Curated Video
What Is Carbon Neutral and Biofuels
Learn the basics about carbon neutral and biofuels, as a part of environmental chemistry. Coal, oil, natural gas, shale gas and gas from fracking are fossil fuels formed hundreds of millions of years ago from living things that got...
Curated Video
Making Bio Fuels
Can you name some fuels that can be burned to generate energy? Coal, oil, and gas are probably the first that comes to mind. In this video, we’re going to look at another special type: biofuels. The fossil fuels coal, oil, and gas can...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Biofuels and bioprospecting for beginners - Craig A. Kohn
Biofuels can provide energy without the reliance on environmentally harmful fossils fuels -- but scientists are still searching for a plentiful source. Craig A. Kohn demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls of plant...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What's the best fuel for your car? | TED-Ed
Historically, most cars have run on gasoline, but that doesn't have to be the case in the future: other liquid fuels and electricity can also power cars. So what are the differences between these options? And which one's best? Dig into...
Curated Video
Understanding Biofuel: A Cleaner Alternative to Traditional Fuels
Biofuel is a cleaner and more sustainable alternative to traditional fossil fuels like oil. Made from vegetable oils and animal fats, biofuel, such as biodiesel, can be used in diesel vehicles without any modifications. It helps reduce...
Curated Video
The Importance of Sorghum: From Food to Biofuel
In addition to providing nutrients to fuel our bodies, sorghum is also proving to be a useful crop in generating non-fossil fuels. Learn how sorghum stalks can be converted and burned to generate energy. Sorghum part 4/4
Curated Video
Exploring Biofuels: From Past to Future Solutions for a Sustainable Planet
New ReviewThe video explores the history and advancements of biofuel technology, showcasing how cities like Vaxio in Sweden have successfully transitioned to renewable energy sources to combat climate change. Researchers are developing innovative...
FuseSchool
Different Types of Fuels for Transportation
Learn the basics about the different types of fuels, and their roles in transportation, as a part of environmental chemistry.
Curated Video
GCSE Physics - Biofuels #12
This video covers: - How biofuels are made - Their pros and cons General info: - Suitable for all courses except IGCSE edexcel Exam board specific info: AQA - Everything is relevant to your course! IGCSE Edexcel - Not relevant to your...
Financial Times
Food and fuel compete for farmland
FT Food Revolution - The UN’s World Food Programme has described 2022 as 'a year of unprecedented hunger', with millions of people in dozens of countries facing famine. Yet significant amounts of farmland are being used to produce not...
Curated Video
Comparing and Evaluating Energy Resources
The video provides an overview of the different ways in which energy resources can be compared and evaluated, including their renewability, reliability, and environmental impact. The presenter discusses various types of energy resources,...
Financial Times
Will zero emissions aviation ever take off?
Aviation must find an alternative to fossil fuels if countries are to hit ambitious net zero targets by 2050. As the FT’s Peggy Hollinger explains, intriguing options using electric batteries, bio and synthetic fuels, and hydrogen...
Science360
Science for a Sustainable Future - Innovators
Princeton University physical chemist Emily Carter is using fundamental scientific principles to create computer simulation tools that will help predict the behavior of different materials including renewable fuels. The research, which...
Curated Video
What Is Carbon Neutral and Biofuels | Environmental Chemistry | Chemistry | FuseSchool
Learn the basics about carbon neutral and biofuels, as a part of environmental chemistry. Coal, oil, natural gas, shale gas and gas from fracking are fossil fuels formed hundreds of millions of years ago from living things that got...
Curated Video
Making Bio Fuels | Biology for All | FuseSchool
Can you name some fuels that can be burned to generate energy? Coal, oil, and gas are probably the first that comes to mind. In this video, we’re going to look at another special type: biofuels. The fossil fuels coal, oil, and gas can...
Clarendon Learning
What is Biofuel? | Biomass and Biofuels for Kids
Have you ever wondered "What is Biofuel?" or "What is Biomass?" The need for energy is ever growing and biofuels and biomass are different materials that can be used for energy. Biomass and Biofuel are considered renewable energy because...
Science360
Chemical engineer Robert Coolman - ScienceLives
As a graduate researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Robert Coolman designs and builds biofuel reactors and studies how the chemicals that make up plants interact with catalysts to form fuel. He uses a combination of...
MinuteEarth
America's Energy Future: MinuteEarth At The DemDebate
YouTube and NBC invited us to make a video for the final Democratic Candidate’s Debate before the US Presidential primaries. Here’s our video (about climate change & energy), Lester Holt’s question, & the candidates’ responses. Like our...
TED Talks
TED: A reality check on renewables | David MacKay
How much land mass would renewables need to power a nation like the UK? An entire country's worth. In this pragmatic talk, David MacKay tours the basic mathematics that show worrying limitations on our sustainable energy options ... and...
SciShow
How Can E. coli Help Save Humanity?
The name "E. coli" is enough to strike terror into the stomachs of anyone who has experienced food poisoning. But some strains of this bacteria don't actually make you sick, and have turned out to be useful tools for bioengineers.
The Atlantic
A Renewable Energy Revolution in Small-Town America
A move towards sustainable energy is often talked about as an issue for big government, especially during the 2016 election. However, across the United States, progress is being made in biofuel, wind, and solar power at the grassroots....
Curated Video
Fuelling controversy
We are facing a global energy crisis, and scientists are charged with finding alternatives to fossil fuels. In this film, Nobel laureates Steven Chu and Hartmut Michel visit a farm with three young researchers to consider our energy...
Curated Video
NASA | Scientists Link Earlier Melting Of Snow To Dark Aerosols
Tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols, can darken snow and ice causing it to absorb more of the sun’s energy. But until recently, scientists rarely considered the effect of all three major types of light-absorbing...
Curated Video
GCSE Physics - Introduction to Energy Sources #9
In this video we cover: - How our sources of energy have changed throughout human history - Where we use most of our energy today i.e. transport and domestic - How renewable is our electricity (spoiler alert... not very!) General info: -...