HMF, also known as 5 - hydroxymethylfurfural, can be used as a building block for plastics and «biofuels» such as gasoline and diesel, essentially the same
fuels processed from crude oil.
Not exact matches
And Brazil, arguably the world leader in making ethanol
from crops, has been turning sugar cane into
fuel for nearly three decades — a
process that is 30 % cheaper than corn - based production in the U.S.
As much as Australia might benefit
from a cut in official interest rates, it would definitely benefit
from encouraging a new industry, such as the nuclear -
fuel processing facility being championed by the South Australian government, and supported by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
It was a modified steam - assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology that, instead of burning natural gas to create steam to inject into the oilsands layer and thus «melt» the bitumen (heavy oil) away
from the sand (as some experts describe it, burning a clean
fuel to create a dirty one), it would burn a bituminous byproduct of the upgrading
process in a closed loop.
Thus mini-nuclear reactors, algae - based
fuels, and various other exciting schemes are routinely trotted out as the «source of unlimited energy in the near future,» always with the implicit faith that the
process can be scaled up
from the laboratory to a global scale with only modest difficulties.
From the testosterone -
fueled culture of the Harvard Business School case study
process to the bigger than life personalities of Donald Trump, Jack Welch, Richard Branson, Russell Simmons et.
Apple's competitors are
fueling their AI and machine learning system with tons of data
from customers that has been uploaded and
processed in cloud data centers.
[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned
from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What
fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's
process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?
Methanol production is also experiencing a global resurgence, particularly in China where the finished product — typically extracted
from solid waste / biomass, but also
from natural gas and coal feedstocks — is widely used in chemical production and industrial
processes, as well as in blended vehicle
fuel.
Chevron's refining business, which
processes crude oil into
fuels like gasoline, saw profits surge 70 percent
from last year to $ 1.8 billion.
This transformation is being
fueled by the infusion of intelligence into products and
processes, the proliferation of mobile devices and social media, and heightened expectations
from digitally - empowered consumers.
This shift has been
fuelled not only by increased final demand within the region, particularly
from China, but also by a reorganisation of production
processes into regional networks.
Crude oil's secular bear market trend matches up very well with the underlying transition
process from fossil
fuels to alternative energy.
They give us a paycheck to help them milk the wealth
from our land in the form of fossil
fuel, minerals, raw materials and food; pay us to
process it into pretty, Twinkie - packages of stuff that we «just can't live without», and then sell it back to us and others at a profit that puts them on easy street.
The
process worked incrementally and backward, not toward faith but away
from nihilism,
fueled by the rising conviction that the conclusion I had drawn long ago was wrong.
From what I've read, when a keto -
fueled individual consumes alcohol the
process of the body using fat as
fuel is halted.
Located on the southwestern edge of the U.S. Corn Belt, LifeLine Foods LLC stands apart
from other companies in the corn
processing industry because it operates a unique business model that extracts maximum value
from the corn kennel to benefit not only the food industry, but the
fuel industry, as well.
During the World War II era, hexane
processing to extract oil
from soybeans became commonplace to produce
fuel for the war effort.
Closed anaerobic reactors generate large quantities of methane (CH4)
from the organic materials in the wastewater that can diminish or even completely replace the use of fossil
fuels in the production
process.
Despite the lack of evidence, this notion took off throughout the healthcare world and was
fueled by the vegetable oil and food
processing industries that sought to benefit
from this finding.
And the biomass boiler provides heat and hot water using by - products
from the gin distillation
process as a
fuel source.
The anaerobic digestion technologies — recently applied to a major SE Asian pineapple producer — extract biogas
from crop
processing waste water streams to simultaneously raise water quality while generating methane to replace fossil
fuels used in production
processes.
«James will take ownership of the entire NPD
process for our tommee tippee brand, including identifying potential new ideas to
fuel the future product pipeline — and driving the commercialisation
process right
from concept development through to launch.»
Indian Point's nuclear power is neither clean nor green, and the
process needed to create
fuel from uranium for its reactors is energy - intensive and creates greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.
And the groups want to see the a transition
process for workers that moves New York away
from fossil
fuel plants that is locally driven.
The «transition»
from fossil
fuel isn't something that will be made... its a
process that had already begun!
The
process of moving
from fossil
fuels to renewable energy will advance as the costs of using renewable energy starts to matches the costs of using fossil
fuels...
