The concept of green living, while gaining momentum in a modern era, is not new. The ideology peaked in the 1960-70’s where individuals now known as hippies devised communes that believed in the reduction of modern product use. The idea was to “get back to nature” and live off the land.
The paradigm largely relied on people working together as a community and sharing tasks to make the commune work seamlessly. Although few, if any, contemporary communes exist on the level as they did in the 60’s, many of the concepts are being embraced in today’s time for a number of practical reasons.
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Siemens Energy is to adapt its proprietary process for carbon dioxide capture to the special conditions prevalent in and mode of operation of combined-cycle power plants for the Norwegian utility Statkraft. The project kicked off in January 2009 and is scheduled to be completed within two years. This technology will then be available for industrial-scale applications.
Fossil energy will remain the cornerstone of power generation for the foreseeable future. The task to be performed here is to meet increasing energy demand while simultaneously protecting our environment. “Technical innovations are the most important lever for combating climate change effectively,” said Michael Suess, CEO of the Fossil Power Generation Division of Siemens Energy. Siemens is already working on …