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- Fill 'er up: biodiesel company in ship-shape for future
- Innovation's Newark plant. I recently spoke with the head of a biodiesel firm that's on the production side of the business. Innovaton Fuels was formed from the merger of smaller start-ups and already has one production plant in operation, and a second on the...
- Tags: Biodiesel, Innovation Fuels, John Fox, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- VC Supports Next, Greener Generation of Biotech
- Using, not losing, all the carbon. Courtesy Zeachem and Mohr Davidow. Click on diagram for full view. We've had several blogs here recently reflecting the building political anxiety around the current generation of biofuels, esp. those based on using food products. You...
- Tags: Food, Biofuel, Biodiesel, Clean Technology, Zeahcem, OPX, Genomatica, Biotechnology, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- An order of fries and a tank of biodiesel to go. You and your car could feed from the same source.
- An order of fries and a tank of biodiesel to go. You and your car could feed from the same source.biofuels are follyTheres three big things wrong with biofuels.1. Around the world in places like Malaysia, there has been a marked increase in removal of rainforest in order to...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, biodiesel, biofuel
- Discussion threads 2008-04-10
- An order of fries and a tank of biodiesel to go. You and your car could feed from the same source.
- There're promises that American gasoline prices will be around $4 later this year. Many nations already pay much more than that, but their cars keep on truckin'. So where's the pain point when people will stop driving? Far down the road, I'd predict. People will give...
- Tags: Food, Biodiesel, Golden State Foods, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- Gasoline is so yesterday, what's on tomorrow's menu?
- Gasoline is so yesterday, what's on tomorrow's menu?So how is diesel different.Diesel, Bio, its all the same. If biofuels are just a way to stretch our, not "limited gasoline supply" but out limited petroleum supply then diesel is not any kind of answer.Further what does biofuel get us? How much...
- Tags: Ethanol, biodiesel, corn, gasoline
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- Gasoline is so yesterday, what's on tomorrow's menu?
- We've blogged here in the past how Europe is already heavily into diesel which is more efficient for running vehicles than gasoline, and now can be burned with less pollution. My blog partner here just recently blogged about the problems the corn/ethanol folks are facing. Corn or sugar...
- Tags: Gasoline, Biodiesel, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-12-02
- Making biodiesel from cooking oil
- At a seafood restaurant in Sausalito, Calif., they have no shortage of what could be tomorrow's fuel.
- Tags: Biodiesel
- Videos 2007-11-20
- The world's biodiesel potential
- Two researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M) have ranked 226 countries according to their potential to make large volumes of biodiesel at low cost. Their evaluation of the world's potential to produce biodiesel shows that Malaysia, Thailand, Colombia, Uruguay and Ghana are the developing nations most likely to attract...
- Tags: Researcher, Biodiesel, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- Biodiesel with a special Australian flavour
- GoingGreen is an international gathering of privately-owned GreenTech companies today in Davis, California. Wandering around huge trays of fresh fruit and vegies, and a few recyclable glasses of California wine, I found one of the Aussie guys here. Paul Johnston is representing Terra Fuel. They're...
- Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Engine, Biodiesel, Brisbane, GoingGreen, Johnston, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- Imperium says new plant slashes cost of biodiesel production
- Imperium says new plant slashes cost of biodiesel productionI still have mixed feelingsabout combustion engines, but if they can do this and the automotive industry gets off it's collective arse and starts to produce more efficient and cleaner power plants, then go for it! ]:)
- Tags: Imperium, biodiesel production, biodiesel
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Photos: 100 million gallons of biodiesel
- Imperium Renewables fires up a plant capable of making large quantities of biodiesel for less than regular plants.The Grays Harbor, Wash., biodiesel refinery being opened by Imperium Renewables. The 12-acre facility will be capable of churning out 100 million gallons of biodiesel by the end of the year, the company...
- Tags: photograph, biodiesel, Imperium Renewables, subsidy, carbon dioxide, Washington, storage
- Image galleries 2007-08-14
- Photos: Commuter challenge in the skies
- This weekend, NASA held its first Personal Aircraft Vehicle PAV Challenge, a test of experimental small-seat airplanes with a prize purse of $250,000.This weekend, NASA held its first Personal Aircraft Vehicle PAV Challenge, a test of experimental small-seat airplanes with a prize purse of $250,000. The contestants were all flying...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, photograph, Cafe Foundation, Personal Aircraft Vehicle, Personal Aircraft Vehicle Challenge, flight simulation, purse, daylight, terrain, assortment, lamp, biodiesel, cabin, pass, aircraft, team, touch screen, USB, banking, Amazon.com Inc., mo
- Image galleries 2007-08-14
- Making ethanol out of biodiesel byproducts
- Making ethanol out of biodiesel byproductsEnough with combustion cycles to produce power...it's time to start advancing the alternatives. Fact is electric is viable right now, but the damn things are priced (thanks to corporate, read oil companies smear campaign and making it damn near impossible to pursue) out of the...
- Tags: biodiesel, combustion engine
- Discussion threads 2007-06-26
- Photos: Unlikely dealers flip cult biodiesel cars
- With greener diesel on tap, drivers in the market for an eco-friendly set of wheels are turning to niche dealerships that supply scarce models.
- Tags: biodiesel, dealership, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-05-04
- Photos: San Francisco fuels up on biodiesel
- Mayor Gavin Newsom helps celebrate station opening and launch of effort to get all city vehicles running on biodiesel by year's end.
- Tags: biodiesel, San Francisco, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-04-24
- Photos: Muscle cars with a conscience
- For those looking for a low-emissions car with a little more oomph than a Prius, a biodiesel-fueled Hummer, Impala or El Camino might be just the thing.
- Tags: oomph, conscience, biodiesel, Toyota Prius, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-04-09
- Alaska to Tierra del Fuego on french fry grease
- Alaska to Tierra del Fuego on french fry greaseReduce CO2 emmissions?Perhaps I am mistaken or just ignorant of the science, but don't biodiesel vehicles release just as much CO2 as regular diesels? The article makes it sound as if alternative fuels are one of the answers to global warming,...
- Tags: Bio-fuel, biodiesel, carbon dioxide, carbon, WVO, oil
- Discussion threads 2007-04-02
- Biodiesel start-up hauls in $214 million
- Biodiesel start-up hauls in $214 millionNice idea... butI would rather see the money go towards electric powered cars like [url=http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php?js_enabled=1]this one![/url] Or how about [url=http://www.electriccars.com/SHOWROOM_1/index.cfm]some of these?[/url]Bottom line, we better get on board with clean and green... it's that or we fail. ]:)Bio Kredit Online Kredit ohne SchufaVery interested Comment...
- Tags: Bio Kredit Online Kredit, biodiesel
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- VeraSun to squeeze ethanol, biodiesel from same corn
- VeraSun to squeeze ethanol, biodiesel from same cornDo a little basic research![pre]It takes 7.5 pounds of vegetable oil to produce a gallon of biodiesel.[/pre]You make that sound wasteful. It would be a lot less deceptive to say that "A gallon of biodiesel WEIGHS 7.5 pounds." Sloppy reporting!Biodiesel is...
- Tags: biodiesel, gallon
- Discussion threads 2006-11-06
- Photos: One-of-a-kind powerboat
- The Earthrace boat, which is specially constructed to pierce through waves, is powered solely with biodiesel.
- Tags: biodiesel, boat
- Image galleries 2006-08-18
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