Green Options » liverpool http://greenoptions.com/tag/liverpool Posts tagged 'liverpool' Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:23:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Ford wants to Replace Sparkplugs with Lasers http://gas2.org/2009/07/27/ford-wants-to-replace-sparkplugs-with-lasers/ http://gas2.org/2009/07/27/ford-wants-to-replace-sparkplugs-with-lasers/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:23:57 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://gas2.org/2009/07/27/ford-wants-to-replace-sparkplugs-with-lasers/

Since its humble beginnings in the 19th century, the sparkplug has been a mainstay of the combustion engine.

Some engineers at Ford, in collaboration with Liverpool University researchers have decided to modernize spark plug technology. Since we’re in the 21st century, that replacement is going to be lasers.

Yes, I said lasers.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/07/27/ford-wants-to-replace-sparkplugs-with-lasers/feed/ Liverpool John Lennon Airport Experimenting with Carbon Capture Technology http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/29/liverpool-john-lennon-airport-experimenting-with-carbon-capture-technology/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/29/liverpool-john-lennon-airport-experimenting-with-carbon-capture-technology/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:22:02 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/29/liverpool-john-lennon-airport-experimenting-with-carbon-capture-technology/ plane

Pretty soon, Liverpool John Lennon Airport will have more than just a cool namesake— it will also have experimental carbon capture technology. The airport has teamed with UK-based start-up Origo Industries to launch a program that will capture CO2 emissions from the terminal building.

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