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What
are "Carbon
Dioxide Emissions"?
"Carbon Dioxide Emissions," also referred to as "CO2 Emissions and "Carbon Emissions" are one of the six major greenhouse gas emissions that most scientists and climatologists state are the primary reasons why the earth's climate is; warming/cooling/changing.
Technically speaking, the correct term is "Carbon Dioxide Emissions" and NOT "Carbon Emissions." In today's fast-paced news world and need to get information out quickly, the term Carbon Dioxide Emissions has been shortened to "Carbon Emissions."
According
to the EPA, Carbon
Dioxide Emissions,
or "Carbon
Emissions" or
simply "CO2," are generated in a number of ways. Carbon
Dioxide Emissions
are produced naturally through the carbon cycle and through human activities
like the burning of fossil fuels.
Natural sources of CO2 occur within the carbon cycle where billions of tons of
atmospheric CO2 are removed from the atmosphere by oceans and growing plants,
also known as ‘sinks,’ and are emitted back into the atmosphere annually
through natural processes also known as ‘sources.’ When in balance, the
total carbon dioxide emissions and removals from the entire carbon cycle are
roughly equal.
Since the Industrial Revolution in the 1700’s, when atmospheric concentrations
of carbon dioxide were 280 ppm, human activities - also referred to as
"anthropogenic" - including the use and burning of fossil fuels
including oil, coal and gas, as well as deforestation, have increased CO2
concentrations in the atmosphere to 390 ppm.
In 2005, global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxides were 35% higher than they were before the Industrial Revolution.
Carbon Dioxide Emissions are responsible for about 80% of the problems related to Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
Carbon Dioxide Emissions and carbon dioxide are one of the six anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions
methane and Biomethane
nitrous oxide
hydrofluorocarbons
perfluorocarbons
sulfur hexafluoride
that will be significantly reduced or eliminated via the global agreements under the Kyoto Protocol and new legislation in the U.S. under the pending "Cap and Trade" regulations in an effort to prevent climate change.
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What
are Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Greenhouse
Gas Emissions are those
greenhouse gases that allow sunlight to enter the atmosphere freely and
contribute to the greenhouse effect, which many believe is the cause of global
warming. There are natural and man-made greenhouse gas emissions. The primary
greenhouse gases thought to be major contributors to global warming are; carbon
dioxide emissions (CO2), methane emissions (CH 4) and nitrogen
oxides (N2O).
The
primary sources of greenhouse
gas emissions from manmade sources include; fossil-fueled power plants such
as natural gas power plants and coal fired power plants. Other sources of
greenhouse gas emissions linked to manmade causes include internal combustion
engines (fueled by gasoline and petroleum diesel) and deforestation.
Many
people don't realize that as much as 25% of per cent of the carbon dioxide
emissions are naturally absorbed by the ocean and another 25% of the carbon
dioxide emissions are absorbed by our biosphere, such as trees, plants, soil,
etc. This leaves about 50% of the carbon dioxide emissions that are not absorbed
and remaining in our atmosphere. As previously stated, carbon dioxide emissions
are linked primarily to the burning of fossil fuels (power plants, cars, trucks,
etc.) and deforestation.
Greenhouse
gas emissions have been on
the increase ever since the dawn of the industrial revolution.
What Are Greenhouse Gases?
Many chemical
compounds found in the Earth’s atmosphere act as “greenhouse gases.” These
gases allow sunlight to enter the atmosphere freely. When sunlight strikes the
Earth’s surface, some of it is reflected back towards space as infrared
radiation (heat). Greenhouse gases absorb this infrared radiation and trap the
heat in the atmosphere. Over time, the amount of energy sent from the sun to the
Earth’s surface should be about the same as the amount of energy radiated back
into space, leaving the temperature of the Earth’s surface roughly constant.
Why Are Atmospheric Levels of Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Increasing?
Levels
of several important greenhouse gases have increased by about 25 percent since
large-scale industrialization began around 150 years ago (Figure 1). During the
past 20 years, about three-quarters of human-made carbon
dioxide emissions were from burning fossil fuels.

