Tag: Alternative Fuels - Page 2
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Waste as Resource: The Unintended Consequences of Zero Waste
I was chatting with a friend who took objection to my post on anaerobic digestion. He had no problem with the concept of finding uses for waste, but cautioned that we often think uncritically about what happens
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Pro Athletes Visit Gulf Oil Spill, Say "No More Drill, Baby Drill"
I am back home from my second trip to Louisiana since the oil spill. This time I was joined by other professional athletes to take a tour of the massive environmental
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Ready To Wean Off Oil Yet? DIY Fuel for $1 Per Gallon
Since Earth Day, we've been watching gallons of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, with daily dispatches relaying the horrors. So if the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster isn't enough to
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Holy $h!t: Beautiful (and Useful) Objects Made from Dung (Slideshow)
Photo via BabyCare Daily digg_url='http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010/04/holy-shit-so-many-beautiful-and-useful-objects-made-from-dung.php';Dung may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of high concept design, but enterprising
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Holy $h!t: So Many Beautiful (and Useful) Objects Made from Dung
digg_url='http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010/04/holy-shit-so-many-beautiful-and-useful-objects-made-from-dung.php';While most people try to stay as far away from feces as possible, a few enterprising artists and designers see one mammal's waste as a
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Interview with Tom Miller, CEO of Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants
As the CEO of sustainable consulting firm Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants, Tom Miller oversees teams and strategies that are changing the way the world makes things--from the design stage and production
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Jason Aramburu on the Promise of Biochar
Gather up agricultural leftovers, blast them with pyrolysis (high heat, low oxygen), and what you get is a crumbly, black matter that could save the world. Making biochar generates clean energy, and at the same time sequesters carbon dioxide in a
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Aerolabe Flying Machine: Solar Powered Future of Aviation?
Part of the blimp rebirth movement, a cigar-shaped airship is under development at a French mechanics institute. Dubbed the Aerolabe, the vessel is designed by
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Willie Smits on Regrowing the Indonesian Rainforest and Harvesting Biofuels
Image: Casajuntoalrio Willie Smits long ago abandoned the customary role of the microbiologist. After working in the Indonesian rainforest for three decades (and marrying a tribal queen), he has taken it upon himself to regrow the delicate ecosystems
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Biogas Systems Arrive to Haitian Slums
A pilot program is being tested in one of the poorest slums of Port-au-Prince, the capital city of the poorest nation in the Americas, Haiti. In a place where the availability of basic resources is limited and sanitary conditions are appalling, the
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Is Algae the Fuel of the Gods?
Image credit: Good Is algae the fuel of the gods? Well, on paper, it very well could be. Industry evangelists predict a bright future in which algae farms produce the equivalent of the entire amount of petroleum the United States' currently uses in a
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The Best of Fast Company: BP's Bid to Move Beyond Petroleum, Growing Algae in Abandoned Mines, and a Green Makeover for the Humvee
This week at Fast Company, we looked at BP's move into next-generation biofuels, a plan to grow algae quickly and efficiently in abandoned mines, EnerDel's hybrid makeover of the Humvee, and the world's tallest green building.
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Chicago's Bloomingdale Rail Could Become Giant, Hydrogen-Producing Greenhouse
Image: Bustler When I was in college, a graffiti-writing friend took me to one of his favorite secret spots, a neglected section of elevated train track in Manhattan's meat packing district. We had to politely interrupt some transvestite prostitutes in
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Solar and Agriculture: Double Cropping Energy and Food
From a 25-megawatt photovoltaic plant in Florida to a 4,500 acre solar thermal installation in California, solar just keeps getting bigger. Within that context, a 100kw array may seem hardly worth mentioning, but folks
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Biodiesel Motorcycle Attempts Circumnavigation of Australia
With more than a touch of irony, a motorcyclist who spent about 20 years as an off-shore oil driller is demonstrating that there are alternatives to fossil fuels. Paul Carter, now a best seller author, last month leapt aboard a motorbike (designed and
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The Best of Fast Company: Cloud Computing, Crowdsourced City Design, and the Greenest Brands Chosen By You
This week at Fast Company, we looked at the sustainable qualities of cloud computing, ideas for San Francisco city design crowdsourced from the locals, a list of green brands chosen by consumers, and a major US military purchase of biofuels.
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Ethanol Fireplaces: Green Heat or Hot Air?
There's something comical about marketing a "biofuels fireplace" - after all, wood is the original biofuel. Having said that, ethanol fireplaces have been gaining popularity in Europe (Mairi even thought a while back that
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Talking Green Cars with Sascha Simon, Advanced Product Planning for Mercedes-Benz USA
Sascha Simon is responsible for strategic planning of product management for Mercedes Benz USA. Bascially, that means that he ensures that future Mercedes products give consumers what they want how they want it while Mercedes continues to produce
