Tag: Biodiesel - Page 10
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Are Ethanol Mandates Good Economics? Maybe Not.
A few days before the story on oil from waste paper and other sources of lignocellulose hit the wires, the Australian Parliament released its research paper entitled, "The economic effects of an ethanol mandate." It looks at the costs and benefits
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Solazyme B100 Algae Biodiesel Goes on the Road
We recently wrote about Solazyme, a company that is working on making biodiesel with algae. Their approach is interesting: They grow the algae in the dark, and they've been focusing on how to scale production from the start so they might avoid some of
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Most Huggable: Is Wool the Answer?, Biofuel Bonanza, Fluoride Bad for Babies + More
Could wool be the answer to killer cotton?
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UPDATE: Sustainable Biodiesel Summit Sees Results
Last week we reported on the Sustainable Biodiesel Summit, an annual meeting that is held before the National Biodiesel Board's convention as an effort to create positive change throughout the industry. Well, it would appear that effort is paying off
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i-Spec Q-100: A Biodiesel Analyzer in Your Pocket
This gadget probably won't sell as much as the iPhone with which is shares some design cues, but can your fancy touch-screen phone give you information about your biodiesel (at least until Apple's next software update)? Total glycerin, acid numbers,
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Move Over Sheik Oil and Peak Oil. Now it's Geek Oil
Yep, some boffins believe they can make what they call a bio-crude oil, using their secret Furafuel technology. Dr Steven Loffler of Forest Biosciences with Australia’s government science research body, CSIRO and his white coated mates at Monash
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The Good and the Greasy: The Sustainable Biodiesel Summit Aims to Raise the Bar
By now, most readers will be aware that biodiesel is not a magic bullet solution to climate change, and it does not come without its own problems and challenges. From unsustainable palm oil production, through fears of food vs. fuel, to vegans getting
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The Year Ahead With Tom Price
This post is part of an ongoing series. To access all the profiles in this series, visit The Year Ahead. Who: Tom Price, executive director of Black Rock Solar Eco-resolution: My personal goal is to stop driving my petro-Honda. (I'm giving it to a friend
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Algae Towers, Carbon Nanotubes Coming to a City Near You
A hydrogen-producing algae tower is one of the Blade Runner-worthy visionary ideas for urban development that emerged during the City of the Future Contest San Francisco, sponsored by the History Channel. (Interest in algae as a biodiesel seems to be
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But is it Vegan? The Chicken Fat for Biofuel Debate Heats Up
While this TreeHugger's local biodiesel supplier, Piedmont Biofuels, may get its hands dirty in everything from soap making to community supported agriculture in an effort to support local resilience and resource efficiency, that does not put it
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Hyundai i30: 2007 Green Car (and Car) of the Year
If you can't wait for the commercial arrival of Trev, the renewal energy vehicle, then roadsters in places like the UK and Australia may wish to consider the Hyundai i30, which picked up both the 2007 Car of the Year and 2007 Green Car of the Year in
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Verdant Vocations: An Electrician?
Second in a series of posts about that third of our day spent beavering away at our chosen craft.
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One Year Ago in TH: Looking Back at the Year That Was 2006
One year ago in TreeHugger: We were busily preparing for a green New Year's Eve, including sourcing some organic bubbly and mixing up some "Hangover Helper" in preparation for the big night's festivities. As the end of the year drew near, we got to
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REI's New Warehouse Aims For LEED Silver Rating
Logistics is a hidden aspect of our consumer-based society. We only really relate to goods in a shop or in use. We rarely give any thought to how they get to us. Progressive companies like Patagonia with their Footprint Chronicles and Nau with their
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Cleaner Burning Engines: Thanks To Lasers
What happens when we change our fuel, but not our engines? Well, nobody really knows the details, and that's the problem. We have seen that today's combustion engines cause a wide range of pollution, and as we consider the switch from diesel to
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Mr. Fusion + Biodiesel = Fuelpod2
We have shown how to build a biodiesel grow-op before on TreeHugger and Planet Green; it is not for the faint of heart. Then there is the Fuelpod 2- the Mister Fusion of the biodiesel world. It is "incredibly easy and safe to use" and can cook up 50
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San Francisco Converts Entire Diesel Vehicle Fleet to Biodiesel
San Francisco hit another major green milestone earlier this week when Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the city had converted its fleet of approximately 1,500 diesel vehicles to run on biodiesel - a month earlier than the
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Most Huggable: Sustainable Countertops, Biodiesel from Algae, Google Does It Again + More
The most sustainable option for a countertop for your kitchen remodel might just be concrete.
