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Tricking Stomach Microbes To Convert Seaweed To Fuel

BY Scientific AmericanTue Jan 24, 2012

Seaweed grows fast and naturally without fertilizer and is a better source of biofuel than most land-based plants. And with a little alteration, our good friend E. coli loves to eat it and spit out fuel. READ»

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Let Them Eat Ethanol And Cash

BY Greg LindsayThu Sep 22, 2011

How biofuels and speculation are driving food prices to scary new heights.READ»

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | Comment

Increase In Alternative Fuel Vehicles Doesn't Mean That Drivers Are Using Less Gasoline

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Aug 11, 2011

Because you can put gas in flex-fuel vehicles, and because you can't find ethanol anywhere, just putting clean cars on the roads hasn't meant cleaner emissions.READ»

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Ethanol: Clean Fuel, Expensive Food

BY Morgan ClendanielWed May 4, 2011

Is renewable energy worth it if it makes it harder to eat?READ»

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Banned Four Loko Gets Dumped into Fuel Tanks

BY Ariel SchwartzFri Jan 7, 2011

Do you live in a state where infamous "caffeinated alcoholic beverage" Four Loko is banned? Fear not--Soon enough, the energy drink might end up in your car's fuel tank. READ»

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BP Develops Improved Ethanol, Hasn't Spilled It Yet

BY Ariel SchwartzWed Jan 5, 2011

BP scientists have created a supercharged yeast that can gobble up sugar faster and more efficiently than any other yeast.READ»

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Statoil, Bio Architecture Lab Team Up on Seaweed-to-Ethanol Project

BY Ariel SchwartzWed Sep 15, 2010

In the race to develop better biofuels, no self-respecting oil company wants to be left behind. In recent years, we've seen Shell, Exxon, BP, and Chevron invest hundreds of millions in biofuel technology. Statoil, one of the world's ...READ»

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E-Fuel MicroFusion Reactor: An Ethanol Production Device Made for Home

BY Jenara NerenbergWed Sep 15, 2010

In the final stages of Series A funding, E-Fuel's new device has the power to take ordinary waste and generate billions of gallons of fuel.READ»

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Coming Soon: A Corn-Based BPA Replacement

BY Ariel SchwartzMon Aug 16, 2010

Archer Daniels Midland Company is touting isosorbide, a corn-based industrial ingredient, as a safe, renewable alternative to BPA.READ»

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Joule Biotechnologies Figures Out How to Make Fuel From Air

BY Ariel SchwartzTue Nov 10, 2009

It seems impossible, but biofuel startup Joule Biotechnologies claims that it has successfully produced fuel out of thin air--sort of. The company's mysterious engineered microbes require just sunlight and CO2 to squirt out ethanol, ...READ»

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Renewable Energy vs. True Sustainabiity

BY Shel HorowitzWed Sep 30, 2009

Years ago, there was a bumper sticker, "Trees are America's Renewable Resource." And yes, you can regenerate a harvestable forest in 20 years or so: a nanosecond compared to the millions of years necessary to create fossil ...READ»

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Watermelons: The Sweetest Ethanol Source Around

BY Ariel SchwartzWed May 27, 2009

Ethanol is commonly produced from crops like corn, switchgrass, sugar cane and sweet sorghum. But the next big ethanol crop might the ultimate summer fruit: Watermelon. A 20-pound watermelon can yield 1.4 pounds of sugar, which can ...READ»

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California's Low-Carbon Fuel Rule: A Boon for Alternative Fuels?

BY Ariel SchwartzFri Apr 24, 2009

California passed the country's first low-carbon fuel standard law yesterday, with a goal of cutting carbon emissions 10% by 2020. The allowable carbon intensity of fuels will lower incrementally beginning in 2011. As a result, ...READ»

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Sierra Nevada Brewing to Make Car Fuel from Beer Dregs

BY Ariel SchwartzTue Feb 3, 2009

Soon enough, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. will make more than just tasty beer--it will also manufacture high-grade ethanol fuel from leftover beer yeast. The company announced today that it is partnering with E-Fuel--the inventor of the world's first home ethanol machine--to test portable ethanol refineries at its Chico, California brewery.READ»

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New Hydrogen Production Method Means Bye-Bye Oil?

BY Kit EatonWed Jan 7, 2009

Hydrogen's promise as an incredibly useful fuel has long been known. It's light, clean, non-polluting, and not overly difficult to produce. But researchers have recently cracked a new more effective method for producing the gas that's ...READ»