research Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 30 May 2016 17:26:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 University Sets to Calculate Nitrogen Footprint https://www.greenoptimistic.com/university-sets-calculate-nitrogen-footprint-20160530/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/university-sets-calculate-nitrogen-footprint-20160530/#respond Mon, 30 May 2016 17:26:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59993 The carbon footprint. This term has been in the news for years, sometimes assumed to be the highest tax on the environment. But as Nitrogen Footprint Project Manager Castner points out, the nitrogen footprint holds equal ground with environmental issues. An internationally supported project inspired by a scientist and carried out by Eastern Mennonite University […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/university-sets-calculate-nitrogen-footprint-20160530/feed/ 0 59993 Was Climate Change a Factor in US Drought of 2012? or Not? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/was-climate-change-a-factor-in-us-drought-of-2012-or-not-20130412/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/was-climate-change-a-factor-in-us-drought-of-2012-or-not-20130412/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:57:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36208 Every time there is a weather event out of the norm, some people may be quick to blame climate change, but recent data suggests this may not be the case, sort of. Last year’s drought in the US, for six states – Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri and Iowa – was the worst four-month period […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/was-climate-change-a-factor-in-us-drought-of-2012-or-not-20130412/feed/ 0 36208 Paint Your House With Solar Powered Paint! https://www.greenoptimistic.com/paint-your-house-with-solar-powered-paint-20080324/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/paint-your-house-with-solar-powered-paint-20080324/#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:37:09 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/03/24/paint-your-house-with-solar-powered-paint/ Two UK researchers, David Worsley and Maarten Wijdekop have made up a paint that could produce electricity by gathering the energy from the Sun. A consortium led by Swansea University in the UK hopes to use that process to cover steel sheets with a photovoltaic paint at up to 40 square metres per minute.The paint […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/paint-your-house-with-solar-powered-paint-20080324/feed/ 0 224 Solar Power Gets Cheaper (video) https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-gets-cheaper-video-20080202/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-gets-cheaper-video-20080202/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:38:19 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/02/solar-power-gets-cheaper-video/ There have been many trends posted involving solar power but in the US it still only accounts for 1% of the electricity generated. Even though it is getting cheaper the main barrier is still the cost. Although growing investment, technological breakthroughs and lower prices have lead to an increase in sales, which lowers prices further […]

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