As growing populations result in the inevitable larger, messier landfills, more aggressive and viable solutions are being developed and implemented through three major channels: organic recycling, technology, and other creative forms of recycling at every level. While admittedly not totally …
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From Guest Blogger Auvisa.org: Mallow-Biofuel–Diesel from a Tough Wildflower
Diesel vehicle usage is growing in the United States, with 60 diesel model cars and trucks expected to be available to American buyers in 2017. Biofuel use is also on the rise. The U.S. consumed 244 thousand barrels of biodiesel …
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From Guest Blogger Brooke Chaplan: Green Dream–Six Environmental Developments From Students
Sustainable living is quickly becoming mainstream as businesses, families, and communities incorporate more environmentally friendly standards into every day practices. For example, many families now consciously choose less waste over convenience, and businesses make investments that lead to energy efficiency …
From Guest Blogger Paula Sheamus: Biofuels vs Food Problem
The fuel versus food debate has been continuing for years. While some people aim to produce biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels, others are concerned about our irresponsible actions and the fact that because of them our planet might …
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More on Biofuels Breakthrough
Here’s a presentation for those who want to know more about the breakthrough in biofuels I wrote about earlier today, and who understand things like: “Pyruvate decarboxylase catalyzes the non-oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate to produce acetaldehyde.” Personally, I function better …
Tagged with: biofuel, Biomass and Biofuels, breakthrough in biofuels, energy, ethanol, Greenhouse gas, renewable, technology, Tom Blakeslee
Biofuel Plant in Nigeria
A reader from Nigeria sent me a business plan on an ethanol plant that would provide a far cleaner way for West Africans to cook their food than their current approach, which is a combination of kerosene and wood gathered …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy Today’s Topic: Biomass
Question: The dozens of flavors of biomass technologies are all rooted in making use of the chemical energy stored in the bonds of complex, organic molecules, which, in some processes, is released to reform biofuels, normally in the form of …
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[The Vector] Plan to Combine Biofuel and Carbon Capture Technologies
A Canadian research council has backed plans for a 50,000 liter algae-based biofuel plant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a C$5 million grant. The biofuel project aims to identify strains of algae that are already acclimatised to the local environment, …
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[The Vector] Biofuel Bounces Back
In the US, the biofuel industry is undergoing something of a revival. Mothballed plants are reopening. Across the globe biofuel industry leaders are extremely bullish about their ability to bring down operating costs, to generate fuels from sources that don’t compete …
Tagged with: AE Biofuels, Al Gore, biofuel, blend, camelina, corn ethanol, ethanol, green energy, jatropha, palm oil, renewables, second generation biofuel, SG Biofuels, Solazyme, Valery Okulov
Liquid Ammonia as Fuel
In a recent post, Bill Paul points out that the reaction to the oil spill in the Gulf should be algae-generated biofuels. But why not liquid ammonia, as Peak Oil pundit Matt Simmons would suggest? As Matt old me when …
