ash […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ash-hydrogen-generation-20130325/feed/ 1 35278 Modular, Portable Nuclear Reactors: Energy Solution for Poor Countries? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/modular-portable-nuclear-reactors-energy-solution-for-poor-countries-20090626/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/modular-portable-nuclear-reactors-energy-solution-for-poor-countries-20090626/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:09:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3833 Modular thinking has brought us many wonderful things in technology, medicine, and in most exact sciences. I see no reason why it should not work in power generation.

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