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Jatropha-powered jet
Are you sure that’s not "jetropha"? American and Chinese companies are testing the idea of extracting biofuel from the jatropha bushes nuts. " “Jatropha is a genus of approximately... Alt Energy from Animal Fats producing 2,500 barrels Alt Fuels day
Alt Energy from Animal Fats producing 2,500 barrels Alt Fuels a day. Hey OPEC EAT MY LARD!The new facility uses Syntroleum's Bio-Synfining™ Technology to produce the renewable fuels from non-food grade animal fats produced or procured by Tyson Foods, such as beef tallow,... Watermelon Juice May Be Next "Green" Fuel
Wayne Fish, chemist, at the Agricultural Research Service in Oklahoma has shown that ethanol fuel from watermelon juice may be the next 'green' fuel. Because consumers of watermelons only want melons that...
created by Barbara McPherson | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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133 views | 14 recommendations | 0 comments
Biofuels in Puerto Rico (MWV30)
Puerto Rico is widely known as the "La Isla del Encanto," which translated means "The Island of Enchantment." And while its beaches, tropical rain forest, and biolumescent bays are wonders of nature, the island... EPA: Algae as Advanced Biofuel
EPA will count algae as an advanced biofuel in the renewable fuels standard, responding to the growing interest, encouraged by Exxon Mobil and Dow Chemical. Exxon announced its plans to invest $600 million... The Carbon Con
How realistic is it to go green? Humanity will keep spewing carbon into the atmosphere, but can good policy help? The Kyoto Protocol divides the world into two groups. The roughly 1.2 billion citizens of... Scientists accuse California Air Resource Board of bias
Biofuels are once again becoming a hot topic in legislative circles. After falling off of the radar screen due to a continual onslaught of negative press and scientific reports claiming that biofuels... Bashing biofuels to make them better
Recent developments in the biofuel story have given no guarantee that a biofuel industry will be set up in time to help the building environmental crisis (in fact many new reports say biofuels are making it worse);... Weekly Radio Spin -- How to Look Like You're Kicking Butt
This week, we look at more U.S. military propaganda, flying without fear, and biofuel pitfalls. In "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin,'" Leon Panetta's smoking deal. 'Vegawatt' converter turns french fries into fuel
A new company called Owl Power is putting all of that used french fry oil to good use- with the invention of the 'Vegawatt' converter. This may be bad news for people like my friend Tim, who has been filling... Air New Zealand plane flies on Jatropha oil
Air New Zealand just successfully completed a 2 hour test flight in a Boeing 747 using a “second generation” biofuel. The flight took place on Tuesday and used a 50-50 blend of jatropha oil fuel, and regular jet... Starbucks to fuel your car?
From Champoli - stories, heroes and videos that inspireCoffee is well known for being able to power the economic engine that is the global workforce. It might fill the tank of an individual but certainly... Mushrooms may hold key to solving Energy crisis
The energy crisis is forcing the world scientists to find new ways to generate nergy, in this effort scintists are saying that Mushrooms can help in this regard without destroying the food resources. "A solution... Brazil, Land & Ethanol
Now and then I read and listen people saying that Brazil is cropping its trees to increase fuel production. I just read the same thing again here in NowPublic and because of that I would like to share some... 4.2 million new 'green' jobs predicted
New study shows that shifting to 40% renewable electricity production and 30% biofuel by 2038 will create 4.2 million jobs."WASHINGTON - A major shift to renewable energy and efficiency is expected to produce 4.2...
created by Erik Larson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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176 views | 29 recommendations | 4 comments
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