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  Nanotechnology to fight climate change 

  http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2529

  Most of us are somewhat-to-very concerned about climate change — how can nanotechnology help? Nanowerk brings our attention to a UK report (pdf) looking at how relatively conservative nanotech advances ... could make a contribution: The study concludes that nanotechnology is likely to have a significant positive effect on the UK’s green house gas emissions: “From the areas we have studied, nanotechnology could reduce our green house gas emissions by up to 2% in the near term and up to 20% by 2050 with a similar saving being realized in air pollution. These savings are based on the wide-scale adoption of nanotechnology and the assumption that predicted breakthroughs within the field will occur when expected.” This really sounds quite conservative to me, even without assuming highly advanced productive nanosystems. Can’t we do better within forty years? I believe we can. —Christine Update: We are still having trouble with comment spam. Apologies to those of you whose comments have been sw   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 14 September 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  climate change, nanotechnology, gases, global warming, green house

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  CARMA - Carbon Monitoring for Action 

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  November 14, 2007 - We are pleased to announce the launch of the Carbon Monitoring for Action database at www.carma.org . CARMA provides the world's most detailed and comprehensive information on carbon ... emissions resulting from the production of electricity. Power sector emissions make up 25% of the global total, 40% of carbon emissions in the United States, and are a primary cause of global warming . CARMA is a product of the at the Center for Global Development , an independent and non-partisan think tank located in Washington, DC. November 14, 2007 - We set out to make CARMA.org an intuitive and easy-to-use (dare we say fun?) source of information. Although the database behind CARMA is massive, all of the information can be searched, sorted, parsed, and downloaded with just a few clicks or keystrokes. Here are 5 quick tips on how to do just that, ranging from the basics to the advanced. November 13, 2007 - By providing detailed estimates of carbon pollution facility by facility, CAR   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 15 November 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  emissions, power plants, climate change, co2, database , efficient, energy, gases, generation, green, greenhouse, power, producers, production   [More...] [Less...]