Soybean Hydroponics in the Arctic Tundra

The world has seen fuel prices spiral up or down to meet supply and demand. Because of this, people need to choose a cost effective fuel to meet their needs. Vehicles in the world today run off of many different types of fuel. Biodiesel is a modern fuel compared to the commonly known diesel. Biodiesel has several advantages over diesel. Biodiesel fuel comes from a renewable resource, it is better on the environment, and it meets the Environmental Protection Agency’s definition for fuel standards. In addition, Biodiesel is the most promising alternative fuel source, backed by both federal approval and incentives. Finally, consumer attitudes are changing for the positive when it comes to biodiesel. For these reasons, biodiesel should be used more often by people in the world today.

In the current era, fossil fuel is a necessity in our everyday life, for not only it is used as an energy source, but also due to the high rate of dependability on the fuel itself. The recent drop in oil prices caused an enormous impact on the world economy, especially to the countries that are highly dependent on the fuel industry. The United States also are affected by this situation. One suggestion and a major change, in order to reduce the high dependency on the fossil fuel and to overcome the problems related to the usage of fossil fuel, is to start the wide use of biofuel as the fossil fuel replacement. The impact of this change, and also a huge improvement, not only will help to stabilize the economy, but also can help in reducing the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

To solve the rigorous threat to earth from global warming, bio-fuels serve as the most feasible source of energy all over the world. The environmental and economical performance of bio-fuel as compared to fossil fuel was analyzed by full Life Cycle Analyses (LCA) in Spain. The Spanish government CIEMAT, carried out two LCA’s so as to compare ethanol-ethanol mixtures with gasoline, and biodiesel-biodiesel mixtures with fuel oil according to ISO 14040-43 standards, these standards evaluate energy and mass balance for two or more objects. It was concluded that carbon dioxide emission during utilization of bio-fuel are lower than fossil fuel and bio-fuel requires less primary energy to be processed than fossil fuels. Bob Dinneen, President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association submitted the letter to the editor of The Gazette in which he marked that “On an environmental level, conventional ethanol is reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 34% compared to petroleum, including hypothetical land use change emissions” (qtd. in renewable fuel association). As the raw material for

Nowadays, biofuels have become essential for future economic development and environmental protection. Primarily, their environment-friendliness and low carbon emissions are emphasized as the main advantages. However, in reality, few investigations were made to find out the disadvantages of such renewable alternative, and it may bring much more negative impacts than its advantages.

Henry Ford, in 1925, dubbed biofuels “the fuel of the future”. Today, Mr. Ford’s prediction is coming true because biofuels are proving to be one of the most promising sources of alternative energy. Biofuels are popular because they only release the CO2 that was collected during photosynthesis. They solve many of the problems that fossil fuels present: greenhouse gases, emissions, resource depletion, and foreign oil dependency. On the other hand, biofuel production has drawbacks such as resource requirements, air and groundwater pollution, and usage of space. The best material to invest in as a biofuel company is switchgrass lignocellulose, using the process of catalytic pyrolysis to better combat the fuel crisis.

Soybeans originate from East Asia and are part of the legume family of peas. They can grow to heights greater than two meters and are a great source of vegetable protein (used for health and various chemical products). Soybeans grow best in soil with a temperature of seventy-seven degrees Fahrenheit. Although they can stay alive in soil with a temperature of fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit, any lower would cause the soybean to be unable to germinate and grow. Soybeans should be planted at one and a half inches deep. Anything lower than two inches would make it extremely hard for the plant to break through the surface, causing the plant to lose the essential energy that could be used for growing later.

It is with great pride that I announce Global Research Corp, National Motor Company, and Filters Inc. have entered into a strategic alliance that will allow approximately half of the 1 billion cars on the road and their owners freedom from traditional fossil fuels and the power to use biofuels with our transition package named The Gas Replacer. The advancement in biofuel technology has reached the point where Global Research Corp can now introduce a viable and sustainable alternative with National Motor Company and Filters Inc.to a global audience with your help!

