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There was a post the other day on Kos about a promising new source for hydrocarbon fuels from biomass. On further examination, biomass was only part of the feed, the rest being sugars and starches. The poster and a couple of others took offense when I pointed out that cellulose is [...]
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This diary was inspired by NNadir’s diary earlier today on Dailykos.com and some of the comments associated with it. Whilst fusion promises a tremendous of essentially nonpolluting energy on the face of it, the technical, practical, and logistical problems associated with it are insurmountable with current technology. Here is primer on [...]
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A recent Gallup Poll showed that Americans perceived polluted drinking water as more of a threat than climate change, with 53% saying that they worried “a great deal” about it and 37% expressing the same level of concern over global warming. Gallup noted that pollution of drinking water has been a major concern since 1990.
“These [...]