Louisiana Enacts the Most Comprehensive Advanced Biofuel Legislation in the Nation
Baton Rouge, LA (June 27, 2008) – Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative, the most comprehensive and far-reaching state legislation in the nation enacted to develop a statewide advanced biofuel industry.
Biofuels are Bad for Poor Countries - they Cause Starvation on Long Term
The aid agency Oxfam said Wednesday that the all-beloved biofuels are to be blamed for 30% of the increase in food prices worldwide, pushing 30 million people around the globe into poverty.
New Biofuel Made out of Plant Cellulose
George Huber of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (UMass) and his students Torren Carlson and Tushar Vispute announced the first direct conversion of plant cellulose into gasoline components.
There may be 10 years until this invention is brought to market. Huber said that the consumers won’t even realize the difference between regular fossil gasoline and the green [...]
New Revolutionary Recipe For Making Biodiesel In Under 6 Seconds!
Everybody is talking today about a young scientist, Brian Krohn (21), in fact a senior at Augsburg College. He invented a new revolutionary way of making biodiesel out of waste oils, sparing the crops for feeding the poor (?).
His method implies the mixing of alcohol and coconut oil, soybean oil, and even algae. All these [...]
New Invention: Bacteria Eating CO2 From The Atmosphere
A scientist who mapped his genome and the genetic diversity of the oceans said Thursday he is creating a life form that feeds on climate-ruining carbon dioxide to produce fuel.
Craig Venter (in the picture), a famous geneticist, announced his “fourth-generation fuel” project at an elite Technology, Entertainment and Design conference in Monterey, California. Between the [...]
Nobel Winner Says Biodiesel Production Pollutes More Than Fossil Fuel
Nobel-prize winning chemist Paul Crutzel, along with a team of scientists have demonstrated that biofuels, once thought to be the saving of traditional fuel industry, pollutes 70% more than the fossil fuels.
They calculated the emissions released by growing the crops such as maize, rapeseed and cane sugar to produce biofuels. The team of American, British [...]
What Is The Biodiesel?
What is biodiesel?
Biodiesel is a fuel derived from vegetable oil or animal fats that can be an additive to or entirely replace conventional petroleum diesel fuel. In the United States, the majority of biodiesel is made from soybean or canola oils, but is also made from waste stream sources such as used cooking oils or [...]
