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    Finnair to use cooking oil to power its flights to New York

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    There’s something good cooking at Finnair! Very recently, this Finnish airline announced flights from Helsinki to New York powered by an environmentally sustainable biofuel. Simply put, Finnair plans to fly planes using cooking oil. To do so, the airliner will … Continue reading3

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    Audi Pioneers Solar, Wind and CO2 ‘E-Gas’

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    Always at the cutting edge of car design, German car manufacturers, Audi, have now announced plans to produce e-gas – a fuel made out of solar power, wind power and captured CO2 (which is carbon free). Audi are currently building … Continue reading3

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    Rohm develops disposable hydrogen fuel cells to charge smartphones

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    Soon, giving your phone a quick charge on the go could get a lot easier than it is today. No longer will we need to carry phone-chargers and spare batteries to keep our phones juiced up. Developed by Rohm, these … Continue reading3

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    Triumph International recycles old bras into power-generating fuel

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    Used bras now have a better purpose than being stolen by perverts or ending up in landfills. Taking note of the concerns of Japanese women who constantly face the embarrassment of perverts picking out their used bras now have their … Continue reading3

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    CalTech researchers to develop process that uses air, water and the sun to create fuels

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    The world has come to realise the need for alternative energy sources, with fossil fuels constantly depleting and the environment being destroyed gradually, owing to the use of these polluting fuels. Now scientists at CalTech are working on a technology … Continue reading3

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    Researchers develop device to create fuel from sunlight

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    Until now we have heard of how sunlight could be used as a form of alternative energy. Here is a ‘break through’ in science – American and Swiss researchers from California Institue of Technology and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology … Continue reading3

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    Energy from adult diapers by a Japanese firm

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    The whole idea of producing energy from old people sounds weird and sort of morbid. But no, we aren’t talking about putting them to work in power plants. Super Faiths, a Japanese firm, came up with a recycling machine, which … Continue reading3

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    GPS system warns motorists against fuel emissions

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    Unlike the regular GPS systems, the new Vexia GPS navigation system called ‘Econav’ warns motorists when they exceed speed limits, how much carbon they have emitted and the likes. To give a brief knowledge into what all this system does, … Continue reading3

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    A solar powered device converts CO2 in to usable fuel

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    With the climatic situation that is prevalent today and to add to it the fast depletion of fossil fuels, the future of nature earth looks very grim. In such a scenario imagine having a machine that would take in all … Continue reading3

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    Marshall Hydrothermal Recovery Systems digs in deep for fuel, electricity and minerals

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    The Marshall Hydrothermal Recovery System is going to use heat from hydrothermal vents 7,000 feet under the sea to make electricity. But they plan to try and avoid too much destruction to the underground ecology as it plans to relocate … Continue reading3

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