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Alternative Fuel Saves Money and Trees in War-Torn Congo
Uvira, DRC: Banana peels, sugar cane and manioc are widely found in the trash piles that collect outside of homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.They're also the ingredients being used by environmental advocates to create a light, inexpensive cooking fuel that... Solar Hot Air Balloons, and Solar Kites. News&Opinion
The International Institute of Nonviolence By: Rev. Jermano The high cost of energy is slamming us hard in these current times. Saddam Hussein really wasn't the villian after all in the International scheme...Wow! I Find Myself in Agreement with Environmentalists
Today marks a rare occasion when I find myself in agreement with anything touted by hard-core environmentalists like Lester Brown, Ken Cook and Jonathan Lewis.I find myself in partial agreement with the men from...Riots, Unrest Predicted as Price of Rice Soars
Rice is produced worldwide and is the primary staple for more than half the world’s population, according to the USDA Economic Research Service’s Rice Report. So when prices for this food staple and...Firm Makes Ethanol for Less Than $1 Per Gallon
In post published Jan. 11, I concluded that “I know it when I see it!” and what I see is this: “Corn ethanol is Cornography!” In short, I ranted about the push toward corn-based ethanol — which I dubbed “cornography” — as being offensive to the senses and to...April Biofuel News Roundup
April was a monster month in the biofuel world. I've already written about a few top stories, including a biofuel race from Washington, D.C. to San Jose, Costa Rica, UC Berkeley proposing a biofuel rating system,...Biodiesel, Ethanol May Get Green Labeling
The allure of marketing environmentally destructive biofuels under the pretext of ecological responsibility may be a short-lived prospect. Last Tuesday, UC Berkeley's Sustainability Transportation Center proposed...Filling Your Tank with Pond Scum
"A problem facing advocates of renewable fuels produced by agriculture face a problem -- how to grow enough of the plants to get the amount of energy we'd need? Some create visions of people going hungry while we...Global Warming and Bush -- A Market-Based Solution
"For the first time in history, the House Sergeant of Arms will announce, "Madam Speaker, the President of the United States," tonight at the State of the Union. I haven't seen anyone make that point yet and I...McDonalds Owner Converts Cars to Run on Veggie Oil
"From the "we couldn't make this stuff up" file: A man in Mississippi, Robert Tomey, recently converted his two cars to run on vegetable oil. Using systems he bought from Greasecar, an online provider of veggie fuel systems, his Ford pickup and VW Beetle now emit a...
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