San Francisco Converting Restaurant Grease to Bio-Diesel

San Francisco will become the first city to institute a program to convert "brown grease" from restaurants into bio-diesel. Mayor Gavin Newson announced the $1.2 million pilot program, which will collect about 10,000 gallons of grease a week from city-wide restaurants. This...

Plastic Surgeon uses Liposuction Fat to Fuel Car - YUCK!!!

 Are we going a bit far with using Lipo-Diesel?  In a Traffic Jam?" A top Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon says he used fat he removed from patients in liposuction operations to power his 'green' 4x4 car....

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...

Man creates homemade biodiesel from algae

"Man creates homemade biodiesel from algae"

Biodiesel at the pumps in BC

How does one go about being environmentally conscious with a 1983 Series III Land Rover Santana with a diesel engine? The answer to that is Biodiesel! We have the answer, now what? How does one go about finding...

Invention special: Green technology

Green inventions to get us off oil, produce clean electricity and fuel, power your iPod by banging your head, and more"As the evidence that humans have altered the Earth's climate and environment for the worst...

TURNING WASTE MATERIAL INTO ETHANOL: Nanoscale catalysts could tap syngas as...

"AMES, Iowa –Say the word “biofuels” and most people think of grain ethanol and biodiesel.  But there’s another, older technology called gasification that’s getting a new look from researchers at...

Biodiesel Train Gets Test Run in Washington, DC

Restaurant grease, canola oil and soy are fueling a new generation of trains, with a biodiesel train operating in the UK and a new one taking test runs in Washington over the summer. The fuel is a 25-per-cent...

Malunggay oil tapped as biofuel in US

Okay, really, which one is top priority?  News of escalating food crisis is all over the media... and then comes this.  It may be good news at one respect but looking at the flipside, it does not address the rising cost of food not only in the Philippines but also...

How Biodiesel Fuel-Cells Could Power The Future (And Your Car)

This could be a really big deal as a transition to the hydrogen economy:"After years of development, the Washington-based company InnovaTek is testing a hand-sized microreactor that can convert virtually any...

Study: Buying Biodiesel May Be A Gamble

This may be useful information for anyone out there using biodiesel:"If you ever buy retail biodiesel for your diesel vehicle, it turns out you might not be getting exactly what you paid for—or you may be...

A Biodiesel Prius? VW To Release 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid

Check out this new car from VW - another sign of where the auto industry is going:"Toyota may lose its high-mileage stranglehold on the U.S. auto industry, thanks to Volkswagon’s new Golf hybrid-electric diesel....

Har alltid reserverat mig...

"Att tanka med etanol eller biodiesel kan vara värre för klimatet än att köra på fossila bränslen som bensin och diesel. Det kan ta flera hundra år innan det slutar läcka koldioxid från skogsmark och savanner som har gjorts om till odlingar för biobränsle, enligt...

State plantation firms form consortium to produce biofuel

""We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the formation of a consortium to build a biofuel and biodiesel factory. We hope construction of the factory can be started in the second semester of this year," PTPN VII President Director Andi Punoko said here on...

Earthrace: Fuelling Passion And Slicing Waves

After an unsuccessful attempt to break a world record last year, the crew behind Earthrace is ready to try again. On March 1, 2008, Earthrace Skipper and CEO Pete Bethune will lead his eco-friendly,...

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