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Desertification, an overlooked Threat
Desertification is essentially land degradation, an undesirable effect that leads to a drop in, or disappearance of biological or economic productivity on dry and irrigated agricultural land, pastures and grazing land, and forests and woodland in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid … Continue reading
Christmas lights
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, ushered in the Christmas season by lighting up the National Christmas Tree on December 9 at a chilly but festive Washington D.C. ceremony attended by people in their droves. Ever since 1923, … Continue reading
Toward an energy New Deal [1]
The world is suffering today from total dependency on fossil energies. Accounting for over 80 percent of global energy demand, if oil and natural gas were to suddenly stop flowing from producing countries to consumers, our cars, trucks, trains and … Continue reading
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Tagged bioethanol, Climate, Enviroment, Greenhouse effect, Solar energy
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Bioethanol and Energy Security
Energy security, defined as the capacity of a country to satisfy future domestic energy demand sufficiently, opportunely, sustainably, and at a suitable cost, is a crucial issue for any nation. With the e Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Bitacoras.com Meneame
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Tagged Climate, Energy Dependance, Enviroment, Fossil fuel, Green economy, Petroleum, Responsible Comsuption
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Biomass for generating energy
Biomass is the organic material from trees, plants and animal waste that can be turned into energy; it is a renewable source of energy because it has a fast regeneration cycle and, ultimately, it gets its energy Twitter Facebook LinkedIn … Continue reading
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Tagged bio-mas, Biofuel, CO2 Emissions, Enviroment, Renewable energy
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How to reduce electricity consumption
Energy efficiency, understood as the set of measures intended to lower energy consumption, is related to the entire integral energy cycle, ranging from generation and transmission to distribution and consumption. Increased efficiency includes any Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Bitacoras.com Meneame
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Tagged Electrical energy, Enviroment, Responsible Comsuption
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The price of renewable energies
One of the main drawbacks attributed to renewable energies is that presumably they cost more than fossil sources. Their opponents therefore assert that widespread consumption of renewable energies would bring about a substantial increase in consum Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Bitacoras.com … Continue reading
Variations on the effect of biofuels on the price of food
Since the beginning of the latest worldwide hike in agricultural commodity prices, numerous sectors have put the blame on biofuels for these increases and high prices. This blog contains several articles that spell out the benefits of biofuels. Th Twitter … Continue reading
Bioethanol or Biodiesel?
Bioethanol and biodiesel are two liquid biofuels [1] that feature the possibility of their application to today’s internal combustion engines [2]. Biodiesel is a blend of methylic esters [3] of different fatty acids obtained through sterification o Twitter Facebook LinkedIn … Continue reading
Desalination and efficient water management
Water is essential for life and is considered a basic right of all inhabitants on Earth [1]. However, almost a third of the world’s population lives in countries suffering a moderate to high degree of hydrological stress; a situation that … Continue reading