green LA girl (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Question: I was just warned by my neighbor to remove my “veggie oil powered” sticker from my converted Mercedes diesel. He said he had heard that LA Highway Patrol started targeting folks that drove these conversions, fining them with a $1550 fine for not purchasing gas which means not paying road taxes. I did [...]
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The price of petroleum will continue to rise because of ethanol, the weak dollar and political tensions, the oil cartel’s president says.
HowStuffWorks: Daily Stuff Feed (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ethanol production is deeply embedded in American history. But who could have known that those old moonshine stills just might be the answer to the current fuel crisis?
Peak Energy (Free subscription) | yesterday
EcoGeek reports that rising grain prices (and rising floodwaters) have caused the demise of a number of ethanol plants in the US - Ethanol Plants Taking Big Hits, Shutting Down . This won't help fuel prices of course, though it might take some pressure off food prices. Ethanol plants based on food crops are taking a serious hit because of the price hike for grains and the flooding in the Mid-west that...
Sustainable Middle Class Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Drive small, drive less, walk more, eat less meat. In 1980 we had a biologist running for president. Barry Commoner, standard-bearer for the Citizens Party, gave a speech at Calvin College in Grand Rapids and I drove across town on a rainy night to hear him. I’d read his book, Science and Society, and knew he [...]
vere loqui (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Before someone jumps me justifiably for not knowing where the two presidential candidates stand on the federal ethanol subsidies travesty that is partly responsible for rising food prices, there is this word just in (June 25) from Greg Mankiw's excellent economics blog about where the candidates stand.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Mumbai, July 6: The Left has roundly criticised the Centre for raising fuel prices, but a key state that it rules ' Bengal ' has ironically failed to make any contribution to India's energy security by promoting the use of alternative fuel sources.
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analys (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
A World Bank Report suggests Biofuels behind food price hikes . Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75 percent, according to the findings of an unpublished World Bank report published in The Guardian newspaper on Friday. The report's author, a senior World Bank economist, assessed that contrary to claims by US President George W. Bush, increased demand from India and China has not...
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Itarumã Participações S.A., Petrobras and Mitsui have formed a 60-20-20 joint venture to produce sugarcane ethanol for export to Japan, North America and Europe.
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Greenwich Time. The town of Greenwich, Connecticut has dropped a plan to use a B20 soy biodiesel blend in half of its 300-vehicle fleet due to the cost.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
By Dennis Anderson, Star Tribune, Minneapolis Jul.
TechBlogger (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ethanol production is deeply embedded in American history. But who could have known that those old moonshine stills just might be the answer to the current fuel crisis? Original post by CowboyNeal
Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
THE ethanol plant which is planned to be set up in Naitasiri by 2010 will not emit any waste into the soil and river, according to the national strategic committee on bio-fuel.
Metroblogging Los Angeles (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Someone call Lovecraft Biofuels* & tell ‘em to start hackin’ down all the kudzu in the hills behind ‘em: according to some experts, kudzu–”The Plant that Ate the South (and Parts of Echo Park and Silver Lake)” has a high yield of carbohydrates that can be converted into ethanol. In fact, the yield per acre [...]
PAXALLES (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Senator John McCain is for a balanced and complete energy plan to meet our multiple energy needs - while Barack Obama doesn't favor domestic drilling, nuclear power, many alternatives and favors ethanol biofuels that contribute to higher food prices and...
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rupali | 07/01/2008
US demand to grow 6% annually through 2012. US demand for enzymes will rise nearly six percent per year to $2.5 billion in 2012. Advances will be led by continued rapid expansion in the fuel ethanol enzyme market, as well as strong growth in the large pharmaceutical and smaller biocatalyst and pulp and paper markets. Healthy gains will also be realized in diagnostics, research and biotechnology, and...
rupali | 06/28/2008
This report also highlights the market performance (both ethanol & biodiesel) and key success areas of biofuel industry. The US is the largest oil importing country and recent rise in oil prices at global level has driven the country to look seriously for the development of biofuel industry. Apart from oil security, the government’s strong stand for enhancing the use of renewable energy has been a...
aaf4141 | 06/25/2008
Castleton, NY June 25, 2008 - - - Truckers save thousands using the patented Diesel Fuel Saver despite rising fuel costs. American Alternative Fuel (AAF) is setting the new standard in hybrid propane conversion systems with their Diesel Fuel Saver (DFS). Not only is the system patented but it has been proven, worldwide, to benefit diesel vehicle owners. The DFS is a hybrid propane injection system...
