... Birchall wrote: m.purves@jach.hawaii.edu (Maren at google) wrote:... know that it takes more energy to produce ethanol than we ...hosting an international conference on renewableenergy in early March (q...chatting about the recently-announced Hawaii stuff. Isn't the cellulosic...starch? Latest method in the Hawaii news is an algae that...it would be good to know what Hawaii's options are...
...@news.lava.net... m.purves@jach.hawaii.edu (Maren at google) wrote: ... already know that it takes more energy to produce ethanol than we get ... is hosting an international conference on renewableenergy in early March (q.v...like chatting about the recently-announced Hawaii stuff. Oil is a finite resource...also a finite resource. And in Hawaii, the State struggles every year in...
... the titles of this thread for example, the new user could figure out that the thread is about renewableenergy and possibly about global warming. By doing a search, we could...well make use of the geothermal energy that's there. However, for trees...most economical to grow in Hawaii when Hawaii was expensive to ship to...keep expensive products on shelves. For example, the last dairy IIRC on ...
... good for mitigating global warming. But IIRC there have been some concerns about forests. For example, http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-04/ns-tag041002.php The above study suggests that ...re going to come out one way or another. we might as well make use of the geothermal energy that's there. - as well as solar, tidal, hydrodynamic (in the few places where we can),...
...well as probably humid air takes more energy to heat up and holds it ...off process being slower. There's no energy magically created or destroyed. So if ... been some concerns about forests. For example, http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-... is that although this is a renewable technology, IIRC it still produces CO2 ... see how that can apply to Hawaii. It seems that trees have a ...
... heat. Humid soil as well as probably humid air takes more energy to heat up and holds it longer, leading to the cooling off process being slower. There's no energy magically created or destroyed. So if there are more trees it...warming. But IIRC there have been some concerns about forests. For example, http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-04/ns-tag041002.php The ...
...t see how that can apply to Hawaii. It seems that trees have a cooling effect here...soil as well as probably humid air takes more energy to heat up and holds it longer, leading ...the cooling off process being slower. There's no energy magically created or destroyed. So if there are ... crunchy and forests transparent). - As evaporation also takes energy (it's a phase change after all) I...
...> see how that can apply to Hawaii. It seems that trees have a cooling ... climate. On the other hand, in Hawaii (with its tropical climate, albeit on the...http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-79277/Hawaii , http://www.city-data.com/states/Hawaii-Climate.html , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_climate ) trees have a...Trees have Property A. But trees in Hawaii have Property not A. If indeed ...
... contributor) Have you read something about trees in some (tropical?) climates being less effective or maybe even having a negative effect? Thought I saw that someplace. Don't see how that can apply to Hawaii. It seems that trees have a cooling effect here. No one can deny that a lot of carbon is stored in the wood. But if the trees also lead to higer temperatures, then it might be ...
....net> wrote: "Maren at google" <m.pur...@jach.hawaii.edu> wrote in messagenews: 1203009300-sch@news.lava.net... ...thing about this to me is that although this is a renewable technology, IIRC it still produces CO2 unlike ethanol. .../article/SB116381385294027043.html "...to generate the same amount of energy, the quantity of carbon dioxide emitted when ethanol is used...
