Author Archives: ADC

Economic CO2 Capture… GASP!

By ADC | Published: April 16, 2010
As the largest source of CO2 emissions in the United States, scientists have long sought a process to clean up the coal-fired power industry. Unfortunately the solutions to capture and sequester carbon have yet to be economically feasible without the government placing a hefty price on carbon emissions. The new Silicon Valley start-up, Calera, claims [...]
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Bottled Water? No thanks!

By ADC | Published: March 24, 2010
The ‘Story of Stuff’ folks just released a new animated video on ‘The Story of Bottled Water’. This is a fun eight minute video on the development of the bottled water industry through ‘manufactured demand’ and the many negative effects buying bottled water has on the environment and your wallet. The video emphasizes the question, [...]
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A Cellulosic Ethanol story to follow

By ADC | Published: March 16, 2010
Switchgrass, fuel of the near future? The New York Times recently reported on work at the University of Wisconsin in which a new method was developed to break down lignocellulose into sugars. A recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Ronald T. Raines and Joseph B. Binder outlines a process [...]
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A Car That Needs a Caffeine Fix As Much As You Do

By ADC | Published: March 9, 2010
Imagine stopping at a gas station for coffee and walking out with a cup for yourself and a bag of grounds for your car. Sharing your love of java with your car is exactly what the people at ‘Bang Goes the Theory’ (a British TV show) had in mind when they designed the Car-puccino. This [...]
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Honda’s new solar hydrogen fueling station

By ADC | Published: February 5, 2010
I just saw this news story, and while I don’t have time to issue commentary on it today, I think it is a neat news item. Honda just opened a solar hydrogen fueling station in California. This design is small enough to fit in a person’s garage, which helps alleviate the problem of finding a [...]
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