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Six Quiet Climate Villains
By Escape The Illusion on August 2, 2010 | No Comments
By Rebecca Boyle. If you’re reading PopSci, you probably already know all about the latest efforts to offset carbon dioxide emissions, engineer clean building materials and combat pollution from traditional energy sources like coal and oil. But you may be less aware of the more insidious clim... -
Switching Off Your Lights Has a Bigger Impact Than Yo...By Escape The Illusion on July 25, 2010 | 3 Comments
Switching off lights, turning the television off at the mains and using cooler washing cycles could have a much bigger impact on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power stations than previously thought, according to a new study published this month in the journal Energy Policy. The study shows ... -
Can We ‘Cool The Planet’ Through Geoengin...By Escape The Illusion on May 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
For years, environmental and energy researchers have been working on solutions to stop or slow down the effects of global warming. One approach that has recently gained popularity is what scientists call geoengineering — the idea that Earth can essentially be retrofitted with technology to red... -
Canadian Scientists Put the Hex on Hexane EmissionsBy Escape The Illusion on March 31, 2010 | No Comments
So who knew? The manufacture of cooking oil involves hexane, a solvent that separates the oil from crushed seeds. Hexane is a volatile organic compound found in gasoline. Hexane is also a degreaser used in the printing industry. It dissolves glues, varnishes, and inks. Aside from the ick factor ... -
Hair Conditioning Shampoo Component Captures 90% of C...By Escape The Illusion on March 28, 2010 | No Comments
Aminosilicones are regularly used in hair-conditioning shampoos and fabric softeners, but recently they show usefulness in fighting global warming by filtering carbon dioxide out of flue gases from coal plants. The discovery has been reported at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical So... -
Frogs, Foam and Fuel: Solar Energy Converted to Sugar...By Escape The Illusion on March 19, 2010 | No Comments
For decades, farmers have been trying to find ways to get more energy out of the sun. In natural photosynthesis, plants take in solar energy and carbon dioxide and then convert it to oxygen and sugars. The oxygen is released to the air and the sugars are dispersed throughout the plant — like t... -
SETI Opens All Data and Coding to the PublicBy Escape The Illusion on February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) just announced that it is releasing all information to the public. SETIQuest.org was launched on Wednesday to facilitate the release and help coordinate an ‘army of citizen scientists’ to help search for anomalies in interstellar microwave patt... -
Bacteria Engineered to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liqui...By Escape The Illusion on December 30, 2009 | 3 Comments
Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels. In a new approach, researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have genetically modified a cyanobacterium to consume ... -
Conspiracy Theory: UFO Anti-GravityBy Escape The Illusion on November 16, 2009 | No Comments
A theory into the workings of a Government UFO using anti-Gravity ...
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