Low-carbon fuel standard

These advancements have not only made cars faster, more reliable and a lot safer but they have also improved people’s standard of living. Cars are available at a price which if affordable to almost everybody and they are a lot greener too which is not only good for people’s general heath but its only important for the earth’s atmosphere. It’s also clear that innovations…

end of the Second World War. The Beetle became increasingly popular between 1945 and 1955, with production numbers reaching one million. The car stayed a household favourite throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s thanks to its practical, reliable nature and low running costs. By 1972 Volkswagen had sold over 15 million units, putting it ahead of the Ford Model T. In 1964, Volkswagen purchased Auto Union, followed by the purchase of the NSU in 1969. The additional expertise…

disseminated inside of a huge pile of immaculate graphite, a type of carbon. In Fermi's "heap," or atomic reactor, the graphite mediator served to moderate the neutrons. Fermi's atomic reactor created warm force of around 200 W; in the 1990s, reactors delivered more than a million warm kilowatts.The main substantial scale atomic reactors were implicit 1944 at Hanford, Wash., for the generation of atomic weapons material. The fuel was common uranium metal; the mediator, graphite. Plutonium was…

Alternative fuels are perceived as being less likely to evaporate or otherwise find their way into the air before combustion and are less ozone-forming and less toxic if they do (Gushee, 1995). Another benefit that may be reaped from the use of alternative fuels is that gases burn cleaner than gasoline (see Table 6). As a result, less harmful emissions are created as a result of burning alternative fuels. There are of course disadvantages to the use of alternative fuel driven cars. Vehicles…

know that the fuel used in the reactors can only…

synthetic, is composed of covalently bonded carbon atoms that are crystalline in structure due to Van der Waals attraction of its layered carbon sheets. It has a gray or black color, with thermal and electrical conductivity. With its properties, it can be used in many “industrial applications like in batteries and fuel cells” (Olson 2003). Although graphite has its useful characteristics, its performance is limited due to its large particles’ size resulting to “low aspect ratio” (Neja, Manjula…

is a direct relationship between a country’s standard of living and energy consumption per capita. This situation means that developed and developing countries alike will in the near future need to find innovative ways to obtain energy as affluence may be related closely to more efficient use of a wider variety of energy sources as it is to total energy consumption now. Our country South Africa, like all other countries is more reliant on fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas). Approximately 89% of…

heaters in their homes to keep warm. The atmosphere is composed of around 70% nitrogen. A majority of nitrates in the atmosphere are formed by oxidation reactions of NO2 and NO which mostly appeared from the daily use of fossil fuels. The ongoing combustion of fossil fuels produce nitric acid (HNO3) which eventually reaches the aqueous phase and gets mixed in with the precipitation causing the overall pH to slowly decrease (J. Kieber et al., 2005). A decrease in rainwater pH has negative…

With the combination of an ageing public transportation system, ever-increasing fuel costs, and growing public environmental awareness, it is time to think about the future of the current bus fleet. Updating the fleet with alternative fuel technology is a popular and cost-effective initiative. Background: The American transportation system is suffering from major problems. Thirty-six percent of The United States major highways face a serious congestion problem. With the number of vehicles on…

care about as we do not see it every day, however, it is a danger to not only our way of life but human life in general. Ocean acidification refers to a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Humans have caused this, mankind is not only disturbing the ocean…