Biomass

Legalizing Hemp Legalizing the use of hemp would help our economy in more ways than one. It would help give a more natural alternative to the products the United States already produces such as for food, feed, and oil. Dr. Edward from the Global Healing Center states that “Hemp is illegal to produce in the United States because of its distant relation to THC-laden cannabis sativa.” (“Hemp Production Should Be Legalized” Para. 4) The Prohibitive Marihuana Tax Law is the bill that outlawed hemp.…

5.3. Results of the 3rd experiment. (Co-digestion of kitchen waste with cow dung slurry). 5.3.1. Results for the physicochemical characteristics Sl. No Parameter Fresh cow dung slurry Fresh food waste slurry Fresh cow-dung + fresh food waste slurry Digested slurry 1 pH 6.4 6.0 6.2 7.0 2 Total solids (%) 8.5 9.1 8.8 6.16 3 Moisture Content (%) 92 90.5 91.25 94.33 4 Volatile Solids (%) 92.9 94.5 93.7 82.50 5 Percent carbon 2.27 3.03 2.65 0.27 6 Phosphate(mg/100g) 0.24 0.310 0.275 1.010…

The biodiesel that never boomed The greenhouse gas emission and reduction of fossil fuel reserves has created energy insecurity and ecological imbalance in the foreseeable future. The organic extracts of fossil fuels that are used right now emit high volume of greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change. The drastic increase in consumption patterns has the capability to create a substantial energy crisis for the generations to come. In addition to this, the pollution patterns may even…

future without harming the environment, but these types of energy are not easy and cheap to obtain. As a result, the world would have to change from traditional energy sources to more credible ways of producing energy such as solar power, wind power, biomass…

Everybody loves the big city of Chicago, and knows that our drinking water comes from Lake Michigan. Well, imagine that water being filled with sewage and chemicals. That's the way that Lake Michigan used to be, and thanks to reversing the river, we will never have that problem again. A closer study of this historical event will illustrate how the workers completed this impossible sounding task, what impact this had on the Chicago people, and how reversing the river may have created more…

THE WATER CYLE AND CLIMATE CHANGE Among the most serious Earth science and ecological approach issues challenging society are the potential changes in the Earth’s water cycle because of environmental change. The science community agrees that the climate of Earth is now changing due to natural variability; it includes solar variability and increasing concentration of greenhouse gases. Moreover, it is noticed that these changes may strongly affect atmospheric water vapor concentrations,…

Over the last decade technological advances in areas of solar, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy have grown exponentially. “A milestone occurred in 2013 when the world added 143 gigawatts of renewable electricity capacity, compared with 141 gigawatts in new plants that burn fossil fuels.”(Blogs) This statement…

Respiration (Short-term storage) Carbon that is stored in plants, animals and all living things is released back into the atmosphere during the process of respiration. Energy is required for all living things to carry out life processes therefore stored glucose must be converted to energy by respiration. Oxygen is used to break down carbon stored as sugar for energy by the process of respiration. Carbon dioxide is released as a waste product back into the atmosphere C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O…

Global warming is a stealthy reality of our society that can deplete our planet. This reality creates a slow and steady increase in the earth 's temperature. It affects our everyday life and while many in our society have acknowledged that and attempt to restore the destruction by going "green," there are plenty of alternatives to pollution creating toxins that harm the ozone layer. This ozone layer is destructed by the buildup of atmospheric carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases, which in turn…

In June of 1993, the much anticipated Jurassic Park was introduced to theaters everywhere, which, according to Box Office Mojo, generated over $47,000,000 in profits on its opening weekend alone. The movie, detailing mass panic as carnivorous dinosaurs, painstakingly brought back from extinction, break away from their artificial habits and wreak havoc on their keepers, both captivated and horrified the imagination of its viewers. Although the events portrayed by Jurassic Park have forever…