Figure
1. Trends in Atmospheric Concentrations and Anthropogenic Carbon
Dioxide Emissions
Carbon Dioxide Emissions
in the atmosphere are naturally regulated by numerous processes collectively
known as the “carbon cycle” (Figure 2). The movement (“flux”) of carbon
between the atmosphere and the land and oceans is dominated by natural
processes, such as plant photosynthesis. While these natural processes can
absorb some of the net 6.1 billion metric tons of anthropogenic carbon dioxide
emissions produced each year (measured in carbon equivalent terms), an estimated
3.2 billion metric tons is added to the atmosphere annually. The Earth’s
positive imbalance between emissions and absorption results in the continuing
growth in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Figure
2. Global Carbon Cycle (Billion Metric Tons Carbon)
What Effect Do Greenhouse Gas
Emissions Have on Climate Change?
Given
the natural variability of the Earth’s climate, it is difficult to determine
the extent of change that humans cause. In computer-based models, rising
concentrations of greenhouse gases generally produce an increase in the average
temperature of the Earth. Rising temperatures may, in turn, produce changes in
weather, sea levels, and land use patterns, commonly referred to as “climate
change.”
Assessments
generally suggest that the Earth’s climate has warmed over the past century
and that human activity affecting the atmosphere is likely an important driving
factor. A National Research Council study dated May 2001 stated, “Greenhouse
gases are accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere as a result of human activities,
causing surface air temperatures and sub-surface ocean temperatures to rise.
Temperatures are, in fact, rising. The changes observed over the last several
decades are likely mostly due to human activities, but we cannot rule out that
some significant part of these changes is also a reflection of natural
variability.”
However,
there is uncertainty in how the climate system varies naturally and reacts to
emissions of greenhouse gases. Making progress in reducing uncertainties in
projections of future climate will require better awareness and understanding of
the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the behavior of the
climate system.
What Are the Sources of Greenhouse
Gas Emissions?
In
the U.S., our greenhouse gas emissions come mostly from energy use. These are
driven largely by economic growth, fuel used for electricity generation, and
weather patterns affecting heating and cooling needs. Energy-related carbon
dioxide emissions, resulting from petroleum and natural gas, represent 82
percent of total U.S. human-made greenhouse gas emissions (Figure 3). The
connection between energy use and carbon dioxide emissions is explored in the
box on the reverse side (Figure 4).

Figure
3. U.S. Anthropogenic Greenhouse
Gas Emissions by Greenhouse Gas
2001
(Million Metric Tons of Carbon Equivalent)

Figure 4. U.S. Primary Energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2001
Another
greenhouse gas, Biomethane, comes from
landfills, coal mines, oil and gas operations, and agriculture; it represents 9
percent of total emissions. Nitrogen
oxides (5 percent of total emissions), meanwhile, is emitted from burning
fossil fuels and through the use of certain fertilizers and industrial
processes. Human-made gases (2 percent of total emissions) are released as
byproducts of industrial processes and through leakage.
What Is the Prospect for Future Carbon
Dioxide Emissions?
World
carbon dioxide emissions are
expected to increase by 1.9 percent annually between 2001 and 2025 (Figure 5).
Much of the increase in these emissions is expected to occur in the developing
world where emerging economies, such as China and India, fuel economic
development with fossil energy. Developing countries’ emissions are expected
to grow above the world average at 2.7 percent annually between 2001 and 2025;
and surpass emissions of industrialized countries near 2018.

Figure
5. World Carbon
Dioxide Emissions by Region, 2001-2025
(Million Metric Tons of Carbon Equivalent)
The U.S. produces about 25 percent of global carbon
dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels; primarily because our economy
is the largest in the world and we meet 85 percent of our energy needs through
burning fossil fuels. The U.S. is projected to lower its carbon intensity by 25
percent from 2001 to 2025, and remain below the world average (Figure 6).

Figure
6: Carbon Intensity by Region, 2001-2025
Energy Production and Carbon
Dioxide Emissions
For
over one hundred years, energy and power production have been generated around
the world through the burning of fossil fuels, including; fuel oil, coal,
diesel, and natural gas. Over the past decade, environmental science and
research has discovered and linked global warming, and global climate change to
the carbon dioxide emissions
from the combustion of fossil fuels. This has placed an increased need to reduce
energy consumption and discover more environmentally friendly fuel sources.
