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items tagged with Biofuel

U.S. chemists convert algae into biodiesel fuel
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability

Category: Alternative energies

2009-04-01 09:47:05
The American Chemical Society is reporting that chemists have for the first time used an "economical, eco-friendly process" to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel. The U.S. researchers say it could someday free the United States of its dependence on domestic and foreign petroleum-based products.


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Can coffee grounds drive our cars?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability

Category: Alternative energies

2008-12-16 10:28:29
U.S. researchers report that coffee grounds can be an environmentally friendly biodiesel fuel, by providing plenty of cheap fuel to power all of our motorized vehicles, even the trucks that deliver coffee to Starbucks.


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Don’t like plastic because it doesn’t degrade! Try growing it!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability

Category: Energy conservation technologies

2008-11-14 16:07:20
A small biotech company from Massachusetts has invented a way to grow biodegradable plastic within the leaves of switchgrass. Hey, green plastic!



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Biofuel green credentials: DEBUNKED!
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Sustainability

Category: Alternative energies

2008-08-14 05:52:33
A new report from the UK Renewable Fuels Agency admits that only 19 percent of biofuels meet environmental standards...


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Virgin flies first commercial plane with biofuel
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Climate

2008-02-24 09:14:06
Sir Richard Branson is trying to fly greener skies with the first flight of a commercial aircraft fueled partially with biofuel. Specifically, he just flew a Boeing 747 partially filled with biofuels made with babassu nut oil  and coconut oil.         
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CSIRO claims revolutionary waste into fuel process solves energy problem
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Sustainability

Category: Alternative energies

2008-02-03 16:45:12
Australia's Commonwealth and Industrial research Organization (CSIRO) and Monash University in Melbourne have developed a chemical process that turns common green waste into a stable bio-crude oil. The reasearchers claim the energy is renewable, greenhouse gas neutral and eliminates the food versus fuel debate.


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