News tagged with petroleum gas
Grilling with charcoal less climate-friendly than grilling with propane
May 12, 2009 |
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Do biofuels always create smaller carbon footprints than their fossil-fuel competitors? Not necessarily, finds a paper published in Elsevier’s Environmental Impact Assessment Review. The article, “Charcoal versus LPG grilling: ...
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Microbes fuel energy debate
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Microbes may well be the answer to our global energy crisis. By fermenting biomass to produce biofuels, they offer a possible climate-friendly solution to the anticipated shortfall in fossil fuel supply. A review by Professor ...
Report blames petroleum industry for 25% of toxic pollutants
Jun 11, 2009 |
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The US petroleum industry accounted for a quarter of toxic pollutants recorded across North America in 2005 by a government-backed environmental watchdog, an annual report said on Wednesday.
Biodiesel won't drive down global warming
Apr 23, 2007 |
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EU legislation to promote the uptake of biodiesel will not make any difference to global warming, and could potentially result in greater emissions of greenhouse gases than from conventional petroleum derived diesel. This ...
Net energy -- a useless, misleading and dangerous metric, says expert
Aug 09, 2007 |
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As oil becomes scarce, the world needs new transportation fuels. As new fuel options develop we need means of assessing which are most effective at replacing petroleum. So far many scientists have used a measure called ‘net ...
Ancient geologic escape hatches mistaken for tube worms
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Tubeworms have been around for millions of years and the fossil record is rich with their distinctive imprints. But a discovery made by U of C scientists found that what previous researchers had labeled as tubeworms in a ...
Oil-eating microbes give clue to ancient energy source
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Sep 09, 2008 |
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Microbes that break down oil and petroleum are more diverse than we thought, suggesting hydrocarbons were used as an energy source early in Earth's history, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's ...
Calif. approves nation's 1st low-carbon fuel rule
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- California air regulators on Thursday adopted a first-in-the-nation mandate requiring low-carbon fuels, part of the state's wider effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Greenhouse gas emissions set to rise as new sources for transport fuel are used
Dec 07, 2006 |
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The use of low-quality sources of petroleum, such as tar sands, will dramatically raise global greenhouse gas emissions according to a new study.
Geologists blame gas drilling for Indonesia mud disaster
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2008 |
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A resounding vote of international petroleum geologists from around the globe concluded that the mud volcano was triggered by drilling of a nearby gas exploration well. This may have implications for compensation ...
The need for fossil fuels will last for decades, according to BP's chief scientist
Feb 13, 2008 |
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The world is almost certainly going to remain hooked on fossil fuels—oil, coal, natural gas—for decades to come, despite our best efforts to cut back, the chief scientist for British Petroleum said during a recent campus ...
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