Page 14 - Fuel Source News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

We're back. this week the debate over president obama's delayed decision on the keystone xl pipeline has dominated the headlines. today we take a look at the growing concern over a byproduct that pipeline would create much, much more of called petroleum coke or pet coke. not a household term but it's on its way to becoming one. what is pet coke? it's a high sulfur, high carbon waste solds cheap fuel source. it was shot after high winds spread dust along the detroit river and spread into businesses and residential neighborhoods around that area. after an outcry it was eventually removed in augu...

Interestingly enough, when the auxiliary power unit senses there's no power to the plane, at all, it actually restarts. the auxiliary power unit has its own fuel source, a separate fuel source. it starts up. so power would actually return to the plane for the last few minutes of that descent and that may possibly explain that partial ping they pick ed up where the power returns to the plane. >> you answered the question, as i said to richard as you were saying it, would that explain that partial ping, the partial hand shake that we spoke about. geoffry thomas, i appreciate your perspective. co...

Activists point out, there's still a lot you've got to leave in the ground, and we don't start to make progress until we start leaving stuff in the ground. >> i think natural gas is an important fuel source, it's a domestic fuel source. i think we have to be very careful about how we take it out of the ground. taking things out of the ground is inherently dangerous and can be bad for the environment. there will be a point where you can't continue to grow the use of natural gas. where you actually have to bend the curve down. that means we have to continue to create opportunities for renewables...

>> other stuff. so this is a big, big chunk of it. >> one of the themes in the president's speech was natural gas and how important natural gas has become to the american economy. are you bothered by the fact that the white house seems, a, so gung ho about natural gas, that they view it as a bridge fuel, when many climate activists point out, there's still a lot you've got to leave in the ground, and we don't start to make progress until we start leaving stuff in the ground. >> i think natural gas is an important fuel source, it's a domestic fuel source. i think we have to be very careful abou...

Simple saying, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. >> exactly. >> right? >> absolutely. >> the drones will have company, too. miniature submarines under development would transmit back water temperature. the hurricane's fuel source. the drones and mini subs have military applications, as well. the researchers say some funding comes from the air force and navy, but for now, the enemy is the hurricane. researchers here say that within just two to three years, they should be ready for the first test flights into the eye of a storm. wolf? >> john zarrella in florida. they are getting ready ...