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...

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);...

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...

History of Oil Industry Opposition to Alcohol Fuel

The fuel of the future, according to both Henry Ford and Charles F. Kettering, was ethyl alcohol made from farm products and cellulosic materials. Ford, of course, is well known as an automotive inventor; Kettering was the head of research at...

History of Oil Industries Opposition to Alcohol Fuel

Abstract The fuel of the future, according to both Henry Ford and Charles F. Kettering, was ethyl alcohol made from farm products and cellulosic materials. Ford, of course, is well known as an automotive inventor; Kettering was the...

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...

Brazil to dispute US subsidies

In reaction to the collapse of the Doha round of talks at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva last week, Brazil would take actions against the US over alleged illegal subsidies and other trade barriers. Earlier...

Biofuels company ditches NZ

    Leading United Kingdom biofuel producer Argent Energy is shelving plans to invest more than $100 million in New Zealand. " Dickon Posnett, managing director of Argent Energy's NZ subsidiary, says New Zealand's proposed legislation in the Biofuels Bill makes...

Ethanol being converted from household and landfill waste

Rising food prices have recently been blamed in part on the redirection of corn to ethanol plants. By growing less corn to take advantage of ethanol prices and subsidies, demand and speculation of food supplies...

Harvest the Sun — From Space

"AS we face $4.50 a gallon gas, we also know that alternative energy sources — coal, oil shale, ethanol, wind and ground-based solar — are either of limited potential, very expensive, require huge energy...

Former ChampCar Driver Wins First IRL Race At Watkins Glen :: The EDJE

"“AN AMERICAN KID WINS, IN AN ETHANOL CAR RUNNING ON ETHANOL, DRIVING FOR AN AMERICAN RACING LEGEND: BOBBY RAHAL, WITH AN AMERICAN CLOTHING BRAND: IZOD, ON FORTH OF JULY WEEKEND IN NEW YORK ... DOESN'T GET...

Possible effects of bad weather on the US biofuel industry

At the moment, the US biofuel industry seems to follow the classic demand/ supply model when it comes to ethanol fuel prices. The supply of corn, the major constituent of ethanol fuel, has been reduced by bad...

Thailand's future eco-friendly car.

“To be or not to be – Thai hybrids or ethanol - that is the question”.  William Shakespeare. Is the hybrid car the eco-friendly model car of the future? Thailand seems to believe so.  Hybrids:...

Ohio Would be Devastated by McCain Gas Tax Holiday, Historic Opposition to Re...

Strickland Says Winning Friends in Ohio Uphill Battle for McCain, Religious Conservatives Too Fractured to Help This Year OhioNewsBureau COLUMBUS, OHIO: Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and State Sen. Eric Kearney, both Democrats, spoke to reporters Thursday afternoon, telling...

Obama Camp Closely Linked With Ethanol

Obama Camp Closely Linked With Ethanol, Could this be why he doesn't want to Drill?"When VeraSun Energy inaugurated a new ethanol processing plant last summer in Charles City, Iowa, some of that industry’s most...

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