fairman

Ezine Article & Buzzle Author Approval

Hi people. My article : What is Carbon Capture and Storage : Pt 1- Capturing Carbon Dioxide has just been approved by Ezine and Buzzle. Hope that with this, I will bring you even more interesting and up-to date news.

Good news or bad news? Artic’s oil could meet world demand

The Arctic Circle holds an estimated 90 billion barrels of recoverable oil, enough supply to meet current world demand for almost three years, the US Geological Survey forecast on Wednesday.
The forecast comes as Russia is competing with Canada, Denmark, Norway and the United States to grab a chunk of the huge energy resources in the [...]

Are you cool enough? Dress casually

Professionals in Shanghai have found a way to cool themselves without having to actually to go a cool place. They are choosing instead to wear T-shirts and sneakers for the coming Cool Week activity.
White-collar workers in the Lujiazui financial district of the Pudong area will work at 26 C rather than 24 C temperatures in [...]

New rules to ease air pollution in Beijing

With the coming of the Olympic Games, and the problem of air pollution not easing, China has launched traffic restrictions in a last minute ditch to ease the air pollution problem.
Vehicles with even and odd plates will hit the roads only on alternate days, which effectively means just half of the capital’s 3.29 million automobiles [...]

What is Carbon Capture and Storage : Pt 2 - Storing Carbon Dioxide

Welcome back. For part 2 of this article, I will be talking about how carbon dioxide is stored. After being captured, the carbon dioxide can be either stored undergound ( geological sequestration ) or in the ocean ( ocean sequestration ).

What is Carbon Capture and Storage : Pt 1- Capturing Carbon Dioxide

With the effects of climate change and ocean acidification caused by greenhouse gases worsening, government bodies worldwide are pressed to find a way to curb with carbon dioxide emissions. But with fossil fuel still proving to be the dominant source of fuel and with the recent G8 agreement to target a 50% reduction in carbon [...]

Impact of ethanol usage felt at the Gulf of Mexico

The picture above shows the how widespread the Dead Zone area at the Gulf of Mexico is. Scientist has said that this area could stretch to more than 8,800 square miles this year - about the size of New Jersey, compared with 6,662 square miles in 2006 and nearly double the annual average since 1990 [...]

Revival of Jakarta’s Green Map Movement

After three years in the wilderness, a movement to map out green spaces in Jakarta is back in style, riding the global trend towards an environmentally conscious lifestyle.
“The campaigning stage is over, people are aware of the ‘green’ lifestyle now. Let’s focus on green maps’ effectiveness, power to change, availability and design,” Marco Kusumawijaya, a [...]