All posts in Biofuels

New research raises concern on biofuel safety
January 17, 2008, Comments Off on New research raises concern on biofuel safety

January 17, 2008 (Christian Science Monitor) Even as some states are mandating ethanol as part of the fuel mix, new rese ...

New U.S. energy bill
December 20, 2007, Comments Off on New U.S. energy bill

Light Bulbs to Light Trucks, Efficiency Shapes New Energy Law WASHINGTON, DC, December 19, 2007 (ENS) – Congress o ...

Biofuels – SciDev.Net Report
December 6, 2007, 1 Comment

6 December 2007 Biofuels are described by some as “absolutely catastrophic” because of their potential conse ...

Side effects of ethanol dependency – Update
December 4, 2007, 2 Comments

December 4, 2007 Riots and hunger feared as demand for grain sends food costs soaring Expert to warn industry of threats ...

Backing away from ethanol makes sense – Editorial
November 11, 2007, Comments Off on Backing away from ethanol makes sense – Editorial

Sunday, November 11, 2007 Quebec’s decision to back away from developing a corn-based ethanol industry in the prov ...

Ethanol’s Boom Stalling as Glut Depresses Price
September 30, 2007, Comments Off on Ethanol’s Boom Stalling as Glut Depresses Price

Published 30 September 2007 NEVADA, Iowa, Sept. 24 — The ethanol boom of recent years — which spurred a frenzy of di ...

Plant wood, not wheat, to reduce C02: report
August 17, 2007, Comments Off on Plant wood, not wheat, to reduce C02: report

Harper committed to biofuel; Forests cleared to grow ‘energy crops’ MARGARET MUNRO, CanWest News Service Res ...

Wednesday Night #1326
August 1, 2007, 4 Comments

1 August 2007 It is indeed the Dog Days of Summer and we feel appropriately listless (despite Peter Trent’s avowal ...

Wednesday Night #1316
May 23, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1316

23 May 2007 A very interesting evening last week, which was a continuation of the previous week’s discussion of nu ...

Wednesday Night #1313 – Australia
May 2, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1313 – Australia

May 2, 2007 Although some might say “BE AFRAID, be VERY AFRAID” (Triskaidekaphobia) of this double-thirteen ...