Word: carbonic
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...cartons don't offer that extra shelf life once opened, but they are more eco-friendly than bottles. French Rabbit--whose slogan is "Savor the wine/ Save the planet"--estimates that its containers produce 90% less packaging waste. They also fit more efficiently in trucks, reducing fuel usage and carbon emissions...
Despite occasional disasters, however, I was adjusting to a fake arm--thanks to certain modifications by prosthetist John Miguelez's team. Ralph had bit the dust, replaced by a more tapered, slightly lighter shell made of carbon fiber and acrylic resin. The modifications improved my range of motion and wardrobe--I could now button a dress shirt. But I was hardly wearing a second skin. The rigid shell chafed my forearm and got so hot in the summer that sweat dripped out of a small hole used...
...amidst the hydrogen hype, few have noted where the new fuel comes from: fossil fuels. As it stands, burning hydrogen reduces neither demand for fossil fuels nor emissions of carbon dioxide, because almost all the hydrogen used today comes from natural...
...most common technique for producing hydrogen is known steam reformation. In this process, natural gas is heated with water at high pressures, yielding hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide, which is converted to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Thus, because carbon dioxide is a waste product, hydrogen cars recreate the same problem that they are advertised to sidestep: greenhouse gas emissions, which the balance of scientific evidence suggests lead to global warming. More environmentally friendly methods of generating hydrogen, such as coaxing bacteria to turn water alone into hydrogen, are still largely in the exploratory phase...
...that students are often forced to shuffle between other departments for their classes. Some call the organic chemistry requirement a version of “pre-med lite”, and though some defensively say they “don’t mind pushing around those damn carbon atoms,” it is almost universally loathed. Others complain about the number of intro level science courses that the concentration requires. But hey—you have to see the opportunity in taking freshman-dominated courses for not one but three years. Ec 10 and Life Science 1a, anyone...