Tag: Biodiesel - Page 2
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For One Biochemist, Ben Franklin and Butter Inspired Biodiesel
It was an 800-pound butter sculpture of Ben Franklin that led researchers to decide dairy-to-diesel was even a possibility, according to this report in the New York Times.
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Algae Biofuel Grown in Bioreactors Has 3.7x the Carbon Footprint of Petro-Diesel: Study
photo: jurveston via flickr Algae biofuels are probably the most touted future hope to replace large amounts of petroleum-based liquid fuels with a renewable source. However, a new study in Energy and Fuels shows that when you grow that algae in
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The Best Green Cars and Technology From Michelin's 2010 Challenge Bibendum Show (Slideshow)
This year, French tire giant Michelin (yes, the Michelin that made the tires on your car) held its 10th Challenge Bibendum event, this time in Rio de Janeiro. If you've never heard of this thing, don't kick yourself,
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Willie Nelson Chooses Biodiesel and Hard Rock
What? Willie Nelson is going hard rock? Well, he sure as heck isn't going soft, still on tour at age 77. He is sticking to country, despite that one reggae album, and is giving away $500 to someone with a good eye and a great
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Australia Developing the World's First Biofuel Capable Helicopter
Earlier this year, our transport editor, Mike, pondered the concept of diesel helicopters. Well, they may be closer than he thought. Delta Helicopters of Queensland, Australia, are already prepping their Delta D2
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Mooving On Down The Line? Amtrak Testing Beef Fat Biodiesel on Texas to Oklahoma Route
Amtrak is the latest company to try to put waste products of factory farming to use as fuel. Smart Planet reports that for the next year Amtrak will test biodiesel made from beef tallow on it's Heartland Flyer route from Fort Worth, Texas
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GM Investigating Frost-Tolerant Jatropha For US Market - Partners With Indian Research Co. & DoE
We haven't heard much about jatropha biofuels lately, perhaps partly because in the sub-tropical and tropical plant doesn't survive even a nip of frost, making it less attractive in
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Renewable Diesel Breakthrough - Engineered E.coli Secrete Fuel Directly
We've written about the progress of biofuels company LS9 and their quest to produce a renewable diesel fuel from engineered E.coli for the past three years. Here's the most recent update: The South San Francisco-based company says it
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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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Can Biodiesel Be Green? The Sustainable Biodiesel Summit
Biodiesel is one of those funny things. Back when TreeHugger first started, Daryl Hannah was waxing lyrical about the benefits of biodiesel, and Whole Foods was going biodiesel. And many of us greenies thought
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Palm Oil Biodiesel, Now With 2000% the Emissions of Fossil Fuels
Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that biodiesel production under these
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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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An Insiders Look at Greening Movies Thanks to 'Away We Go'
Most DVDs contain clips and extra footage highlighting funny outakes, deleted scenes and general commentary from the cast. With the release of Away We Go, the filmmakers wanted to highlight their efforts to go green throughout the production of the
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Man Builds 100 MPG Lotus Replica that Runs on Homebrewed Biodiesel
Photo: Kinetic Vehicles Kudos to Kinetic Vehicles! digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/diy-max-100-mpg-biodiesel-lutos-replica-homemade.php';There are tons of project cars all around the internet, but my favorites are DIY green
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Check Out the Green Brooklyn, Green City Fair... Composting, Recycled Clothing Sculptures, Green Roofs and More (Slideshow)
While much of Climate Week NY°C focused on making sure all the leaders attending the UN Summit on Climate Change heard the growing grassroots movement demanding stronger action to preserve the climate, over at Brooklyn's
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120 Horsepower Sports Car That Runs on Garbage?
On a recent flight on Ethiopian Airlines, I opened up the inflight magazine Selamta to find an article on alternative vehicles that caught my attention. While the car just seats one, and at this time is still a concept-car, this
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Borneo Tribesmen Armed with Blowpipes Block Roads, Stop Palm Oil Plantations
Here's a very concrete example of how roads into rainforests can bring indigenous people into the
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Is It Time to Consider 'Energy Sprawl' When Discussing Future Energy & Climate Policy?
A new article published in the online journal PLoS ONE takes on the issue of energy sprawl -- namely how much land is required to produce energy from different sources -- under different potential US energy and climate policies in 2030.
