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The Energy Transition Is Already Underway29 Jun, 2010 01:19 pm We are already developing advanced biofuels and solar power and rather than arguing about starting out, shouldn't we be asking how much we can do now to...Report Says, Algal Biofuels May Not Cut Carbon Emissions, but Read it More Closely.8 Apr, 2010 09:48 am According to a life-cycle analysis, growing algae to make biofuels is overall worse in terms of carbon-emissions than growing land-based crops like corn...Biofuels and land use3 Mar, 2010 04:08 pm Current transport biofuels are mainly made from crops producing starch, sugar and edible oils. In doing so, they divert those crops from providing food..."Biofuels would be actually worse than conventional gasoline"1 Dec, 2009 10:27 am According to a new study titled "Indirect Emissions from Biofuels: How Important, published online in Science on October 22,...Can Renewables Replace Fossil Fuels?23 Nov, 2009 11:57 am With peak oil already upon us, sustaining oil supply is akin to running up a down escalator. Or, as Nate Hagens put it at the ASPO peak oil conference...Algae to the rescue5 Nov, 2009 04:19 pm I?m more convinced than ever that liquid fuels from algae will be a major component of our energy and environmental future...Counting All the Carbon7 Nov, 2009 04:00 pm Last Thursday, an editorial in the Wall St. Journal referred to a paper in the latest issue of Science entitled, "Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting...The Necessity of "All of the Above"15 Oct, 2009 12:58 pm I've devoted a lot of space in my blog to explaining why we need all of the energy choices currently available to us, including energy efficiency,...The Climate-Industrial Complex24 Aug, 2009 08:54 am According to the Center for Public Integrity the number of companies and groups now lobbying the US Congress on the subject of climate change has passed...The Influence of "Peak Oil"15 Aug, 2009 01:49 pm An article in the Washington Post this weekend, together with a must-read interview in The Independent, a paper I used to read regularly when I lived in...Agroforestry & Sustainable Agriculture: Vast Potential to Lower Emissions, Store Carbon6 Aug, 2009 05:34 pm Researchers working on a joint World Agroforestry Centre-United Nations Environment Programme project suggest that integrating agroforestry in farming...It's Always Something16 Jun, 2009 06:38 pm I spend a lot of time thinking about the trade-offs involved with different energy options. Cheap petroleum has enabled numerous people a level of mobility...Biofuel Industry Hopes to Recover with Next Generation Fuels27 May, 2009 04:09 pm The 31st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals sponsored by NREL took place in San Francisco from May, 3 to May, 6...Biofuels and water3 Apr, 2009 09:29 pm The oil company Shell has announced that it will end its investments in wind energy. It intends to focus on biofuels. This remarkably comes at a time...The Wrong Enemy31 Mar, 2009 09:23 am While reading an article on oil company taxation in the Wall Street Journal, I ran across a quote from Treasury Secretary Geithner that crystallized my...French folly3 Feb, 2009 02:21 pm Strange ways to use science were not and are not the prerogative of the Bush government. A case in point is France, once justly famous for its contribution...Cheap Gas9 Dec, 2008 11:58 am As rapidly as it has fallen, the average pump price of unleaded regular gasoline in the US still has a ways to go, to end up lower on Barack Obama's Inaugural...Of Speculative Bubbles, the Crisis in Finance, Corn & Ethanol26 Nov, 2008 12:08 pm By Andrew Burger. Alternative energy and clean technology businesses and investors are rightfully concerned that the credit crisis and the utter and complete...Canada's biofuels promise27 Oct, 2008 11:17 am An article giving an overview of Canada's bioenergy potential has been published on the Renewable Energy World.com website. The author, Douglas Bradley...The strange case of algal biofuels29 Oct, 2008 12:19 pm Algal biofuels are hot. The focus is on the production of algal oil (glycerol esters of fatty acids). The aircraft maker Airbus ?welcomes the idea?...Could Russia become a biofuel superpower?6 Oct, 2008 10:21 am This is a bit of a long shot but reading this report in the UK's Daily Telegraph about Russia using big a good harvest as a foreign policy tool,...Are biofuels causing food price rises?18 Jul, 2008 04:11 pm The Gallagher Review into biofuels has a view on how the diversion of food into biofuel crops affects prices but its not clear...Surely Taking Corn out of the Market will Raise the Price30 May, 2008 04:16 pm I've been in conversation with David Benson, about the role of biofuels in the current round of food price rises across the world.UN Rapporteur Talks about the Global Food Crisis1 May, 2008 01:35 pm he United Nations is expected to reveal a so-called battle plan to tackle the growing global food crisis. The meeting in Switzerland on Monday comes..."Fuelling Animals or Fuelling Cars": the U.S. Energy Policy and the Gulf of Mexico17 Mar, 2008 08:25 am Recently, the U.S. Senate announced its energy policy aims of generating 36 billion gallons annually of ethanol by the year 2022,...Virgin Airlines Flies Biofuel Plane26 Feb, 2008 10:51 am CNN's Rosemary Church speaks with Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines about the biofuel flight. The world's first biofuel-powered commercial aircraft...Building a Better Bacterium for Butanol25 Jan, 2008 07:30 am A group of University of Alberta students have spent the summer working on building a new kind of bacteria: one that might hold some answers to the planet's...Butanol: the New Catchphrase in Biofuels?25 Jan, 2008 07:30 am Dr Lars Angenent at Washington University in St. Louis talks briefly about his research on making butyrate from plant biomass.On