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Foreign Oil is responsible for a significant number of problems facing the USA as well as the rest of the world.
The Renewable Energy Institute recognizes we cannot immediately end the use of fossil fuel, but as a first step to a sustainable and renewable energy future, we CAN and MUST stop buying and importing foreign oil (except from Canada) or, alternatively, enact a foreign oil tax with 100% of the tax revenues used for building and deploying the renewable energy alternatives to fossil fuels. Support Clean Energy!
In the case of a foreign oil tax, the Renewable Energy Institute suggests a first year foreign oil tax at $10/bbl on every barrel of oil from foreign countries (except oil from Canada).
All of the tax receipts from foreign oil will go directly to cities and areas that are presently in the EPA's "non-attainment" due to pollution caused by fossil fuels. These cities and areas under EPA's non-attainment include; Houston/Galveston, Dallas and Los Angeles, among others.
The foreign oil tax revenues will be used for replacing fossil fuels with renewable fuels, as well as replacing gasoline and diesel vehicles with Plug-In Electric Vehicles, building the "unified smart grid" for PEVs, and increased use of decentralized energy, cogeneration and trigeneration power plants.
This method of utilizing the foreign oil tax revenues for replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy technologies will have the biggest and most effective impact on not only getting America off foreign oil, but also improving the air quality and health of the people living in the EPA's non-attainment areas. Simultaneously, bringing these EPA non-attainment areas into compliance, will help jump-start the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
What is Battery
Energy Storage?
Battery Energy Storage, and Battery Energy Storage systems (BESS) use stored electrical power in batteries, and feed this energy to the electric grid (building, or facility) at times when it makes economic sense. For a "Net Zero Energy" building or facility, a Solar Cogeneration, or Solar Trigeneration energy system is used that stores excess solar power in the Battery Energy Storage system during the daytime, for use when the sun goes down, and during inclement weather.
Battery Energy Storage is an ideal solution for utility-scale wind farms, particularly in Texas, when most of the renewable energy is generated at night when the power isn't needed.
Battery Energy Storage is also an ideal demand side management or load leveling solution.
A new Net Zero Energy building to be built in Austin, Texas will feature a solar cogeneration system that is integrated with a Battery Energy Storage system - storing excess energy generated during the daytime for use after the sun sets and during periods of inclement weather. The owners are presently considering a "grid free energy" (building will be off the grid - not connected to the electric grid) solution as well as Platinum LEED certification for their new commercial building.
What are Energy
Storage Systems?
Energy storage systems represent one of the most exciting new areas of research and development in the energy industry.
As the energy, renewable energy and electric utility industries move toward a "smart grid," and with more and more renewable energy being generated and placed on the grid, energy storage systems are a vital "missing link" in the smart grid's evolution.
Particularly with more and more renewable energy coming online.
Renewable energy in the form of wind and solar is generated on an intermittent basis, for wind, only when the wind blows, and for sun, only when the sun shines. Renewable energy is not always available when it is needed. Energy storage systems will overcome this problem, making both renewable energy and electricity generated available when it's needed.
What are Flywheel
Energy Storage systems?
Flywheel Energy Storage systems act as mechanical batteries that store power kinetically in the form of a rotating mass, or "flywheel."
When the grid goes down, the power stored by the rotating flywheel is converted to electrical energy through the flywheel’s integrated electric generator. The system provides the DC energy to the Uninterruptible Power Supplies system until grid power is restored or the facility's back-up power generator can be started. Once either the utility is restored or the genset provides power to the input of the Uninterruptible Power Supplies, the Flywheel Energy Storage system will be re-charged by taking some current from the DC bus of the Flywheel Energy Storage until it is back up to full speed.
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Decentralized Energy is the opposite of "centralized energy." Decentralized Energy energy generates the power and energy that a residential, commercial or industrial customer needs, onsite. Examples of decentralized energy production are solar energy systems and solar trigeneration energy systems.
Today's electric utility industry was "born" in the 1930's, when fossil fuel prices were cheap, and the cost of wheeling the electricity via transmission power lines, was also cheap. "Central" power plants could be located hundreds of miles from the load centers, or cities, where the electricity was needed. These extreme inefficiencies and cheap fossil fuel prices have added a considerable economic and environmental burden to the consumers and the planet.
