Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Fossil fuels have solved two problems which could be separately solved in the future: the problem of a source of primary energy and of energy storage. Along with straight vegetable oil and biodiesel, some energy technologies that could play an important part in the future include:
Not everyone needs to eat a sandwich! Provide large whole grain tortillas to make hummus wraps, a bowl of greens for hummus salad, or include whole grain crackers, tortilla chips, whole grain pita ...
Women, children, and infants are most vulnerable to health effects caused by energy insecurity. [12] One alternative to heating and cooking as a result of energy insecurity, common in developing countries, is burning solid fuels. [13] Death can be caused by smoky environments from inefficient stoves or from combustion of kerosene or coal for ...
Renewable fuels are fuels produced from renewable resources. Examples include: biofuels (e.g. Vegetable oil used as fuel, ethanol, methanol from clean energy and carbon dioxide [1] or biomass, and biodiesel), Hydrogen fuel (when produced with renewable processes), and fully synthetic fuel (also known as electrofuel) produced from ambient carbon dioxide and water.
Biogas is a gaseous renewable energy source [1] produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste, wastewater, and food waste. Biogas is produced by anaerobic digestion with anaerobic organisms or methanogens inside an anaerobic digester , biodigester or a bioreactor .
Food writer, TODAY contributor and mom of four, Siri Daly is whipping up sweet and savory after-school snacks that kids — and grown-ups — will love. She shows us how to make peanut butter and ...
The share of renewable energy in industry was 14.5% in 2017—mostly low-temperature heat supplied by bioenergy and electricity. The most energy-intensive activities in industry have the lowest shares of renewable energy, as they face limitations in generating heat at temperatures over 200 °C (390 °F). [216]
According to a study comparing environmental, social, and economic life cycle impacts of cooking fuels, with more efficient stoves "more of the heating value of the fuel is converted into useful cooking energy and therefore less fuel must be produced, transported, and burned to deliver the same amount of cooking". [28]