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thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Oct 30, 2008
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Researchers from the Universities of Jaen and Granada in Spain have shown how wasted olive stones can be used to make bioethanol, a renewable fuel that can be produced from plant matter and …
Also tagged: national, ethanol, cellulose, jaen, food industry, whole food, food security, plant matter, yeasts, food crops, oct 30, olive stones, 100kg, 7kg, food crop, hemicellulose, hydrolysate, land resources, table olives, whole crop
gas2.org » Gas 2.0 - Oct 7, 2008
Editor’s Note: I’m in Houston, TX, this week celebrating the International Year of the Planet by posting on topics covered at the first ever joint meeting between the American societies of Soil Science, Geology, Crop …
Also tagged: alternative energy, csiro, houston, texas, oil, renewable energy, alternative fuel, peak oil, fossil fuels, international issues, geological society of america, soil science society of america, dr peter mccabe
thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Oct 4, 2008
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) As biofuels from grasses, crop residues and inedible plant parts have the potential to be more efficient and eco-friendly than grain-based biofuels like corn ethanol, more research is needed to …
Also tagged: greenhouse gas emissions, corn ethanol, unintended consequences, corn grain, soil and water, agricultural economist, crop residues, nutrient runoff, purdue university press
gas2.org » Gas 2.0 - Oct 1, 2008
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Meg Hamill who works as a freelance writer, and at the environmental non-profit LandPaths, in Santa Rosa, California. The Department of Defense funded the Energy & …
Also tagged: aviation, department of defense, renewable feedstock
gas2.org » Gas 2.0 - Sep 30, 2008
By cutting fees for the legal transportation of kitchen grease used to make biodiesel for personal use from $400 to $75 per truckload, California hopes that would-be backyard biodiesel grease thieves will pony up and …
Also tagged: energy, policy, howto, theft, economy, oil, diesel, fast food, biodiesel, grease, stealing, renewable energy, biofuels, make your own, alternative fuels, northern california, do it yourself diy, fryer grease, yellow grease
gas2.org » Gas 2.0 - Sep 29, 2008
As the global market for biofuels heats up, much of the demand for biodiesel is being satisfied by clearing virgin rainforests to create oil palm plantations. But, as it turns out, these plantations are an awful …
Also tagged: global warming, climate change, policy, palm, agriculture, transportation, emissions, oil, biodiesel, indonesia, malaysia, fuel, greenpeace, renewable energy, biofuels, biofuel, palm oil, carbon emissions, petroleum, alternative fuels, renewable fuels, international issues, palm plantation, oil palm
gas2.org » Gas 2.0 - Sep 4, 2008
In what he describes as misplaced behavior, Nikola Davidson, program director for the Northwest Biofuels Association, has raised a good point in a Seattle Weekly article — why is it that biofuels are becoming the ire …
Also tagged: energy, global warming, climate change, activism, transportation, economics, emissions, oil, diesel, ethanol, biodiesel, fuel, renewable energy, biofuels, gas prices, green party, petroleum, food prices, alternative fuels, renewable fuels, food vs fuel, duff badgley, northwest biofuels association, nikola davidson
gas2.org » Gas 2.0 - Aug 20, 2008
The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance (SBA) is a non-profit organization created to promote cradle-to-grave biodiesel practices for verifying that all points in the production and distribution chain are sustainable. And …
Also tagged: energy, global warming, climate change, resources, policy, agriculture, transportation, economics, emissions, oil, diesel, biodiesel, fuel, farmers, renewable energy, biofuels, gas prices, soybeans, b20, petroleum, food prices, alternative fuels, b5, renewable fuels, b100, algae biodiesel, food vs fuel, soybean biodiesel
gas2.org » Gas 2.0 - Aug 20, 2008
The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance (SBA) is a non-profit organization created to promote sustainable biodiesel practices, including the harvesting, production and distribution of biodiesel fuels. Their stated ultimate …
Also tagged: energy, global warming, climate change, resources, policy, agriculture, transportation, economics, emissions, oil, diesel, biodiesel, fuel, farmers, renewable energy, biofuels, gas prices, soybeans, b20, petroleum, food prices, alternative fuels, b5, renewable fuels, b100, algae biodiesel, food vs fuel, soybean biodiesel
gas2.org » Gas 2.0 - Aug 8, 2008
Rotting, leftover fryer grease has turned into gold in the race to our energy future — and thieves have taken notice. It’s early in the pre-dawn dark hours of the morning. A group of Northern California pseudohippies …
Also tagged: energy, offbeat, howto, alternative energy, theft, economy, oil, diesel, fast food, biodiesel, grease, doityourself, stealing, renewable energy, biofuels, b20, make your own, alternative fuels, b5, northern california, b100, algae biodiesel, do it yourself diy, fryer grease, yellow grease