Word: carbonization
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...Bush Administration resists international action on climate change, governments and companies in Europe and Asia are positioning themselves to deal with the threat posed by emissions of greenhouse gases. British Petroleum, for example, is investing large sums in solar and other renewables and experimenting with carbon-trading schemes that offset emissions in one place with protection of forests that capture carbon. While such U.S.-based companies as General Motors and American Electric Power are also experimenting with carbon trading and clean fuels, they seem at the moment to be motivated more by the threat of boycotts by international environmental groups...
...single was a mold that a boat aficionado took off a wooden boat in Worlds in 1974,” Binkley said. “The design of those wooden boats is so good that you can just use the mold from them to make fiberglass or carbon boats...
Binkley’s 25-foot creation is made out of carbon instead of fiberglass because though carbon is more expensive, it is also lighter. After over a year of work, it is almost ready to hit the water...
...nightmare will come true--though not as he imagined. Now about halfway through its estimated 10 billion-year lifetime, our sun is slowly brightening. In about 1 billion years, its energy output will have increased at least 10%, turning Earth into a Venusian hothouse where plants wither, carbon dioxide levels plummet and the oceans boil...
...panelists clashed over the roles that coal and natural gas should play in expanding supply. Richardson wants new plants to use natural gas because coal-fired generators spew carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming. Kuhn notes, however, that coal prices are typically lower and more stable than natural-gas prices and argues that better technology promises to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions as well...