Fuels and Fuel Chemistry
A fuel is any compound that has stored energy. This energy is captured in chemical bonds through processes such as photosynthesis and respiration. Energy is released during ox...
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Fuels and Fuel Chemistry
That modern society is the consumer of a significant amount of energy is readily apparent on the streets of any large city. Automobiles and buses are everywhere. Electric ligh...
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Climate Change: A Danish commission looks at the negative effect of biofuels on the environment as a new study shows ethanol use may actually increase pollution. The Kyoto deal is full of unintende...
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In March, oil-field services giant Halliburton HAL announced it was moving its headquarters to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The new digs puts the behemoth right in the middle of its fastest-growing...
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General Motors Corp. says it is testing a new combustion process that could increase fuel economy in conventional engines by up to 15 percent.The announcement comes as fuel economy has become a inc...
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Iran received a third shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Friday for a power plant being constructed in the southern port of Bushehr, state radio reported.The 11-ton consignment arrived at the ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines Inc
said Friday it raised its fuel surcharge on domestic
U.S. plane tickets to $40 per round-trip from $20, marking the
latest test of airline pricing po...
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Everyone knows the price of gas has exploded. A gallon of regular averaged $2.90 in May, which was about 70 cents higher than it was just five months earlier. The sudden price rise had news shows s...
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Justice: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales knows he serves at the pleasure of the president. So do all 93 U.S. attorneys, who can be fired merely for the color of their tie. Just ask former U.S. At...
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Fujitsu wanted clean energy at its Sunnyvale, Calif., site. But unlike some tech firms going the green route, including nearby Google GOOG, Fujitsu didn't go with solar or wind power. It chose ... ...
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