Showing posts with label biofuels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biofuels. Show all posts
Friday, January 29, 2010

Using Biofuel In Cars 'May Accelerate Loss Of Rainforest'

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Photo: Harvesting of palm oil, the production of which is leading to loss of rainforest. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters/Corbis) From Times Online: ...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Bacteria Make Diesel From Biomass

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Photo: Bacteria power: The E. coli bacteria in this microscopic image are excreting droplets of diesel fuel. The bacteria are the small dar...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Biofuels: Can They Fuel Our Lifestyle Without Taking Food From The Poor?

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Green crude from oil processed from algae From The Guardian: A consultation by the UK Nuffield Council on Bioethics wants to hear public opi...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Exxon, DNA Pioneer Join On Algae Biofuels

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Image: Algae as biomass for biofuel are become more attractive to investors and developers. From CNN: (CNN) -- ExxonMobil is teaming up wit...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Biofuel Displacing Food Crops May Have Bigger Carbon Impact Than Thought

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MBL senior scientist Jerry Melillo and his colleagues have found that carbon emissions from land-use change caused by the displacement of fo...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Tallying The Real Environmental Cost Of Biofuels

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William Radcliffe / Science Faction / Corbis From Time Magazine: The promise of biofuels like ethanol is that they will someday help the wor...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Biofuel From Sewage

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Image: On Q: The Q microbe (pictured), a lollipop-shaped organism that naturally breaks down and converts plant matter into ethanol, is now...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

How to Make Biodiesel With a Commercial Kit

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Senior editor Mike Allen (who used to teach organic chemistry in a previous career) gloves up to pump methanol into the processor. From Popu...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

World Biofuel Use Expected To Double By 2015

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From CNET: Global biofuel use is expected to increase twofold by 2015 and Brazil will remain the world's top exporter of biofuel, accord...
Sunday, August 2, 2009

A Biofuel Process to Replace All Fossil Fuels

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Image: Solar farming: A photobioreactor houses photosynthetic microorganisms that use the energy in sunlight to make fuel and other chemica...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Study: Biofuel Threatens Water Supplies

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From Live Science: The production of bioethanol may use up to three times as much water as previously thought, a new study finds, becoming t...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Video: Oil Addiction And Biofuel Dangers Simplified

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From Autobloggreen : There's a new video from Good Magazine that explains the viewpoint of those who believe that using crops for biofue...
Monday, August 4, 2008

Miscanthus Can Meet U.S. Biofuels Goal Using Less Land Than Corn Or Switchgrass

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From University Of Illinois: CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In the largest field trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have determined that...