Centralized energy is found in the form of electric utility companies that generate power from "central" power plants. Central power plants are highly inefficient, averaging only 33% net system efficiency. This means that the power coming to your home or business - including the line losses and transmission inefficiencies of moving the power - has lost 75% to as much as 80% energy it started with at the "central" power plant. These losses and inefficiencies translate into significantly increased energy expenses by the residential and commercial consumers.
Decentralized Energy
is the Best Way to Generate Clean and Green Energy!
How we make and distribute electricity is changing!
The electric power generation, transmission and distribution system (the electric "grid") is changing and evolving from the electric grid of the 19th and 20th centuries, which was inefficient, highly-polluting, very expensive and “dumb.”
The "old" way of generating and distributing energy resembles this slide:
The electric grid of the 21st century (see slide below) will be Decentralized, Smart, Efficient and provide "carbon free energy" and “pollution free power” to customers who remain on the electric grid. The electric grid of the future will be comprised of both Onsite Power Generation plants and "utility scale power plants" that are fueled/powered with Biomass Gasification, Biomethane, Concentrating Solar Power, B100 Biodiesel, Distributed PV, EcoGeneration Systems, Geothermal Power Plants, Synthesis Gas, Rooftop PV, Solar Cogeneration, Solar Energy Systems, Solar Power Parks, Solar Trigeneration and Wind Power Generation - located at Residential, Commercial, Industrial and City/Municipal Locations.
Some customers will choose to dis-connect from the grid entirely. (Electric grid represented by the small light blue circles in the slide below.)
The transmission grid will be upgraded to a "Unified Smart Grid" with green electrons now being wheeled via "High Voltage Direct Current."
Typical "central" power plants and the electric utility companies that own them will either be shut-down, closed or go out of business due to one or more of the following:
failed business model
inordinate expenses and high operating costs to run central power plants
utilities and their central power plants are inefficient and generate excessive pollution/emissions
continued reliance on fossil fuels to generate energy
the failure of utilities to provide efficient, carbon free energy, clean power generation and pollution free power.
Decentralized energy, carbon free energy, clean power generation and pollution free power technologies ARE the future - whether the utility giants recognize this fact or not. These green and sustainable energy technologies will reduce, and one day eliminate America's dependence on foreign oil - making America energy independent while reducing and eliminating Greenhouse Gas Emissions - and could mean the end of central power plants as well as the utility companies that own and operate them!
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Hubbert's Peak Oil Predictions Now Proving True?
Marion King Hubbert was a geologist and scientist who worked at Shell Oil company's research lab in Houston, Texas. Hubbert made several important contributions to geology, geophysics and petroleum geology. Hubbert is most recognized for the "Hubbert Curve" and " Hubbert Peak Theory" which is now referred to as " Peak Oil.
Hubbert's life work determined that the world has a finite amount of petroleum that can be produced. (Similarly, there is a finite amount of coal.) Many scientists and engineers believe we have reached Hubbert's "peak oil" limit. Hubbert's espouses that when 50% of domestic crude oil production has been reached, that there will be such significant upward demand on prices of the limited supplies of oil production, that the U.S. economy will experience severe economic, social, and political turmoil.
Hubbert's Peak Oil predictions have proven to be true and this is validated as the U.S. in the early 1970's produced about 60% of its' oil demand and imported 40%. That equation has flipped since then, because our domestic oil production has been on the decline since 1970, so now, due to our declining domestic oil production, we have to import 60% of our oil supplies, to meet our country's oil/energy demands.
The Next Oil Shock Could be the "mother" of All Oil Shocks
How severe our economic calamity and next "oil shock" will depend upon a number of factors, including when this occurs, as well as the following:
1. the dependence of the individual country upon its own crude oil production to meet its energy needs and to subsidize consumer imports;
2. the rate of relative decline in crude oil production;
3. the degree of difficulty encountered in replacing missing energy inputs;
4.
the degree to which our country had prepared in advance for this inevitable geological
and economic calamity.
