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Are There Any Waste Water Treatment Plants Using Algae In The Netherlands?


I’m writing a paper about algae biofuel becoming a realistic option for the Netherlands. Some information seems to be eluding me whether I search online or in journals. I can’t really find any information about waste treatment plants in NL using algae.. information about what they are called, where they are located, which reactor is used, anything about the cost involved , how much biofuel is/could be expected to be produced from a municipal waste water, or the products made from the biomass..biofuel or niche markets and such..
Some other questions I need help with would be;
1)would omega bags work in Zeeland or Ijsselmeer, is there enough sunlight in NL for that to be realistic?
2)How much fuel does the Netherlands use in one year?
3)If algae biofuel were to make a significant impact in Dutch fuel use (replace a certain amount of fossil fuel) how many liters would be needed?
4)How many ha would be needed in NL to fill that requirement?
Thanks!

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Should I Quit Swim Team?


Here’s the deal:
I started swimming about 4 years ago for a local YMCA team. Not very competitive, but I swam for about a year. I decided I didn’t like competing and quit.
Two years later, in 7th grade, I joined a water polo team. It was really fun, and I considered going back to swim team too. I haven’t gone back to water polo since I changed schools and haven’t been able to find a good team yet– but that’s a whole other story.
Ahemmmm… Anyways, in July 2011, I went back to swim team, this time on a more advanced, competitive swim team. However, I only actually participated in one real meet. I only joined to get in my PE credit. In April of 2012, I quit yet again.
In August 2012, I rejoined, because I really didn’t want to do volleyball, and I had to get in PE time somehow. Now it’s January 2013 and I really want to quit swim team for good once I get in the necessary PE hours. I’m thinking I’d quit in April or May.
See, here’s the thing. I know the story I’ve told above makes me out to be a quitter– Usually, I’m not. I’ve never quit on academics, or music, or anything. However, I’m really NOT an athletic person, and I’ve struggled to find my niche there. I thought I had finally found a talent in swimming (I’m fairly good) but I just keep going back and forth and I need closure.
The thing is, I love the reward you get for being a great swimmer, but I’m not so sure I’m willing to put in the time and commitment it demands. I’m more worried about just keeping healthy than anything else.
I know I need to stick it out at least until April. But… Should I quit? I took a break during December, and I really enjoyed not being on the team. Whenever it’s time for swim team, I get cranky and I wish that I would get sick or break my leg on accident– anything to get out of swim team. Honestly, I can’t remember myself ever TRULY loving swim team. But I feel like my parents would be disappointed in me for quitting. I already had a small talk about it with my mom and she’s been trying to keep me from quitting. She really wants me to swim since she was on a high school swim team a long time ago but has ear problems and can’t swim now. She wants me to swim since she couldn’t. I’m really not sure what she’s thinking and I have no idea what the outcome will be if I do quit.
What should I do?

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I Have Some Questions About Plants? 10 Points!?


explain how plants evolved from ocean algae type creatures to organismsthat can now occupy virtually every inhabitable niche there is on dry land.
Keeping in mind the three factors that land plants had to over come to live on the land vs their counter parts the plants in the oceans had handed to them by living in sea water.
Be sure to cover the three factors plants had to overcome to live on land in your answer and what characteristics plants had to develop in order to live on the land without the aid of ocean water.

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The Niche Of A Sponge Is A What?


They are filter feeders which are sessile (immobile, fixed in one place) when mature. They filter food particles out of the water. I suppose they are near the bottom of the group of heterotrophs in any given food web.

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Why Do People Have To Put Me Down So Much?


I’m just going to vaguely attempt to summarize all of this:
I cannot be proud of anything I accomplish, no matter how difficult, or I am called a freak. I must view all of my accomplishments as crap.
If I point something out, no matter how obvious to me it is and oblivious to others (eg. an obviously mentally unstable person who shouldn’t be in school) people called me a ‘paranoid crazy’. They don’t listen to me and then something bad happens.
I got banned off of many websites just for asking questions about science eg. what would happen if all water molecules were positively charged, yet obvious troll questions stay up. Everyone singles me out to hurt me.
People love calling me stupid and making me feel really low. One person wouldn’t stop asking what my IQ was. Finally, I gave up and told her. She said in no way can I have an IQ of 160. I told her I took two psychological exams and she said I bet your parents are proud of you I said they are because I’m their handy son who can fix stuff in the house she said I’ll get knocked in the ‘real world’. I’m never mean…I’m always polite. I don’t boast about anything. I’m honest.
I try my best with grammar and spelling and I have been told numerous times a 5th grader could write better grammar and spelling.
My Asperger Syndrome is a ‘disease’ apparently and apparently caused by my mom being drunk. She never drank, people said that my mother is a bad parent when she isn’t, what I have is a genetic condition.
Whenever I plan on doing something eg. building a model rocket, people always tell me I can’t do it, because I’m too stupid and I’ll mess up and blow people up, same goes for programming games which I do sometimes, I get told, I can’t do this, I can’t do that, I am inferior.
Don’t even get me started on looks. Apparently I look like a nerd. I got years of abuse for that, and at 19, I still do. I’m also abused because I don’t follow everyone like a clone.
I have PTSD from severe bullying mental and physical. Whenever somebody bullies me, I become violent now. I never used to be, I used to just cry but now I get these urges. I’ve developed what some may call a fascination with blood and things affiliated.
Also, because of the stress from all of this I’ve lost motivation for a lot of things including life skills.

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Building A Sustainable Community?


For science, we have to create an ecovillage..
1) sustainable buildings: how can we build houses/buildings without causing too much harm on our environment…
2) food: how we can have a sustainable diet by not damaging ecosystems.. how food will be grown, distributed, and consumed… what types of agricultural techniques need to be adopted to ensure a sustainable food supply?
3) green energy: what technologies can be used to minimize energy use
4) water management: how the ecovillage will access and distribute water. how will drinkable and non drinkable water be separated?..
5) waste management: how waste will be removed from the ecovillage.. what forms of eliminating would be the best and most effective? how will the 3 Rs be enforced? (reuse reduce recycle)
6) restoration: how can we restore an ecosystem destroyed naturally or by humans? how can elements of the eco village be used to recreate niches.. can any keystone species be supported?
thank you guys for having the time to read this.. you already read it so might as well answer some of it so it wont be a total waste of your time 🙂 links/URLs would be greatly appreciated.. this is due by tomorrow so please help 🙁

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