Tag: plants
Does our breathing contribute to global warming?
Category: Basic, Climate Change, LifestyleAuthor : Admin October 30, 2016
Sometimes, those who decide to seriously think about CO2 and global warming end up with an interesting question: Hey, don’t we humans breathe out CO2 as well? So aren’t we, just by being ...Read more
Can someone tell me what is biomass? Is it just plants?
Category: Agriculture, Basic, Bio, ProfessionAuthor : Admin September 2, 2016
Until I entered the field of cleantech, I had not heard of the term biomass. Wood, yes, plants, yes, crops, yes, even crop waste, yes, but biomass? Nopes, hadn’t heard of it. The first time I he...Read more
I heard we can get oil from algae. Is it snake oil or is it legit?
Category: Advanced, Biofuels, ProfessionAuthor : Admin September 2, 2016
This is an interesting story you might want to listen to: Many millions of years back, diverse biomass, a large portion of which were algae, got buried deep inside earth. Over millennia, under extreme...Read more
Can any agricultural waste be used to generate power?
Category: Agro Waste, Biomass Power, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin September 1, 2016
The world generates millions of tons of agricultural waste every DAY! A good portion of this waste is just…wasted. Left to rot, or worse, burnt! Instead, can all these agri and crop waste be put...Read more
Can we use plant material to make plastics?
Category: Agriculture, Basic, Biopolymers, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 28, 2016
Most (almost all, actually) conventional plastics are made from petroleum – here’s a nice video on oil to plastics. With petroleum being a perishable resource, a question that arises is: ...Read more