It cost me to fill up my car today—EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS! It’s been heading that way for some time. Listening to the news you’ll hear oil company executives deny that there is any corollary with their record profits and you will hear some politicians even deny that the war in Iraq and the greater instability in the Middle East have anything to do with it, none of which passes the smell test.

It has always amazed me that the most vigorously touted technologies for going green are the least viable for all practical purposes. It is as if there was someone leading us on a wild goose chase pursuing a “perfect” plug-in electric car or a cheap bio-fuel to surplant gasoline. It is as if there is a concerted effort to only promote the technologies that are ill-equipped to truly supplant fossil-fuels for combustion.

As we’ve already begun to see, ethanol would strangle agriculture. Even now there is a well rehearsed line from the right denouncing “burning food for fuel.” Other biofuels have similar problems or would produce pollution as bad as burning gasoline.

A process considered to be one of the best solutions for this is the use of syngas. SYNGAS is a shortened term from Synthetic Gas which characterizes the mixture of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and an end result of a process called GASIFICATION. This is commonly taken in a course of synthesizing gas from coals and biomass. Several attributes from this energy source are very helpful in terms of reducing the amount of toxic chemicals from the air and greenhouse gases. It aims to provide suitable gases for vehicles, and can also be used in generating electricity. Gasification of Waste to Energy procedure is an example of nature-friendly method. Normally, when gasification process takes place, there are air contamination emissions but these can be cleaned up in order to avoid air pollution.

Moreover, studies show that syngas as a fuel is very helpful to our societal needs. It is common to utilize energy from minerals as fuels. It is good to know that generating fuels from waste product can be done now through gasification because if the society tends to always depend on mineral fuels, these minerals will be used up and the reproduction of more reserves will take some time.  Hence, the use of syngas lays its significance for human development, environmental protection, and for general welfare because of its contribution to reduce waste pollution and greenhouse gases, and as well as minimizing the threatened lost of mineral deposits. The lost of these minerals as one of our natural resources may cause severe environmental damage.

Introduction

The last two winters have seen the heaviest snow and the lowest temperatures across the Northern Hemisphere in many years. This, of course, fills the hearts of climate change sceptics with great delight, as they cling to the old tagline, labelling the drastic changes in temperature simply as “global warming”. The following article examines the simple science behind the cause and predictions for climate change and investigates why scientists have for many years insisted that climate change actually means long term global cooling.

Recording of surface temperatures began in 1860 and public awareness of human-induced climate change was raised in the early 1970′s, when it was observed that the Earth had been experiencing a period of cooling. Since 1988, the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) has been the recognised scientific organisation responsible for global research and forecasts on climate change as well as coordinating policies accordingly.