Biodiesel from used cooking oil? Nobody’s saying you can’t do it; in fact, this is being done “as we speak.” But keep in mind that a) you need trucks to go out and collect it, and b) even if that …
Category: Biofuels
Hog Waste to Biomethane
What happens when you process a few tens of millions of gallons of North Carolina’s super-abundant hog waste into biomethane gas and organic fertilizer? We’re about to find out. My latest client is well on its way to building such …
Renewable Energy Needs To Go with its Strengths
Those of us with a practical concern for the transition from fossil fuels wish that R&D in energy and transportation would be focused on the obvious winners, or at least those that are possible, and away from areas that have …
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Quick Comment on Biofuels
I’d like to think that the people who made this video believe they are doing a service to the environmental movement, suggesting that chips of cactus in the desert can be turned into biofuel in a fashion that isn’t a complete …
I Hear What You’re Claiming, But Who’s Stupid Enough To Believe It?
A right-wing fanatic sent me this video of Nancy Pelosi in which her words, clearly edited to be taken completely out of context, are represented as proof that Pelosi and the entire left proudly and overtly uses outright lies as …
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Corn Ethanol Under Pressure
Of the 13 billion bushels of corn harvested in the U.S. each year, 27% are consumed in creating ethanol, largely on the basis of the $7 billion in subsidies paid to corn farmers by the U.S. government.
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
I just got off a conference call as part of my ongoing effort to bring together cheantech entrepreneurs with sources of investment capital. Here, we had a publicly-traded international investment firm that specializes in waste-to-energy (W2E) talking with a team …
Ethanol from Biomass Represents Net Harm To the Environment
Early on in the development of 2GreenEnergy, I made a series of videos on the pros and cons of various forms of renewable energy. Apparently, someone else thought this was a good idea, and has launched his own series. Here’s …
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Why Biofuels Are Failing
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Cameron Atwood writes: “As a species, we do a fairly good job of cultivating and harvesting grain energy to distribute as food. In your estimation, what are the core technical factors are that currently prevent the scale up …
Conference on Algal Biofuels Sounds Interesting, But….
If I weren’t so frugal with both my money and my time, I’d probably go to this conference on biofuels. I’m curious to know how far this subject has come. It’s good that the focus is still on algae; if …
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