Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
More than 10% of all gasoline sold in the United States in 2009 will be made from ethanol rather than petroleum. Last Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told gasoline refiners and importers that they must produce more than 10% of all gasoline from ethanol in 2009. This exceeds the ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
DARPA is funding research devoted to the affordable production of a surrogate for petroleum based military jet fuel (JP-8) from agricultural or aquacultural crops that are non-competitive with food material.
The current solicitation expands the scope of the BioFuels program described in BAA06-43 to additionally focus on: (1) processes for ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Gulf Oil recently opened its first e85 fueling station in New England to service commuters with Flex Fuel Vehicles. This station is an important milestone to expand Massachusetts and New England’s fuel resources, providing greater access to affordable and environmentally friendly alternative fuels.
This new station makes it easier for Massachusetts’ ...
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
Biofuels may not be as bad as many of its critics believed.
Speculators were the principal cause for the rise in corn prices during the summer months, according to a new report by Global Insight, a Boston, Mass.-based consulting firm. In other words, biofuels are not to blame.
"The record high prices ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
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Who needs corn-based ethanol when you've got mutant yeast? Nobody, apparently.
Mark Goebl, a professor of Biochemistry at Indiana University's School of Medicine, has developed a new genetically distinct strain of mutant yeast for ethanol production that would reduce or eliminate the need to use corn to make the alternative fuel.
The ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
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Earlier today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denied a request from Texas Governor Rick Perry to grant a national 50% waiver from the federal renewable fuel standard mandate for ethanol produced ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
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Land Where Maize Crops Can Be Grown
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
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The biggest problem with biofuels has been the impact they have had on food prices. One way to restore the promise of biofuels as a part of the world's sustainable energy future is to focus development on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands.
A new study by scientists at the ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
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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.
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