Proposal seeks fuel boon from blooms | starbulletin.com | News | /2008/07/16/
Work in Maui on algae to biofuels. Projected start date 2011 for 200 acres. At 5000 to 10000 gals per acre that's 1-2 million gallons!
NetNow Linkblog: What we're reading today at NRDC
Recent Links Tagged "biodiesel"
Green Dreams - National Geographic Magazine
This is a good article, but it over emphasizes technology and misses the importance of policy. Look for my blog post on it shortly.
Green Car Congress: Study: Petrodiesel PM More Damaging to Human Health Than Biodiesel PM
If this proves true, it should not be assumed that biofuels will clean up the air, but rather that we can make our air quality standards stricter.
R-Squared Energy Blog: Jatropha in NYT
Interesting additional facts in this coverage of the NTY's article on jatropha as a possible biodiesel feedstock. Rapier suggests that it could be one of the "better silver BBs."
Korn Creating Own Biofuel: Korntastic - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
Korny? Another example of how clean is cool. While the message and intentions are great, using biodiesel is a mixed blessing.
News of how a South African company claiming to be developing algae turned out to be a fake
This is a sobering post about a South African company the wasted tens of millions of investors' ran claiming that they were about to deploy algae based biodiesel systems. Turns out they were frauds. They were licensing Green Fuel technology. Fortunately t
At L.A. Auto Show, Carmakers Vie for the Green - Newsweek: Tip Sheet Environment - MSNBC.com
"Within the next year or so, expect to see a growing number of alternative-fuel cars on the load: autos that run on a blend of ethanol and gasoline, hybrids that use diesel instead of gas, even cars powered by cooking oil from your pantry."
A Grist special series on biofuels | Grist | Main Dish | 04 Dec 2006
This is the intro to a 2 week series that promises to do a good job of covering the environmental issues related to biofuels