We have three generous mentors assisting us on this project. Danny Mann, P.Eng. is a team advisor and is the Department Head of Biosystems Engineering on campus. Derek Neufeld is another of our advisors. He is a graduate of the University of Manitoba and works in the renewable energy sector. Derek is able to provide relevant information from a business aspect as he runs his own company called Dragon Engineering. Lastly, Reza Fazel-Darbandi is a graduated engineer specializing in hydroponics, having his own

Energy can be produced from electrical, mechanical, and some forms of living organisms, among others. Different types of energy production may have specific advantages and disadvantages, weather those concerns are environmental, economical, or political. While the function of biofuels has potential for abating some concerns, other concerns arise from the use of biofuels. Industrialized nations seem to be leading the production as well as the consumption of all energy resources, including biofuels.

M-Global has an extreme passion for energy conservation and dedicates itself in finding alternative energy sources that are innovative and constructive. Biofuel is the emphasis of our company and our purpose for this pursuit. According to Green Choices of Cornell University, “biofuels are energy sources made from living things such as plants or from waste that the living things produce”. (http://www.greenchoices.cornell.edu/energy/biofuels/) Biofuels will reduce greenhouse gases that car oil and gasoline produce. Emissions enter the ozone layer trapping heat resulting in warmer temperatures in each season. A first generation biofuel will consist of gasoline such as biodiesel, which will be discussed in this portfolio.

USoy, Inc., a multinational company, exports soybeans to China. Soybeans are a type of legume mainly grown in Asia, South and North America. Due to the diminishing cropland space in China, demand for soybeans is expected to keep growing in the future. The reason USoy chose soybeans to export out of all the other products is because soybeans are one of the top agricultural exports from the United States. Soybeans have many nutritional benefits, they are composed mainly of protein, low in carbs, high in fiber, good source of various vitamins and minerals and they contain a number of plant compounds that may help prevent breast and prostate cancer (Arnason, 2015).

In the world of global warming, all kinds of pollution and fuel shortages going on, renewable and clean/ green energy is increasingly the ideal solution of energy related problems we have to solve one way or another. Biofuel is one of the mainstream and highly supported solutions nowadays, an idea to make renewable fuel by living organisms such as fiber, corn, vegetable oil or sugar cane. Unlike nonrenewable fossil fuels over extracted by people causing various environmental problems like generating a considerable amount greenhouse gas, current technology already lets renewable fuel like biofuels to shrink a certain amount of greenhouse gas production, making it a more ‘clean’ source of energy.

This essay focuses on two renewable energy resources. First of all, biofuel is now accepted as alternative energy in worldwide. The figures continue upward trend in the biofuel production. ‘An annual growth rate of 6.8% from 2006 to 2030 is expected for total biofuels consumption in the transport sector’ (International Energy Agency: 2008 cited in Zhou, et al., 2009:S11). Significant leaders of the biofuel market are Brazil, the United States and the European Union. The results of research indicated that 92% of the world’s ethanol is produced by Brazil and US together, while 90% of the world’s biodiesel manufactured by the EU. In addition, several developing countries in Asia such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines have an enormous potential for biofuel production. Now these countries are

This new field of hydroponics could revolutionize the field of farming not only by being able to make artistic looking food, but also by

The last four week our group has been tasked with looking into and researching micro farming in a small enclosed area of a greenhouse in mills wyoming we had four weeks to research and build a prototype of a micro farm with the dimensions 2’ x 2’ or 24in x 24in by however tall we would like to make we can not use sprouted plants we have to start with seeds. We had a set budget of xxxx. Our goal was to grow as many food calorie wise from september to december but we could not modify the farm after a certain date other than like watering or other basic maintenance. In this paper i will be going over topics including cycles for growing plants and what is required for plants to grow. What plants we chose and why and what type of growing method