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Energy Enquiry : 'Here comes the sun'
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Investigating our options for fuelling the future. Sunday, 12 January 2014. Here comes the sun'. Before university I spent a year working with a chemical engineering company making ink. I was a little disappointed to discover that this did not involve farming squid but instead mixing up various combinations of chemicals. I specialised in conductive inks and by far our the fasting growing demand was for solar cells. This hardly makes me an expert but means I have an interest in the area! MSci Earth Scienc...
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Energy Enquiry : Unobtainium
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Investigating our options for fuelling the future. Tuesday, 14 January 2014. The news headlines seemed more like the plot of Avatar rather than an actual business. Mining asteroids? Are you absolutely sure? With some big name supporters like James Cameron and Richard Branson the projects seemed to have a lot credibility and definitely the financial backing ( The Economist March 2012. The Economist March 2012. Eric Anderson, co-founder of Planetary Resources. I find the whole idea of mining in space very ...
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Energy Enquiry : Future Fuel - That's a Wrap!
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Investigating our options for fuelling the future. Tuesday, 14 January 2014. Future Fuel - That's a Wrap! It is going to be very strange not to scour newspapers, websites and journals looking for new projects and research to blog about. I feel I have begun to read things though a pair of "blog potential" glasses. And was intrigued to see what the one for my blog would be. With the words energy, solar and hydrogen jumping out I think it summarieses it very well! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Can We ...
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Energy Enquiry : Ashegoda: Africa's new gold mine?
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Investigating our options for fuelling the future. Friday, 3 January 2014. Ashegoda: Africa's new gold mine? Quite of a lot of this blog has focused on energy supply in highly developed countries because they usually have the highest demand and are widely researched. So what about other locations and how they tackle energy needs? Image Courtesy of Africa Energy, Cross Border Information. This is a little surprising since Ethiopia suffers regularly from blackouts and 77% of its citizens don't have access ...
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Energy Enquiry : Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
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Investigating our options for fuelling the future. Sunday, 5 January 2014. Oh I do like to be beside the seaside. Any dreams of a white Christmas this year unfortunately didn't come true. Instead the UK suffered flooding, thunderstorms and power cuts. What is the possibility of using this tidal power and will it provide a economically and socially viable solution? Machine Current Turbines - courtesy FPS. Benefits - The Ireland Example. Reduced fuel costs to consumers due to lower running costs of the tid...
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Trees & Towers: Cleaning up the Grey Giant
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Environmental Impact in the Anthropocene. Saturday, 7 December 2013. Cleaning up the Grey Giant. Since 1979, China has undergone rapid economic growth, especially due to market reforms that concentrate on exports. This development led to environmental degradation, which were ignored until recent years (. Today, various environmental issues account for 9% of the country’s GDP, namely to health damage from air pollution and soil nutrient degradation (. Figure 1. A river in China. Although the Communist Par...
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Trees & Towers: The Ice-Cold Bling
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Environmental Impact in the Anthropocene. Wednesday, 18 December 2013. Recently, the Earth Sciences team from the Australian National University discovered the igneous rock intrusion kimberlite, which commonly holds diamonds, in the northern Prince Charles Mountains. The Prince Charles Mountains. Studies confirm that the kimberlite was emplaced by tectonic activity associated with rifting of India from Australia-Antarctica. Find out more about the story. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Trees & Towers: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Environmental Impact in the Anthropocene. Friday, 27 December 2013. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Figure 1. Location of the Garbage Patch relatively to the Subtropical Convergence Zone. Figure 2. Greenpeace ad 'how to starve to death on a full stomach' to raise awareness on wildlife destruction in the Garbage Patch. The photo on the right displays the plastic content found in this albatross. So, future geologists, get ready to see plastic-coated strata marking the 20. Reid, David. "Earth's Eighth ...
