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Eco Factor: Boeing 747-400 powered by a 50-50 blend of fruit oil and jet fuel.
Severely criticized on the amount of carbon emissions their planes produce, aviation companies have started to try out new fuel combinations that could make their...
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As a part of a major breakthrough in medical transplants and bio-fuel cell technology, University of Georgia (UGA) Professor Jason Locklin and graduate students...
made popular Jul 2 2009
Eco Factor: Limousines powered by biofuel produced from plant waste.
The world’s most important climate change conference will see the likes of Gordon Brown and...
made popular Jun 30 2009
Maine’s Old Town Fuel and Fiber Mill suggests a way out of the fuel scarcity that we witness today. It, in fact, is going to produce cellulosic bio-butanol, normally...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Colombia’s government proudly claims that it is the biggest producer of biodiesel and ethanol in Latin America after Brazil, but human rights groups do not share...
made popular Jun 11 2009
Dr Kerry Kirwan, Dr Steve Maggs and Dr James Meredith of University of Warwick have created a car, named “WorldFirst Formula 3 racing car”.
The Green car
The...
made popular May 7 2009
Eco Factor: Golf cart runs on methane made from cow dung.
Already running short of fuel, any respite in the existing stocks seems as meaningless as it had ever been....
made popular Apr 22 2009
AP, Brussels
The European Union slapped import fees on U.S. biodiesel Thursday, saying it had to protect European producers from unfair American subsidies and below-cost selling.
made popular Mar 12 2009
Alternative energy might pave the way for a greener and healthier planet. So, diverse measures involving fuel-production via unconventional methods are being devised....
made popular Feb 12 2009
Reading the title of the entry, you wou would think ‘Why would I do that, I never have beer leftovers! And although I only very rarely drink beer I must agree...
made popular Feb 7 2009
Since we look towards recycling most things, human-breath cannot be exempt. It’s a thought that has never crossed my mind before, to be honest with you!...
made popular Feb 7 2009
According to the newest publication of Prof. D. Tilman, biological fuel is not economically sustainable while energy used to produce biomass is meticulously...
made popular Feb 7 2009
Eco Factor: Photo-bioreactor made from recycled water bottles.
Using algae to develop biofuel is not a new thing, and researchers have previously made some bioreactors...
made popular Feb 3 2009
A Black Revolution in Shenandoah Valley Agriculture & Energy
Biochar, the modern version of an ancient Amazonian agricultural practice called Terra Preta (black...
made popular Jan 29 2009
Each year across the globe over 16 billion pounds of coffee is produced by farmers and while we do use all of it to quench our thirst for that kick of caffeine, there...
made popular Jan 21 2009
Clearing tropical forests to plant biofuels is a bad idea for the climate and reduces the diversity of animal and plant life. “Keeping tropical rain forests...
made popular Dec 5 2008
With increasing oil prices, and debates on how to reduce carbon emissions, many are looking forward to biofuel as a renewable and clean source of energy. But the U.S....
made popular Oct 17 2008
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, got me thinking...
made popular Oct 6 2008
Eco Factor: A facility that produces power by burning coal in Oregon intends to turn the carbon emissions into bio-fuel with the help of algae.
Algae are strange and...
made popular Oct 1 2008
The Beast: This awesome looking catamaran might take away your breath the moment you set your evil sight on it. It looks less like the oriental catamaran and more like...
made popular Sep 27 2008
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The New Zealand Herald has revealed some interesting figures about executive pay. For example the chief executive of Sealords had a 231 per cent increase last year, to...
made popular Apr 13 2009
The New Zealand Herald is reporting that an Air New Zealand flight to Australia was grounded on Thursday after cabin crew members were suspended for donning wigs....
made popular Apr 3 2009
Air New Zealand’s year-round lead-in fares are now the same as Pacific Blue’s. Yes, you have read it right! To meet competition from newcomer Pacific Blue,...
made popular Sep 10 2008
Air New Zealand now does not want to take the course of outsourcing and has decided to go against the idea of outsourcing jobs to India believing that it would not meet...
made popular Sep 8 2008
This is something that is sure to get a lot of attention and will do so for all the right reasons. ‘Weed’ is finally in and that is surely not what you think it is....
made popular Jun 7 2008
Airlines account for most of the pollution in the upper atmosphere of our planet, while you just sit back and enjoy the ride, someone needs to think more about this...
made popular Aug 1 2007
There are still ten more months for the Bermuda II treaty that constricts flights from Heathrow to US airports to run before the Open Skies agreement comes into...
made popular May 12 2007
They are doing this to enhance tourism and also because their nearest rival Qantas Airways of Australia cut a fuel surcharge on some flights last week following falls...
made popular Jan 19 2007
The airline has surely been caught on the wrong side of fuel hedging contracts formulated to protect them from fuel price rises. The reason for not reducing fares is...
made popular Jan 12 2007
Adding some more to the Air New Zealand outsourcing debate, Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand stated that she was optimistic that the outsourcing dispute would...
made popular Oct 31 2006
Remember a few days back I had reported about the Air New Zealand outsourcing issue. Adding to that at the shareholders meeting held on Wednesday, union leaders have...
made popular Oct 26 2006
The Service and Food Workers Union said that that Air New Zealand was outsourcing more than half of its finance department overseas. It is also in the process of...
made popular Aug 18 2006
Recently, a New Zealand-based magazine revealed that staff travel privileges in Air New Zealand were abused while returning for sexual favors. The Air New Zealand has...
made popular Jun 15 2006
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