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Does the European Union need to slash its biofuels target to help lower global food prices?
EU policy makers insist that the role played by the use of farmlands to grow biofuels in the trade bloc is minor. They say that only 2 percent of cereals grown...
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The impact of rising food prices on world markets is already putting Latin America against the ropes: as regional giant Brazil insists its focus on biofuels has nothing...
made popular Apr 21 2008
Michael Sturtz and his industrial-arts group called the Crucible based out of Oakland, California have successfully modified an old motorcycle using a diesel V6 from a...
made popular Mar 27 2008
The world’s economy is acquiring a new energy addiction: biofuels. Crop-based fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are quietly becoming a crucial component of the...
made popular Mar 26 2008
Green technology is really the in thing since the last few years and that is all the more true for the automobile industry. The technology is moving forward at break...
made popular Mar 20 2008
After years of development, the Washington-based company InnovaTek is testing a hand-sized microreactor that can convert virtually any liquid fuel into hydrogen,...
made popular Mar 20 2008
How would you like to have a car that runs on Hydrogen and produces nothing but water vapor for exhaust? I know that we already are heading in that direction and that...
made popular Mar 20 2008
Very recently we have discussed how the Hummer H6 has made its way on to the streets of Moscow and how the Hummer is mostly a vehicle that drinks too much of fuel and...
made popular Mar 11 2008
India is all set to open its first Centre of Energy Biosciences to find ways to reduce country’s dependence on petroleum fuels and to restrict the emission of...
made popular Jan 9 2008
With the new legislature that has been signed by President Bush declaring that the US will concentrate on producing more biofuel and subsequently wishes to become self...
made popular Dec 22 2007
Now, what makes ‘Shell’ such a popular company? Maybe it’s simple name or even its simple logo, that all can associate with so easily. Being a marine...
made popular Dec 13 2007
HempWorld, Inc. was founded by Matthew T. Huijgen (40 yrs.). Matthew is currently active as consultant, investor, and CEO of HempWorld, Inc. Hempcar has been driven by...
made popular Dec 10 2007
This has seriously brought a smile on my face, now that’s something to eye upon for a greener tomorrow. Biodiesel at its best – cheap, clean fuel to power your...
made popular Dec 4 2007
The thrust on biofuels just gets stronger and stronger. Now, a taste-bud tickling solution has been proposed to power cars, chocolates. Inventors are working to convert...
made popular Nov 23 2007
There is great news for all of the environment friendly groups and the alternative fuel industry. With times more and more of Americans are drifting towards alternative...
made popular Oct 17 2007
A few days back, bio-diesel powered coffee rooster was making a lot of news. To make things more interesting as well as environment friendly, Mike and David Hartkop...
made popular Oct 9 2007
Can cooking oil be recycled into car fuel? Well, Waiheke Island trust in New Zealand is trying to make this a reality by having officially launched its own biodiesel...
made popular Sep 21 2007
Recently, officials of Cumberland County made a deal with the owner of biofuel station in Mechanicsburg for utilizing a part of renewable biodiesel for some of the...
made popular Sep 20 2007
BlueEarth BioFuels have made significant announcements regarding the environmental impact statement for the biodiesel refinery positioned at Waena. President of...
made popular Sep 17 2007
After manufacturing biofuel researchers are now opting to devise novel methods to distill biofuel. Researchers from the University of Abertay Dundee have stated that it...
made popular Aug 27 2007
The world is going crazy for Biofuel considering its eco-friendliness and the money that is at stake. We all know that the world of tomorrow will require organic fuels...
made popular Aug 20 2007
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It was an incongruous sight. King Carl XVI Gustaf, bespectacled monarch of Sweden, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the bush-bearded populist who has governed...
made popular May 3 2008
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An activist group on Thursday called a plan by Myanmar’s military rulers to grow a biofuel crop “draconian,” alleging that it was using forced labor...
made popular May 1 2008
To people of the West, it is cheese that matters. But to the rest of the world, it is rice.
To understand this very well in the American context, cheese is like...
made popular Apr 21 2008
# UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food Jean Ziegler told German radio Monday that the production of biofuels is “a crime against humanity” because of...
made popular Apr 15 2008
There has been plenty of debate going across the board the last few days about biofuel and if we can afford to produce food for fuel. I have constantly maintained and...
made popular Apr 3 2008
Modern automobile industry is going towards the green future that it sees as the best viable option for the future. Even the most beautiful and grandest cars of the...
made popular Apr 1 2008
Only a few days back, I was involved in a fierce debate at the lunch table about how biodiesel might end up creating a problem rather than being a solution to the...
made popular Mar 28 2008
Bioethanol is one of the most popular substitutes for the conventional petroleum based fuel. The advantages of bioethanol are manifold. Being produced from renewable...
made popular Mar 26 2008
In the 2006 State of the Union address alongside his favorite portent of a hydrogen future, President Bush pledged additional research for “cutting-edge methods...
made popular Mar 26 2008
Gordon Brown is preparing for a battle with the European Union over biofuels after one of the government’s leading scientists warned they could exacerbate climate...
made popular Mar 25 2008
How would you like to have a car that runs on Hydrogen and produces nothing but water vapor for exhaust? I know that we already are heading in that direction and that...
made popular Mar 20 2008
For the past couple of days I have been getting some disturbing reports from the military. No, this is not regarding new missiles or even nukes. This is in fact more...
made popular Mar 15 2008
It is not at all an exaggerated fact when we repeatedly talk about how the world is rapidly waking up to the fact that it needs to convert its lifestyle to a greener...
made popular Mar 12 2008
We have always maintained that international racing community is the best way to move forward in promotion of alternate green fuel that helps us promote the concept of...
made popular Mar 12 2008
Very recently we have discussed how the Hummer H6 has made its way on to the streets of Moscow and how the Hummer is mostly a vehicle that drinks too much of fuel and...
made popular Mar 11 2008
The amount of corn it takes to produce 75 litres of ethanol -roughly a tank of fuel- is enough corn to feed one person on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet for a year.
made popular Mar 8 2008
Finally, after a long time, we are discussing a topic that has been constantly brushed under the carpet. We all want to explore alternate sources of energy that help...
made popular Mar 7 2008
The world is constantly trying to make progress in terms of harnessing energy from alternate sources of energy. While biofuel is in no way the long term answer to the...
made popular Mar 7 2008
Biofuel is the way forward in terms of short term alternative to the growing fuel and environmental crisis. While I do firmly believe that fuel cells are the ultimate...
made popular Feb 29 2008
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In this Nov. 29, 2006 file photo, a groundcrew member at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. walks past an engine on the 555-seat Airbus A380 as it rests on the tarmac. Plane maker Airbus and diversified manufacturer Honeywell International...
