pulse 2008-5-11 09:41
5.11 alternative fule A-21
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I wanted to pass on to you some information I read about a new fuel that's been in the news a lot lately. *U;y k(K9Co3@:`:q,D {
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It's called A-21. [)Y+E#@@ sB
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It's composed of water and a chemical [b]known as naphtha[/b]. [news:/s/00:19.3-00:22.7]
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It seems to be a very promising fuel [news:/s/00:22.7-00:24.9]
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because it's much cleaner than the [b]gasoline[/b] that we use today. [news:/s/00:24.9-00:28.1]
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That's not to say that it doesn't pollute, but it is cleaner. [news:/s/00:28.1-00:32.3] 1~;kwm|4F}
A-21 isn't like some other alternative fuels that require completely new types of [b]engines[/b]. [news:/s/00:32.3-00:38.0]
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A-21 still works in regular, everyday [b]combustion[/b] engines [news:/s/00:38.0-00:42.4]
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--- like the ones in cars n,V
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--- with only minor [b]mechanical modifications[/b]. [news:/s/00:42.4-00:46.6]
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So changing over wouldn't be a big deal.
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You may doubt some of these claims as many researchers have [news:/s/00:49.0-00:52.6] hfGyb O)x:GD8B"AY
Some people [b]feared[/b] that because it contains about 45 percent water it would freeze in the [b]winter[/b].
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But a small amount of [b]antifreeze[/b] was added to it, and that seems to have [b]solved[/b] the problem. [news:/s/00:58.4-01:03.3]
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A-21 has recently [b]undergone[/b] street tests in buses in Reno, Nevada. [news:/s/01:03.3-01:08.3] ;Z"j9Jj-k
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So far it seems to work just fine. [news:/s/01:08.3-01:10.6] This is a good thing, especially in Nevada, [news:/s/01:10.6-01:12.5] 7u$q-vt1k-YPa
because the state government there has passed a law requiring that a large percentage of vehicles in Nevada run on alternative fuels. [news:/s/01:12.5-01:20.0]
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A-21 should help. [news:/s/01:20.0-01:21.8]
pulse 2008-5-11 09:48
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5.11 gas hydrate
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scientists are always on the lookout for the [b]alternative[/b] source of energy. [news:/s/00:09.4-00:14.0]
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today we were going to discuss one that's so plentful, they say it could supply more energy than all the coal and oil in the world. [news:/s/00:14.0-00:22.1] }V:F#Ky?}/M
it's found in something called gas [b]hydrate[/b] [news:/s/00:22.1-00:24.8] .and believe it or not ,that's a kind of ice. [news:/s/00:24.8-00:27.9]
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that's right.but the water in this ice was way down below the earch surface when it was frozen O-Ga\yn/i
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so it was under a lot of pressure [news:/s/00:33.8-00:36.4] ,
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and [b]traped[/b] inside the [b]crystals[/b] of ice are individual [b]molecules[/b] of [b]methane[/b] [news:/s/00:36.4-00:41.6] [url=news:/s/]news:/s/[/url][kN6Q.qH
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that's what's in natural gas. [news:/s/00:41.6-00:43.7]
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all these make gas hydrate pretty strange stuff. [news:/s/00:43.7-00:47.3]
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if u touch a [b]match[/b] to a piece of this ice, it ? burst in the flame. [news:/s/00:47.3-00:51.7] #Y]"BR!X4|Q(O5_gk
and when geologist bring a [b]truck[/b] of it up to the surface to study at normal air pre and temp. (v:oT
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gas hydry begin to [b]hiss in bubble[/b] [news:/s/00:57.9-01:00.5] ,&Q0Zq&@_}P0|auVL
and[b] in less than half an hour[/b], the ice melts and methane inside escape into the air. [news:/s/01:00.5-01:06.3] &bBARBaYj
now as you might guess, this can make gas hydrate kind of hard for [b]miners[/b] to handle. [news:/s/01:06.3-01:12.3] `7]'oj`V)y9V4QA6K F
and the there's the problem of where it located, *th#I _w a-S
in frozen [b]arctic regions or in ocean waters off the atlantic coast[/b] [news:/s/01:15.3-01:19.8] ,and up to a mile down,.
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[b]environmentalists[/b] [b]warn[/b] that mining could even be [b]disastrous[/b] [news:/s/01:22.1-01:25.9] ,K:i*{+F'D8aG
[b]offshore driffing[/b] could allow sea water to [b]seep[/b] down into the huge ice [b]deposits[/b] [news:/s/01:25.9-01:34.6] and release tons of methane up into air atmosphere.
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and methane ,our listener may recall ,is a green hourse gas [news:/s/01:34.6-01:39.3] ,
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it can really worsen the problem of gloabl warmming [news:/s/01:39.3-01:42.1] [url=news:/s/]news:/s/[/url].
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so gas hydrate may offer some interesting [b]possiblities[/b], [news:/s/01:42.1-01:46.5] $j
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but with all these drawbacks i am not going [b]to hold my breath[/b] waiting for it to fule my [b]furnace[/b].
