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Yessi Pratiwi — March 27, 2009 / 12:07 pm
Biofuel known to be the solid, liquid or gaseous fuel derived from relatively recently dead biological material and is distinguished from fossil fuels, which are derived from long dead biological material.
This gives us an information that biofuel can be derived from fossil fuels, and fossil fuels derived from long dead living material.
What about deriving the fossil fuel from ice?
NewScientist reported that ice–instead of water crystals–could be a source of enormous amounts of energy, because the natural gas locked up in it.
Tim Collett of the United States Geological Survey found that water molecules are organised into “cages”, which trap individual molecules of methane inside them.
And, as we know, methane is the kind of natural gas releases less carbon dioxide per unit of energy generated. The burn of methane known to be the cause of climate change, as it releases carbon dioxide to air. Tim Collett reported that he has found a new method of extracting the methane, that could effectively make it a carbon-neutral fossil fuel. He said, methane from hydrate could be a bridging fuel, to lead towards more renewable energies. The new technology enables the carbon dioxide stored and not released to air.
Now, the US Department of Energy is now working with the oil company ConocoPhillips to test whether the technique can be scaled up.
Source and Credit : NewScientist
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May 21st, 2009 at 2:42 am