Algal Biodiesel29 Jan, 2008 05:11 pm Eons ago, microalgae (tiny plants) growing in primeval oceans died and formed a layer on the sea bed. Over geological time, i.e., millions of years,...Wave of Support for Approval for Switchgrass10 Jan, 2008 01:37 pm Simon Robinson writes on his blog about the reaction regarding switchgrass as a biofuels source.Renewables-Based Technology.4 Jan, 2008 12:25 pm Making hydrogen from sugar is not feasible on any sensible scale, since to do so would require using the world's arable land in competition with food production...U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidates on Subsidies for Biofuels27 Dec, 2007 12:05 pm Christopher Dodd, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton describe how they would address subsidies, conservation, and biofuels at "The Des Moines...Oklahoma's "Green Gold"2 Jan, 2008 11:22 am Oklahoma is in the race to develop alternative energy sources to help reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.Philippine Oil Palm Cultivation Raises Food Concerns2 Jan, 2008 11:22 am Al Jazeera's Marqa Ortigas in the Southern Philippines reports on how the palm oil industry has raised fear for local food supplies and sustainable practiceLarge-Scale Use of Harvest Residues for Biofuel Production: a Bad Idea20 Dec, 2007 01:31 pm Plans for large scale use of harvest residues to produce biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel will be detrimental to soil quality...The Bust of the Great Ethanol Boom8 Nov, 2007 10:36 am President Bush promised to expand American biofuel production, but the result has been worse than nothing. Corn is a poor source for energy,...Biofuels and Rationality7 Nov, 2007 11:30 am There were several studies on biofuels issued last week, while I was away...High Oil Prices = High Biofuel Prices6 Nov, 2007 11:47 am You know that forever I have beaten the drum that high fossil fuel prices would make biofuels more expensive due to their poor EROEI..Making Biofuel from Straw?26 Oct, 2007 11:30 am Researchers from Warwick University assess straw as a source of alternative energy.Biofuel Production Threatens Water Supplies in China and India11 Oct, 2007 05:03 pm A study released this week by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) reports that the biofuel production in China and India exacerbates the...Biofuels Could Boost Global Warming4 Oct, 2007 10:33 am A new study led by Nobel prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen shows that the combustion of biofuels may release a larger amount of N2O,..."There is a Huge Difference in Biofuels but Policies Just do not Make this Distinction"14 Sep, 2007 02:46 pm In a report on the impact of biofuels released Tuesday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said biofuels may "offer a cure...Better Than Ethanol? BTL in plug-in hybrid diesel vehicles2 Aug, 2007 02:07 pm Reed M. Benet is a biofuels focused Ph.D. Student University of California Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. He proposes that plug-in hybrid diesel..."Biofuel Expansion Will Play A Role In Pushing Up And Keeping Up Prices"6 Jul, 2007 06:13 pm Almuth Ernsting is a member of Biofuelwatch. She comments on the latest UN farming assessment report and Brazilian president Lula's participation in an..."We Are Already Using A High Proportion of Biomass Production in The Ecosystem"5 Jul, 2007 11:28 am Karlheinz Erb is a specialist on sustainable development and biomass flows. His research indicates that humans are already using a very high amount of...Steve Koonin on Energy Trends and Technologies for the Coming Decades2 Jul, 2007 04:50 pm In his talk organized by the University of California, San Diego's Center for Energy Research as part of its Distinguished Lecture Series,...Simple Sugars Can Be Turned Into a New, Potentially Useful Biofuel21 Jun, 2007 11:33 am James Dumesic is a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States...Japanese Company Considering Chinese Biodiesel21 Jun, 2007 11:32 am China Confidential has learned that a Japanese company is seriously considering making a major investment in a big, vertically integrated,...Fungi for Biofuel: Prof. Amir Sharon of Tel Aviv University15 Jun, 2007 03:45 pm A new technology can not only make better biofuel, but revolutionalize a whole range of markets including the pharmaceuticals and food industry."Someone Is Going to Have to Make Up The Supply That Is Always Being Demanded for Food and Feed"15 Jun, 2007 03:45 pm Ronald Steenblik is the Director of Research for the Global Subsidies Initiative of the International Institute for Sustainable Development based in Geneva...Biofuels: A Danger for Latin America15 Jun, 2007 03:45 pm Renewable fuels, in particular Biofuels, energy sources derived from agricultural crops have suddenly won the support from the United States..."Jatropha Is Not Competing with Existing Food Crops to Produce Biodiesel"5 Jun, 2007 03:19 pm The biofuel market is growing, and with it the development of certain crops to meet energy needs. One of which is Jatropha, a plant that is gaining importance...Can Cars Save the Planet?22 May, 2007 03:34 pm No alternative fuel can single-handedly bring a solution to the environmental problems associated with modern-day mobility..."All Biofuels Contain Health Risks As Does Diesel"20 Apr, 2007 01:32 pm A report published this week on the safety of Ethanol suggests that in fact this popular potential replacement for oil has some drawbacks...Diverse Renewable Energy Sources Is The Best Option16 Jan, 2007 11:28 am Dr. Daniel Kammen is the director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley...The New Biofuel Age5 Jul, 2006 10:04 am As Indy-cars and automobile manufacturers rush to develop vehicles that use bioethanol as a part of their fuel mixture, it is interesting to reflect how... |
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