Tag: Biofuels
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Vacuuming Robot Makes Energy from Scooped Up Food
A concept robot could scoop up scraps of food and convert them into energy.
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US Navy Thinks Renewable Energy is the Future, But House Republicans Don't Want Them to Have It
"The House Armed Services Committee banned the Defense Department from making or buying an alternative fuel that costs more than a “traditional fossil fuel.”"
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Palm Oil Even Worse For Deforestation, Emissions Than Thought
Indonesia may have laws stopping expansion of oil palm plantations into peat forests, but there are plenty of plantations grandfathered in, and a lack of law enforcement.
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From Fracking to Water Rights: How Foreign Interests Are Cleaning Out Africa
“Africa will be the backbone of our production and growth in the next 10 years.”
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Ask the Experts: Where's All The Cellulosic Ethanol We've Been Promised?
For years we've been promised the next generation of biofuels, made from waste cellulose, but we have yet to see it replace corn ethanol. Why is cellulosic ethanol moving so slowly? Matt Merritt of POET answers.
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Pond Biofuels Takes CO2 From Cement Kiln, Grows Algae And Turns It Into Biofuel
We really do need more of this kind of thinking.
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Waste Biomass Charcoal is Solution to Toxic Fertilizers, Says Kickstarter Project (Interview)
Jason Aramburu is trying to revolutionize how we garden by expanding the production of "Black Revolution" biochar, a soil-less growing medium made from farm waste.
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Rocket Mass Stove Burns Tiny Amounts of Wood, Heats for Well Over 12 Hours
If you burn a fire in the evening, his carefully designed rocket mass heater/bench heats a room (and the occupant's butt) well into the next day.
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Build a DIY Cook Stove From an Empty Deodorant Can
A repurposed, empty Axe can becomes an alcohol stove for camping and backpacking.
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Shell Builds Drop-In Biofuels Plant In Texas, While Revving Up Arctic Drilling Plans
Shell's worried about environmental challenges to its Arctic drilling plans, so has launched what amounts to a pre-emptive strike on environmental groups. All while doubling-down on making biofuels that can work with exisiting oil infrastructure.
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Americans Getting Tired of Clean Coal, Biofuels, Carbon Offsets & Cap-and-Trade
Though feelings about solar power, wind power, and hybrid cars remain high, a new survey shows some definite declines in how Americans feel about other cleantech concepts.
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How to Turn Old T-Shirts into Effective Fire Lighters
Charcloth is a traditional material for lighting fires from a single spark. Here's how to make it.
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Energy News Recap: Palm Oil Biodiesel Fails US Biofuel Standard; Vermont's Fracking Ban; More
Plus... New global solar photovoltaic stats (good news); Spain's new feed-in tariff response (not so good news); and India again doubling-down on solar (really impressive).
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Energy News Recap: Illinois Students Schooled on Renewables; Canada's Hijacked Energy Policy, More
A mixed bag in energy headlines this morning: Renewables education for the next generation, doctors want a fracking moratorium on health grounds, oil refiners fined for not blending in cellulosic ethanol, more...
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Another Shady Land Deal in Africa, This One Assisted By the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania
The think tank that revealed the connection between Ivy League universities and land grabs in Africa is now concerned about the support the U.S. ambassador to Tanzania is lending to a land deal in that country that would displace more than 160,000 people.
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California's Low Carbon Fuel Rule Rejected By Federal Judge As Unconstitutional
Wonder if states-rightists and environmentalists will find common cause with this one...
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Red Double-Decker Buses to Return to the Streets of London as Fuel-Efficient Hybrids
A new and improved version of the Routemaster hits the streets of London in February.
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Mexico Closes Giant Landfill, Aims to Make Waste Management System Green
The Mexico City government is looking to build both a biogas plant and a recycling plant to salvage some of the waste from the landfill.
