Fossil Fuel Articles

• Air Quality
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  Automobile emissions control

  Automobile emissions control covers all the technologies that are employed to reduce the air pollution-causing emissions produced by ... > more
• Hazardous Waste
  Energy and Resources
  Petroleum
  Pollution
  Water
  Oil Spills
   
  

  Methyl tert-butyl ether

  MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) is a chemical compound that is manufactured by the chemical reaction of methanol and isobutylene. MTBE is produced in very large quantities (more than 200,000 ... > more
• Electricity
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  Electricity generation

  Electricity generation is the first process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. The other three processes are electric power transmission, electricity distribution and electricity retailing. ... > more
• Air Pollution
  Acid Rain
  Geochemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Air Quality
  Healthy Aging
   

  Nitrogen oxide

  NOx is a generic term for the various nitrogen oxides produced during combustion. They are believed to aggravate asthmatic conditions, react with the oxygen in the air to produce ozone, which is also ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Energy and Resources
  Environmental Science
  Fuel Cells
  Sustainability
   
  

  Liquid nitrogen economy

  A liquid nitrogen economy is a hypothetical proposal for a future economy in which the primary form of energy storage and transport is liquid nitrogen. It is proposed as an alternative to liquid ... > more
• Space Probes
  Space Exploration
  Space Station
  Vehicles
  Aviation
  Sports Science
   
  

  Multistage rocket

  A multistage (or multi-stage) rocket is, like any rocket, propelled by the recoil pressure of the burning gases it emits as it burns fuel. What characterizes it as "multi-stage" is that it ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Petroleum
  Energy and Resources
  Environmental Science
  Oil Spills
   
  

  Biodiesel

  Biodiesel refers to a diesel-equivalent, processed fuel derived from biological sources. Though derived from biological sources, it is a processed fuel that can be readily used in diesel-engined ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Energy and Resources
  Environmental Science
  Nuclear Energy
  Petroleum
   
  

  Future energy development

  Energy development is the ongoing effort to provide abundant and accessible energy, through knowledge, skills and constructions. When harnessing energy from primary energy sources and converting them ... > more
• Automotive and Transportation
  Vehicles
  Aviation
  Transportation Science
  Sports Science
  Aerospace
   
  

  Transport

  Transport or transportation is the movement of people, goods, signals and information. The field of transport has several aspects: loosely they can be divided into a triad of infrastructure, ... > more
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Renewable Energy
  Sports Science
  Petroleum
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  Methane

  Methane is a significant and plentiful fuel which is the principal component of natural gas. Burning one molecule of methane in the presence of oxygen releases one molecule of CO2 (carbon dioxide) ... > more

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