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    | Fossil Fuel: Natural Gas | Renewable resource: Wind Power | Describe this resource |  Natural Gas in a Hydrocarbon gas that is naturally occurring. It consists of mostly methane and is used as fuel for some vehicles and heating the home. |  Wind power is one of the cleanest sources of electricity. It usually involves a fan that spins‚ and the energy is transported to a generator. | Advantages of this resource (include at least two) | 1. Very abundant underground.2. Is cleaner than most other

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    Fossils Fossils are the remains of ancient organisms‚ usually animals and plants but there are also minute bacteria and occasionally fungi. They are preserved by natural processes of burial. Most are entombed in sediment i.e. mud‚ silt or sand which with time transforms into a sedimentary rock such as sandstone. Rarely‚ fossils are enclosed in ash erupted from volcanoes‚ resin that oozes from trees and hardens into amber‚ or natural tar seeping from the ground. Normally only the resistant hard

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    Project Evaluation of Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Limited Core Concept of the Topic Business Plan: – Contents – Executive summary – Mission and strategy statement – Market analysis – Operations (of the business) – Management and staffing – Financial projections – Contingencies When a business makes a capital investment‚ it incurs a current cash outlay in the expectation of future benefits. Usually‚ these benefits extend beyond one year in the future. Investment is asset such as equipment

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    fatty acid. It is a fuel that derived from the vegetable oils‚ animal fats‚ which is similar to the diesel fuel except that it is made from the crops. It is produced from domestically grown‚ renewable sources‚ such as crop oils or animal fats which are then chemically converted into biodiesel (Habmigren‚ 2003). Unlike diesel‚ biodiesel contains no petroleum products and free of sulfur compounds and aromatics (Habmigren‚ 2003). Until today‚ it is still the only alternative fuel for motor vehicle. The

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    efficient‚ clean‚ high out-put energy production. As a civilization we need not focus on what the past has held for energy production but rather what the present and future hold for us. Two key options are the long lasting‚ high out-put but environmentally hazardous option which is nuclear fission (nuclear power) and the safe but potential ground water contamination hazard which is geothermal energy. This paper will point out strictly fact based information on both forms of energy and which one shows the

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    22 Innovative Thinking October/November 2007 Creative Thinking a truly renewable energy resource Tina Catling urges all managers to practice and encourage creative thinking for the benefit of their organisations. think! by Tina Catling and Mark Davies ISBN-10: 1841124370 ISBN-13: 978-1841124377 148 pages. Full colour. Hardcover. Published by Capstone Publishing Ltd. (part of John Wiley & Sons) Price: £16.95 (but FREE to any Manager reader who contacts Tina Catling to talk about creativity

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    Michael Brown Dr. Rambo Freshman Comp November 30‚ 2011 Renewable Resources Sky Rocket Fossil fuels have been used around the globe for many centuries. Each year fossil fuels pollute the earth and in turn contribute to global warming. Pollution from fossil fuels is harmful to humans‚ ecosystems‚ as well as the overall environment. Fossil fuels pollute streams‚ rivers and even vast areas of the ocean. Just recently there was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; this spill caused the deaths of

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    Mr. Lowery English 11‚ Section 2542-02 24 November 2008 Renewable Resources Has the time come for the world to give up on what it’s relied on the most‚ fossil fuels? “Oil fuels the modern world. No other substance can equal the enormous impact which the use of oil has had on so many people‚ so rapidly‚ in so many ways‚ and in so many places around the world” (Duplar 1). There are facts showing that fossil fuels are damaging the environment‚ people’s health‚ and even our own wallets

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    by burning fossil fuel it will release CO2: in the case of coal fuel 295 kg/t; in the case of natural gas fuel 206 kg/t. The electric power consumption of an efficient plant is around 20 kWh per tonne of lime. This additional input is the equivalent of around 20 kg CO2 per ton if the electricity is coal-generated. Thus‚ total emission may be around 1 tonne of CO2 for every tonne of lime even in efficient industrial plants‚ but is typically 1.3 t/t.However‚ if the source of heat energy used in its

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    Hydrogen Concentration Sensor Selection for the Renewable Energy Vehicle School of Mechanical Engineering‚ The University of Western Australia ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the selection of a hydrogen concentration sensor for the use in the University of Western Australia’s Renewable Energy Vehicle (REV). Prior to selecting a sensor‚ it is important to consider the available sensing methods and the specific properties of the measurand‚ hydrogen. The selection process leading up to the purchase

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