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Dairy Products Are High Carbon

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Dairy cows are ruminant animals that produce methane emissions. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. Nitrous oxide, another greenhouse gas, is released from their manure and urine. Open manure storage can also generate methane. Energy is used to grow food for dairy cattle and that energy typically comes from fossil … [continued]

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Geothermal & Borehole Thermal Energy Storage Can Reliably Heat Buildings in Extreme Cold — NREL Modeling Results

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New Study Demonstrates Efficient Performance—Even on Frozen Alaska Soils New energy storage research from NREL, a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory, has demonstrated a way to store and reuse heat underground to meet the heating demands of cold regions like Alaska. Published on June 17 in the journal Energy & Buildings, the … [continued]

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