Examples of past "oil shocks" and the economic and political
calamities that followed:
United States: Our peak crude oil production of domestic oil occurred in
1970; the first "oil shock" and oil crisis followed in 1973 with the
Arab/OPEC Oil Embargo.
Iran: Their peak crude oil production occurred in 1974; They had their islamic revolution 1979 that overturned government and replaced it with radical islam.
Soviet
Union: Their peak crude oil production
was in 1989; what happened next?
Their country disintegrated and the collapse of the Soviet Union followed in 1991.
Indonesia: Their peak crude oil production was in 1991; their financial
and government crisis followed in 1997.
Iraq: Iraq's crude oil production was in 1989; they then invaded Kuwait (for their oil) in 1991.
Using Mr. Hubbert's predictions, that beginning around 2000 we would see peak (global) oil production, then, if the country's not weaning themselves off of their oil addiction, and had not begun making the switch to renewable energy, that the negative economic and political calamities would soon follow, including ever-increasing prices of energy that is from fossil fuels.
Now is the time to begin weaning ourselves off of fossil fuels and making the transition to and increasing the use of renewable energy. If you don't believe in climate change, or global warming, GREAT! Join us in the switch to renewable energy and a fossil-free economy!
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America's Clear and Present Danger
America
Has INCREASED its' Dependence on Foreign
Sources of Energy by 50% Since 1973.
America is even more "addicted" to foreign oil today, than we were in 1973 - 1974 when OPEC, Saudi Arabia and other suppliers from the Middle-East stopped selling us their fossil fuels, and created a significant blow to our economy.
According to the CIA Fact Book, Every Day, the U.S.:
PRODUCES: 7,460,000 bbls of oil
CONSUMES:
20,800,000 bbls of oil
This Means that 65% of America's Energy Supplies are Now Imported from Suppliers from Foreign Countries.
Simply put, about 65% of the gasoline in your car's gas tank, comes from a foreign country.
EVERY day, the U.S. must IMPORT over 13 million bbls of oil from foreign countries and foreign suppliers to meet demand.
At
$80/barrel of oil, this also means that $1,040,000,000.00 American Dollars leave
our country, EVERY DAY, to foreign countries/suppliers of our fossil fuels, to
pay for the energy we need.
That's
$1 Billion EVERY day leaving our economy, and going to support a foreign
country's economy.
Talk
about our foreign trade deficit..... nearly $400 Billion each year, leaves our
country to pay for our oil addiction and the energy we need. To be exact,
that's $379,600,000,000.00 American Dollars.
This is NOT acceptable.
America needs to quickly transition to Energy Independence.
Renewable Energy is the Only Way America Can Achieve Energy Independence.
Millions of new and sustainable American jobs would be created here at home, if we would end our addiction to foreign fossil fuels, and quickly transition to an economy based on renewable energy and renewable fuels, produced here in the U.S.A.
The good news is that today, America already has all of the Renewable Energy Resources and Renewable Energy Technologies needed to make American Energy Independence a reality.
According to Monty Goodell, Founder and Chairman of the Renewable Energy Institute, "our increased dependence and reliance on foreign energy supplies represents a Clear and Present Danger to our national security, our economy, and the lives and livelihood of every American. Energy - including the energy we use from imported fossil fuels, is the very "lifeblood" of the American economy as it is for every industrialized country. An economy dies without it's lifeblood of energy. This Clear and Present Danger we face is far more serious than the problems related to greenhouse gas emissions. And while greenhouse gas emissions are very serious issue, in the long-term, pales in comparison to America's vital national security interests and America's economic stability in the short term. For this reason alone, America needs to transition away from its addiction to foreign energy supplies. And America's abundant renewable energy resources such as the energy we receive from the sun, and renewable energy technologies such as concentrated solar power (CSP) plants - can supply 100% of America's power requirements with a concentrating solar power plant measuring 75 miles by 75 miles, located in the Southwest U.S. By generating America's power from concentrating solar power plants, America resolves its' short-term Clear and Present Danger as it relates to importing its energy from foreign countries, and the long-term problems relating to greenhouse gas emissions."
