Extracting platinum from this dust (e.g. for use in fuel cells for hydrogen cars), which originates in catalytic converters, might prove lucrative and would expand the limited amount of platinum available, which does not meet even present demand for it.
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Surely at some point in the not too distant future it will be economic, and possibly even revenue generating, for companies to capture their CO2 and sell it on to companies for use in enhanced fuel production.
The HEU Agreements provide for the conversion of approximately 500 metric tons of highly enriched uranium contained in Russian nuclear weapons into low-enriched uranium for use as fuel in commercial nuclear reactors.
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It aims to produce biobutanol (from sugar cane, in Brazil) for use as a fuel or fuel additive beginning in 2013 or 2014.
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In theory, the country could see mandates for renewable fuel use, investment in the storage of carbon dioxide and punishment for companies that engage in price gouging.
The MOX plant is due to start producing reprocessed fuel for use in civilian reactors in 2017 or 2018.
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Another way to fly farther is to swap the batteries for hydrogen and use that in a fuel cell to produce electricity.
The MOX facility will blend surplus weapon-grade plutonium with depleted uranium oxide to make mixed oxide fuel for use in existing nuclear power plants.
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Subsequently, France would convert the uranium into fuel rods for use in a reactor in Tehran that produces medical isotopes.
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The other is an agreement on a proposal to take Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium (LEU) and send it to Russia and France for conversion into fuel rods for use in Iran's small research reactor in Tehran, which produces isotopes for cancer treatment.
In some areas of Europe and the U.S., ships have been required by law for years to use low-sulfur fuel when in port.
Honda was the first to certify fuel cell vehicles for private use in the U.S. and is already leasing a few to individuals in California.
The most futuristic product is a tiny fuel cell to produce power for use in portable applications, from hedge trimmers to mobile telephones.
Earlier this week, Honda produced the first commercial hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, which will rely on natural gas-derived hydrogen for fuel and will be leased for use in Los Angeles.
One theory is that a growing mass of particulates, such as coal dust and biomass (from the widespread use of cow dung as fuel, for instance) in the air above India, now hinders rainfall.
The U.S. already has virtually all infrastructure in place for electric cars and trucks, which use homegrown fuel sources, many of them renewable.
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At midweek, Mr Ahmadinejad had yet to unveil long-awaited proposals aimed at unblocking the diplomatic impasse that Iran caused last month when, after two years of interruptions, it resumed work in preparation for enriching uranium for use as reactor fuel, says Iran, though many governments suspect it of having bomb-making ambitions.
They also want to introduce a basic code of conduct in the Himalayas, banning firewood for fuel and the use of plastics.
In November 2010, North Korea showed U.S. scientist Siegfried Hecker that it was making progress in developing the skill to use uranium as a fuel for nuclear weapons.
In fact, the Air Force has already begun testing a program to certify coal-based synthetic fuels for the B-52 bomber, a process that may lead to synthetic fuel use in all of its planes.
Even so, says Neville Jackson of Ricardo, there remains much scope for improvement: petrol and diesel cars still typically use less than a fifth of the energy stored in their fuel to turn the wheels.
The technology needed to use natural gas a transportation fuel has been around for many years and is being used around the world and in the United States by a very limited group.
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