Sentences with phrase «fossil hydrocarbon resources»

Genome Alberta announced C$ 25.2 million (US$ 22.2 million) in public / private funding over four years for two new genomic research projects, one targeted at enhanced recovery of fossil hydrocarbon resources from oil sands and coal beds through biological processes, the other focused on discovering plant genes that can be sequenced and used... Read more →

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And there is no reason to think that the R. eutropha could not be made to generate other products — perhaps complex hydrocarbon molecules like those found in fossil fuels or even the whole range of chemicals currently synthesized from polluting resources, such as fertilizers.

And the California Public Resource Code permits «the owners or operators of -LSB--RSB- wells to utilize all methods and practices known to the oil industry for the purpose of increasing the ultimate recovery of underground hydrocarbons,» declaring it the «policy of this state» to maximize fossil - fuel production.

But at some point, while fossil hydrocarbons will still be a valuable resource, if it takes more energy to get them into the tank or the power plant than is provided when we burn them, they will no longer be a source of energy.

Fossil fuels Natural resources, such as coal, oil and natural gas, containing hydrocarbons.