Net-zero emissions targets are vague: three ways to fix

Climate Stabilization at 2°C and Net Zero Carbon Emissions

The goal to stabilize global average surface temperature at lower than 2°C above pre-industrial level has been extensively discussed in climate negotiations. A number of publications state that achieving this goal will require net anthropogenic carbon emissions (defined as anthropogenic emissions minus anthropogenic sinks such as carbon capture and sequestration and reforestation) to be reduced...

Optimization of Syngas Production Systems Subject to Almost Net-Zero CO2 Emissions

This work describes two different configurations of syngas production processes using a combination of steam methane reforming (SMR) and dry reforming of methane (DRM). The ideal SMR+DRM process ensures the maximum product yield, the heat-integrated SMR+DRM process fulfills the maximum heat recovery, and the stand-alone SMR+DRM process effectively suppress net CO2 emissions. Through kinetic mod...

Three ways to sprinkle POWDER

In this paper, three alternative implementations of the POWDER W3C Recommendation are presented, compared, and discussed. The main issue with implementing POWDER is that POWDER inference accesses resources’ URIs in order to mass-annotate regular expressiondelineated groupings of URIs.

Three ways to politicize bioethics.

Many commentators today lament the politicization of bioethics, but some suggest distinguishing among different kinds of politicization. This essay pursues that idea with reference to three traditions of political thought: liberalism, communitarianism, and republicanism. After briefly discussing the concept of politicization itself, the essay examines how each of these political traditions mani...

Three Ways to Test Irreducibility