jtotheizzoe: Solar Fuels Take Two Steps Forward Two papers out this week show huge leaps forward in the two most important aspects of adopting solar energy and fuel cells: Cheapness and efficiency. (via ScienceNOW)

jtotheizzoe:

Solar Fuels Take Two Steps Forward

Two papers out this week show huge leaps forward in the two most important aspects of adopting solar energy and fuel cells:

Cheapness and efficiency.

(via ScienceNOW)

(via jtotheizzoe)

discoverynews: The Sticky Problem With Tar Sands To understand what tar sands are and why they have a slippery reputation with environmentalists, here’s a cheat sheet on these unconventional oil fields: WHAT: Tar sands, also known as oil sands, are a mixture of roughly 90 percent sand, clay and water and 10 percent bitumen, a thick hydrocarbon liquid. After extracting that 10 percent of bitumen from the tar-sand mixture, the bitumen can be purified and refined into synthetic crude oil. Read the rest here

discoverynews:

The Sticky Problem With Tar Sands

To understand what tar sands are and why they have a slippery reputation with environmentalists, here’s a cheat sheet on these unconventional oil fields:

WHAT: Tar sands, also known as oil sands, are a mixture of roughly 90 percent sand, clay and water and 10 percent bitumen, a thick hydrocarbon liquid. After extracting that 10 percent of bitumen from the tar-sand mixture, the bitumen can be purified and refined into synthetic crude oil.

Read the rest here

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