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Coal as an Energy Source: Coal is a very effective solid fuel as it burns to easily and produces a great deal of heat. Until relatively recently, coal-fires were the most common means of… [22 views in Oct]
Gas Supplies in the UK: The earliest use of gas in daily life was as a light source. It was the British inventor William Murdock who first discovered that if coal was heated, it gave… [18 views in Oct]
Petroleum as an Energy Source: Of the three main fossil fuels – coal, petroleum and natural gas – it could be argued that petroleum is the most versatile. Coal is a powerful source of… [18 views in Oct]
Steam Powered Vehicles: Inventors started taking a great interest in steam as a form of energy around the end of the 17th century, and it was only a matter of time before they started… [2 views in Oct]
Iceland's Growing Data Centre Industry: Fuelled by Geothermal Energy.: While the machines may not actually have taken over in the nightmarish way that the visions of the… [2 views in Oct]
The Bright New Future of Hydrogen Planes: Hydrogen has long been hailed as the future of air travel, but with aircraft manufacturers having largely put most of their plans to… [2 views in Oct]