http://www.fxstd.com Articles and videos on topics related to alternative energy Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:16:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.fxstd.com/article/the-hype-about-hydrogen-introduction http://www.fxstd.com/article/the-hype-about-hydrogen-introduction#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:24:37 +0000 http://www.fxstd.com/article/the-hype-about-hydrogen-introduction http://www.fxstd.com/article/the-hype-about-hydrogen-introduction/feed 0 http://www.fxstd.com/article/hans-josef-fell-introduction http://www.fxstd.com/article/hans-josef-fell-introduction#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:24:27 +0000 http://www.fxstd.com/article/hans-josef-fell-introduction http://www.fxstd.com/article/hans-josef-fell-introduction/feed 0 http://www.fxstd.com/article/nuclear-power-debate-recent-book-on-the-nuclear-power-debate http://www.fxstd.com/article/nuclear-power-debate-recent-book-on-the-nuclear-power-debate#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:25:51 +0000 http://www.fxstd.com/article/nuclear-power-debate-recent-book-on-the-nuclear-power-debate In the 2010 Australian book ”Why vs. Why: Nuclear Power” Barry Brook and Ian Lowe discuss and articulate the debate about nuclear power. Brook argues that there are seven reasons why people should say “yes” to nuclear power: *Because renewable energy and energy efficiency won’t solve the energy and climate crises *Because nuclear fuel is [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.fxstd.com/article/nuclear-power-debate-recent-book-on-the-nuclear-power-debate/feed 0 http://www.fxstd.com/article/houston-advanced-research-center-five-priorities http://www.fxstd.com/article/houston-advanced-research-center-five-priorities#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:24:43 +0000 http://www.fxstd.com/article/houston-advanced-research-center-five-priorities # Air & Climate # Built Environment # Clean Energy # Ecosystems & Water # Environmental Health Air & Climate HARC’s Air Quality & Climate Program includes efforts in several areas: air quality research and management; air emissions technologies; urban heat island mitigation planning; scenario building for transportation and air quality; the links between air [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.fxstd.com/article/houston-advanced-research-center-five-priorities/feed 0 http://www.fxstd.com/article/florida-institute-of-technology-academics-college-of-engineering http://www.fxstd.com/article/florida-institute-of-technology-academics-college-of-engineering#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:24:57 +0000 http://www.fxstd.com/article/florida-institute-of-technology-academics-college-of-engineering The College of Engineering (COE) is located at the F. W. Olin Engineering Complex in the Florida Institute of Technology main campus, Melbourne, Florida. COE is the largest college in Florida Tech, enrolling approximately 1660 students students. College of Engineering is currently accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as well as the [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.fxstd.com/article/florida-institute-of-technology-academics-college-of-engineering/feed 0 http://www.fxstd.com/article/energy-policy-of-the-united-states-sources http://www.fxstd.com/article/energy-policy-of-the-united-states-sources#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:24:08 +0000 http://www.fxstd.com/article/energy-policy-of-the-united-states-sources About 86% of all types of energy used in the United States is derived from fossil fuels. In 2007, the largest source of the country’s energy came from petroleum (40%), followed by natural gas (24%) and coal (23%). The remaining 15% was supplied by nuclear power, hydroelectric dams, and miscellaneous renewable sources. Petroleum The US [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.fxstd.com/article/energy-policy-of-the-united-states-sources/feed 0 http://www.fxstd.com/article/environmental-technology-alternative-and-clean-power http://www.fxstd.com/article/environmental-technology-alternative-and-clean-power#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:26:55 +0000 http://www.fxstd.com/article/environmental-technology-alternative-and-clean-power Principles: *Green syndicalism *Sustainability *Sustainable design *Sustainable engineering Scientists continue to search for clean energy alternatives to our current power production methods. Some technologies such as anaerobic digestion produce renewable energy from waste materials. The global reduction of greenhouse gases is dependent on the adoption of energy conservation technologies at industrial level as well as [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.fxstd.com/article/environmental-technology-alternative-and-clean-power/feed 0 http://www.fxstd.com/article/green-for-all-introduction http://www.fxstd.com/article/green-for-all-introduction#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:24:09 +0000 http://www.fxstd.com/article/green-for-all-introduction http://www.fxstd.com/article/green-for-all-introduction/feed 0 http://www.fxstd.com/article/alliance-federated-energy-current-projects http://www.fxstd.com/article/alliance-federated-energy-current-projects#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:26:38 +0000 http://www.fxstd.com/article/alliance-federated-energy-current-projects AFE is currently engaged in the development of “Project Apollo”, a waste-to-energy project located in the Midwest. The facility will utilize advanced and environmentally sustainable plasma gasification technology to process municipal and industrial wastes into clean energy and reusable by-products. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Alliance Federated Energy, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.fxstd.com/article/alliance-federated-energy-current-projects/feed 0 http://www.fxstd.com/article/nus-high-school-of-mathematics-and-science-campus http://www.fxstd.com/article/nus-high-school-of-mathematics-and-science-campus#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:25:24 +0000 http://www.fxstd.com/article/nus-high-school-of-mathematics-and-science-campus Campus facilities and features The NUS High campus sits on 4.67 hectares of land off Clementi Ave 1, a few minutes walk from the outskirts of the National University of Singapore. The school shifted operations there from its holding site at the former Raffles Junior College in Mount Sinai where it had held classes in [...]No related posts.]]> http://www.fxstd.com/article/nus-high-school-of-mathematics-and-science-campus/feed 0