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According to new research, climate change is endangering the supply of biomass fuels and technology, a crucial replacement for fossil fuels. According to a recent study, as temperatures rise due to climate change, the window of opportunity to maximize the use of biomass from plants, wood, and garbage as a renewable energy source and a substitute for petrochemicals is shrinking. According to the researchers, if immediate action is not done to switch from fossil fuels to bioenergy and other renewables, climate change will lower crop yields, lowering the supply of biomass feedstocks. Additionally, they assert that decreasing food production is likely to encourage the growth of farmland, raising greenhouse gas emissions from land use change and speeding up climate change even more. "Biomass fuels and feedstocks offer a renewable source of energy and a viable alternative to petrochemicals, but the results of our study act as a stark warning about how climate change will put their avail...

The exorbitant price of platinum has prevented the commercialization of eco-friendly gasoline for years, but a study suggests that a low-cost catalyst could be a workable replacement. Researchers have been searching for a catalyst that may drastically reduce the cost of manufacturing hydrogen fuel cells for many years. Such a discovery might usher in a green energy revolution, with computers and trains using fuel that simply yields water as a byproduct. Recent University at Buffalo studies suggest that the researchers may be coming closer to attaining this goal (UB). Efficiency, durability, and affordability have been designated as the three key objectives for fuel cell research by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). Scientists describe how iron may be mixed with nitrogen and carbon to create a catalyst that satisfies all three requirements in a research that was just published in Nature Energy. Gang Wu, Ph.D., professor of chemical and biological engineering at the UB School...