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redbanana 2008-5-11 14:48
楼主你要加油呀,坚持就是胜利!!:lol :lol
pulse 2008-5-12 12:42
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512 migration
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As Dr. Miller mentioned, we're[u] [color=blue]trying to[/color][/u] [b]recruit volunteers[/b] for the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
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but before i get into the detail of the volunteer program [news:/s/00:12.9-00:16.8] ,
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i'd just like to tell u a little about what we do there [news:/s/00:16.8-00:19.8] Mvv:\X0{/~9@`T#\
one of our main job isaZ)E3dj7Q
to keep [b]detail records of migration patterns of raptors[/b]. [news:/s/00:21.5-00:25.3]
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For those [color=blue]of you[/color] who don't know [news:/s/00:25.3-00:26.8] , L'ZtQ e
raptors are birds [b]of prey[/b], like hawks and eagles. [news:/s/00:26.8-00:30.5] xXNpf,s
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between august and december [news:/s/00:30.5-00:32.6] F&]-S$N|
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,we see around 20 diff species [b]migrating[/b] from canada and england ,about 20,000 birds.Aj~Qli8x!h
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[b]Part of what attracts[/b] them to Hawk Mountain [news:/s/00:39.4-00:41.8] R7p`:ayS]Y/t
is the location on the east [b]ridge[/b] of the Appalachian Mountains [news:/s/00:41.8-00:45.8]
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what happens is that the sun warms this ridge in such a way [news:/s/00:45.8-00:49.6] +Ew;w0I"e
that [b]air currents[/b] are formed. [news:/s/00:49.6-00:51.4] 4^*tfv2P {Hwv
the birds just [b][color=blue]sort of[/color][/b] [b]glide[/b] along on the air [news:/s/00:51.4-00:54.9] so they use up very little energy [news:/s/00:54.9-00:57.1]
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As volunteers [news:/s/00:57.1-00:58.7] , you'll be helping us keep accurate [b]counts[/b] of the raptors. [news:/s/00:58.7-01:01.4] &|Yf
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any drop in number could means some thing gone worng in the enviroment. [news:/s/01:01.4-01:05.8]
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because of [b]pesticides[/b] or disease ,ever hunting. [news:/s/01:05.4-01:08.9]
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We just had a [b]scare[/b] with the [i]broad-winged hawks[/i], [news:/s/01:08.9-01:12.1] $u;k:n"g"w @
Their numbers have dropped drastically over the last ten years [news:/s/01:12.1-01:16.1]
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would suggest the birds may have change their [b]migratory route[/b] [news:/s/01:16.1-01:20.1]
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So for 11days we had several hundred volunteers --- [b]stationed[/b] every five miles --- to observe and count. [news:/s/01:20.1-01:26.9]
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And sure enough, they discovered that instead of [b]hugging the Appalachians[/b] as they'd always done,
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the broad-wings were cutting a wide path over the Delaware River. [news:/s/01:26.9-01:36.5]
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Needless to say, we were greatly [b]relieved[/b]. [news:/s/01:36.5-01:40.6]
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pulse 2008-5-12 12:51
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5.12 colorful frogs
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if you like the color[b][color=blue]ful[/color][/b] [color=dimgray](of)[/color] animal we just saw, you're going to love these next animal.frogs.
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you might not normally think frogs [color=blue][b]as [/b][/color]being colorful, [news:/s/00:13.1-00:16.7] AK|/ND!toO;p.o9pK
these frogs [b][color=blue]definitely[/color][/b] are. [news:/s/00:16.7-00:18.6]
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they are the [b][color=blue]dart[/color][/b]-poision frogs of central and souch america. [news:/s/00:18.6-00:23.1] yNm%ms|
look at their [b]striking[/b] color [news:/s/00:23.1-00:25.3] , ofter yellow with [b]balck stripes[/b], or deep blue with [b]black spots[/b] [news:/s/00:25.3-00:29.7] %S^`g$P+|?
[color=red][b]beyond[/b][/color] being nice to look at, [news:/s/00:29.7-00:32.2] these markings have a porpuse. [news:/s/00:32.2-00:34.0] 'V^z\
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they warn [b]predators[/b] that these frogs are poisonous. [news:/s/00:34.0-00:37.5] &f#Gs CcL"t*}
[b][color=red]when threaten[/color][/b], these frogs [b]secrete[/b] a substance through their skin that would easily kill whatever animal might try to eat them. [news:/s/00:37.5-00:43.9] ,mcd/C mH;`rQ
their bright colors communicate this. [news:/s/00:43.9-00:46.2] and so most animal tend not to [b]hunt[/b] them [news:/s/00:46.2-00:49.1]
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now sperking of hunting, for centuries these frogs were sought [b]after[/b] by hunters. [news:/s/00:49.1-00:54.7] 'Zo+j(Q'Yfmp
as you might think the hunters didnt want to eat the frogs [news:/s/00:54.7-00:57.9] ,a+_8HSv `"kDB}
[b]rather capture[/b] them for their poison. [news:/s/00:57.9-01:00.7]
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they will add the poison to the [b]tips[/b] of huntering area. [news:/s/01:00.7-01:03.8] -]"K,Y1Z@eE2D-fI/}
of coures nowadays most hunters use guns. [news:/s/01:03.8-01:06.6] 4P8~6b,z^
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these days dart posion frogs are of[b] less interest to hunter than to medical researchers[/b]. [news:/s/01:06.6-01:12.6]