Watermelon Power May One Day Juice Your Car
Watermelons are not just a favorite summer treat, - according to new research by the US Department of Agriculture, they may soon fuel our cars. Research reveals that watermelon juice has a relatively high concentration of directly fermentable sugars, which may be a valuable source for biofuel due to the ease with which they can be fermented into ethanol. But don’t worry about your favorite corn field being plowed under to make way for a new cash crop - researchers say there are enough wasted watermelons out there to use as biofuel feedstock.
- Watermelons are not just a favorite summer treat, - according to new research by the US Department of Agriculture, they may soon fuel our cars. Research reveals that watermelon juice has a relatively high concentration of directly fermentable sugars, which may be a valuable source for biofuel due to the ease with which they can be fermented into ethanol. But don’t worry about your favorite corn field being plowed under to make way for a new cash crop - researchers say there are enough wasted watermelons out there to use as biofuel feedstock. - By Lp scofider
New type energy - Waste to treasure from Corn
Ever increasing oil prices, environmental concerns and the insecurity of oil supply force the need to look for alternatives to fossil fuels. This is not only the case for transportation fuels, but also for raw materials for the chemical industry. Most polymers still depend on fossil resources for their building blocks. In the case of nitrogen containing molecules, production usually involves reactions of molecules such as propylene with ammonia in very energy-intensive processes.
- Ever increasing oil prices, environmental concerns and the insecurity of oil supply force the need to look for alternatives to fossil fuels. This is not only the case for transportation fuels, but also for raw materials for the chemical industry. Most polymers still depend on fossil resources for their building blocks. In the case of nitrogen containing molecules, production usually involves reactions of molecules such as propylene with ammonia in very energy-intensive processes. - By Lp scofider
EL PASO -- A proposed solar power plant in Santa Teresa, which would supply electricity to El Paso Electric, isn't the only solar development going on in this area.
Applications to use federal land for one solar project in the Afton, N.M., area, just south of Las Cruces, and two in the Lordsburg, N.M., area, about 140 miles west of El Paso, have been filed with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.- EL PASO -- A proposed solar power plant in Santa Teresa, which would supply electricity to El Paso Electric, isn't the only solar development going on in this area.
Applications to use federal land for one solar project in the Afton, N.M., area, just south of Las Cruces, and two in the Lordsburg, N.M., area, about 140 miles west of El Paso, have been filed with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. - By Lp scofider
- EL PASO -- A proposed solar power plant in Santa Teresa, which would supply electricity to El Paso Electric, isn't the only solar development going on in this area.
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