Continuing, Mr. Goodell states that "too many Americans have forgotten what happened to us in 1973, when the Arabs and OPEC brought the United States economy to a screeching halt during the OPEC Oil Embargo. This happened because they (mainly the country of Saudi Arabia) disagreed with our foreign policy and is the reason why they "turned off the tap" of our need for their oil supplies. When Saudi Arabia and OPEC stopped the vital flow of oil to our country in 1973, they caused an "oil shock" that severely and negatively impacted our economy.
Mr. Goodell's question for us to ponder is, "do these countries who sell us 60% of our daily energy requirements, like us and our foreign policy, or might they leverage our addiction to their fossil fuels, and turn off the tap to make us adjust or revise our foreign policy?? Like any addict, America's foreign policy may be held hostage to its addiction, and in this case, our addiction to foreign oil, may over-ride our national interests."
Have
American's forgotten the gas shortages and long lines at
their gas stations to get
gas during the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973?
"Apparently so." Mr. Goodell states that "in 1973, America was 'addicted' and 'over the barrel' of foreign oil to the amount of 40%. Forty percent of our energy 'needs' in 1973 came from countries - many of which didn't like us then, and I'm afraid, many of them still don't. The difference between 1973 and today - is that today we receive 50% MORE foreign oil now than we did in 1973. And now we know about the problems relating to greenhouse gas emissions that we didn't know then. America needs to change course, and change course now, in terms of its' energy supplies and how we keep America's economy strong, without the threat of being held hostage to a middle-east tyrant or regime, that could once again, turn on us, and turn off our supply of foreign oil."
Remember ????
"Sadly," Monty Goodell continues, "most Americans have forgotten the long lines of people waiting in their cars
- lined up and waiting
for gasoline at their nearby gas station, with lines that were many blocks
long. And, after waiting 4-5 hours, many even waiting overnight in many places, to
finally take their turn to fill up their car with gasoline, only to find that
the gas station
had run out of gas."
"Let me Repeat.... That was 1973 when we imported 40% of our daily energy requirements in the form of crude oil from overseas, and from foreign countries - and many of these from countries that don't like us.
Today, over 35 years later, America has yet to learn the lesson. We cannot continue our reliance on energy from foreign countries that supply us with 60% of the crude oil that our refineries use as a feedstock for producing gasoline and diesel fuel for our cars and trucks comes from overseas.
America is "over the barrel" and it's not our barrel, but the barrels of oil that we are addicted by and owned by other countries. Why have we not learned the lessons we needed to learn in 1973 when we were cut-off from the vital energy supplies we need?
Countries like China, are growing rapidly, and have an insatiable need for crude oil. China, with their booming economy, is increasingly growing in its clout and control over international supplies of crude oil - whether they do this through their ability to buy as much oil as they need on a daily basis, or whether they simply but American drilling rigs, technology, and explore and produce oil and gas from their own fields. China, is buying large amounts of oil for their country, and causing upward pricing on declining supplies. What happens if Russia, with all of their oil and natural gas, along with China and Venezuela, with or without the help of OPEC, decided to NOT sell oil to us????
To be sure, greenhouse gas emissions are a problem, and to some, greenhouse gas emissions are also a Clear and Present Danger, but not to the extent that it presents an imminent Clear and Present Danger.
America's reliance for 60% of our energy "needs" coming from foreign suppliers is un-acceptable.
The "driver" to get America to begin reducing and eliminating fossil fuel use should be our nation's national security and the welfare and safety of its citizens. And this can all begin with developing and investing in our own renewable energy resources and renewable energy technologies, let's start by putting solar on every rooftop that has a clear and unobstructed view of the Southern sky. See www.RooftopPV.com or www.DistributedPV.com for more information. Let's create incentives begin with adopting a national "Feed In Tariff" as Germany did in 1990.
America,
we simply do NOT have the luxury of time on our hands. We need to end our
dependence and reliance on foreign fossil fuels, especially from countries that
don't like us! We need to rapidly begin expanding renewable energy
resources and renewable
energy technologies from our vast and abundant renewable energy resources,
such as; solar, solar energy systems, solar cogeneration, solar trigeneration,
"solar on every roof," waste to energy, waste to fuel, biomass
gasification, B100 Biodiesel, Biomethane, Synthesis Gas, geothermal, E100
Ethanol (from sugar cane and NOT from corn), and wind, where it makes economic
sense."
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more information, call/email:
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