U.S. Department of Agriculture Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:20:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Airport Grasslands Could Become Great Biofuel Source https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airport-grasslands-biofuel-20120406/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airport-grasslands-biofuel-20120406/#respond Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:20:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=23860 Airports… those large, desolating places, with lots of high-potential agricultural areas around the landing runways. Why wouldn’t they be used for something? If we are to trust a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, these sites could very well grow biomass for biofuels and still not come in the way of planes or […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airport-grasslands-biofuel-20120406/feed/ 0 23860 US Government Encourages Farmers To Use Renewable Energy For Increased Profits https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-farmers-clean-energy-loans-20101119/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-farmers-clean-energy-loans-20101119/#respond Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:54:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11877 Farmers, ranchers and owners of rural businesses are eagerly taking the opportunity to improve their operations, develop new sources of renewable energy and reduce cost with the federal clean energy loans and grants adding up to $30 million.

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