Green Car U.S.A. - U.S. Map of Flex-Fuel Vehicle Registrations

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

[singlepic=69,520,500,,center] Click map twice for best resolution. The U.S. Department of Energy maintains several websites that provide an enormous amount of information related to driving alternative fuels. Pretty much anything a driver needs to know logistically and mechanically can be found at FuelEconomy. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Green Car U.S.A. - U.S. Map of Flex-Fuel ...

Turning Pig Crap into Crude Oil

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

[singlepic=212,330,220,watermark,left] Scientists have pioneered a new process for converting pig manure into crude oil. Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have completed the first full chemical analysis of the processing needed to transform pig manure into fuel for vehicles or heating. The feasibility of large scale production remains riddled ...

Are Tiny Bugs the Secret to Solar Energy?

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

[singlepic=9,510,420,,center] The world needs more than new energy supplies. It needs clean and cheap energy supplies, which is vastly more complicated and challenging than most people realize. Skyrocketing gas prices, an uncertain oil supply, increasing demand from around the world, and the looming threat of climate change have made identifying and ...

Biggest U.S. Biodiesel Refinery Goes Live

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

[singlepic=163,520,430,watermark,center] The largest biodeisel refinery in the United States started production today. The new refinery, owned and operated by GreenHunter Energy, will produce 105 million gallons per year (mgpy) of biodiesel, which is about five gallons more than the Imperium Renewables biodiesel refinery in Washington. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Biggest U.S. Biodiesel Refinery Goes ...

Maps of Biomass Resources in the United States

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

[singlepic=131,510,420,,center] What is Biomass? Biomass is biological material like plant matter or products derived from plant matter that is organically renewable. "Cellulosic" or "lignocellulosic" biomass is the woody, fibrous and generally inedible part of a plant that contains critical components of plant cell walls called cellulose, hemi-cellulose and lignin. Cellulosic biomass is ...