Atmospheric carbon dioxide derives
from multiple natural sources including volcanic outgassing, the combustion of organic matter, and the respiration
processes of living aerobic organisms; man - made sources of carbon dioxide come mainly
from the burning of various fossil
fuels for power generation and transport use.
Speeches came
from a variety of speakers, including a science broadcaster and writer, a Pakistani - born Canadian Muslim who works in STEM, a Pakistani - born professor who studies cell biology and anatomy; and, an emergency room physician who helped start the
process to phase out coal -
fueled power plants by 2030 in Alberta.
The
process of making liquid
fuel from the oil sands requires steam injection and and refining, all of which requires energy.
«This is certainly true for fossil
fuel - related approvals, where there is a clear causal connection between each phase of the fossil
fuel supply chain (production, transportation,
processing, and end - use) and the emissions
from these activities can be estimated with existing tools and data.»
Government scientists have developed a biological system to keep microbial
fuel producers
from poisoning themselves in the
process
The central galaxy in this cluster harbors a supermassive black hole that is in the
process of devouring star - forming gas, which
fuels a pair of powerful jets that erupt
from the black hole in opposite directions into intergalactic space.
A leading ecologist with decades of experience in the effects of disturbance on ecosystems, Woodwell shows that diverse industrial activities —
from nuclear power production to fossil -
fuel burning to contemporary agricultural practices — are affecting the chemical
processes that underpin all life on Earth.
Irradiated
fuel from Nuclear Electric's advanced gas cooled reactors was expected to be
processed at Sellafield, in the thermal oxide reprocessing plant, which still needs government approval to begin operating.
Early in 2003, company officials predicted that the Carthage plant, which will
process guts, feathers, bones, and blood
from a nearby ConAgra Foods Butterball Turkey slaughterhouse, would be cranking at full capacity that summer, making 500 barrels of high - quality
fuel oil daily.
The low price and abundance of fossil
fuels prevents a lot of companies
from investing in the expensive trial and error
process of researching new catalysts.
America's midsection has experienced an uptick in quakes due to part of the hydraulic fracturing
process: Wastewater
from the fossil
fuel extraction is pumped deep into the ground, causing faults to separate and slip.
The water - gas shift reaction, in which carbon monoxide is removed
from the
fuel gas stream by reacting with water to produce carbon dioxide and hydrogen, is a key step in the
process.
Hyundai Motor Co. is currently in the
process of building a public
fueling station in Chino, Calif., with «the capability» to produce hydrogen
from electrolysis using renewable energy that's expected to open before the end of the year.
Hanford plants
processed 110,000 tons of
fuel from the reactors.
In addition, its «ecofining»
process adds kinks in the chains to prevent them
from easily stacking — or gelling — at cold temperatures, producing a diesellike
fuel with as much as twice the combustion quality of the petroleum - derived variety.
Boeing and other aircraft and jet engine manufacturers have formed an ASTM committee to decide whether the
fuel from the Neste
process can be used globally for making low - carbon jet
fuel.
But if oil prices rise enough for algae
fuels to be cost effective, scientists hope to use what they've learned
from that
process to make biofuels that are both clean and profitable.
Using excess energy
from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind to split water into oxygen and hydrogen — a
process called electrolysis — could be the best solution for creating large supplies of sustainable hydrogen
fuel.
The oil vapor, meanwhile, is condensed into a liquid
fuel, which is then further upgraded and
processed to make a green
fuel similar to the bunker
fuel that is used in cargo ship engines and industrial boilers, for example, except it lacks the pollution - causing sulfur common to the bunker
fuel refined
from petroleum.
Fossil Blends The Air Force, meanwhile, plans to certify its entire fleet of aircraft on Fischer - Tropsch
process synthetic
fuels derived
from methane or coal by 2011 and plans to purchase enough such
fuel to power at least 50 percent of the fleet in the continental U.S. by 2016.
The article, published recently in Open Chemistry may lead to the development of a
process to remove uranium
from wastewater at the front - end of the nuclear
fuel cycle, or even extracting natural uranium
from sea water.
Because the world's uranium supply is finite and the continued growth in the numbers of thermal reactors could exhaust the available low - cost uranium reserves in a few decades, it makes little sense to discard this spent
fuel or the «tailings» left over
from the enrichment
process.
Pyroprocessing The pyrometallurgical
process («pyro» for short) extracts
from used
fuel a mix of transuranic elements instead of pure plutonium, as in the PUREX route.