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Another morning hangover for ethanolics: This time a major U.S. newspaper editorializes against the American subsidies for ethanol. Their conclusion: "This does not mean that Congress should give up on biofuels as an important part of the effort to reduce the country's dependency on imported oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What it does...; Tags: Biofuel, Methanol, Greenhouse Gas, Clean Technology, Corn, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-10
From fungus to fuel: An international team of researchers led by some U.S. Department of Energy's research labs has decoded the genetic sequence of a fungus named Tricoderma reesei. The team has found how this organism breaks down plant fibers into simple sugars and how to use this fungus to produce fuel. 'The finding...; Tags: Team, Biofuel, Researcher, T., Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-05
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
Biofuel just got even more unpopular across the globe: Biofuel just got even more unpopular across the globebiofuels is the latest political scamthrowing subsidies in our fuel tank and giving more reasons to countries to exercise population control is the way we will defend our interests overseas. If we play it smart we might be able to get some...; Tags: Food & Beverage, biofuel; Discussion threads 2008-04-14
Biofuel just got even more unpopular across the globe: I blogged recently about criticism of ethanol and other biofuels in some parts of the world. A meeting of over 180 national finance ministers with World Bank officials just gave the whole issue of food or fuel a much higher profile. Political problems caused by hungry...; Tags: Food, Biofuel, World Bank, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-14

Biofuels, the debate continues: Biofuels, the debate continuesbio-fuels are the BIGGEST environmental threatThe truth is bio-fuels are the BIGGEST environmental threat of the near future.Why you ask:#1- You are destroying a food source to fuel highly INEFFICIENT vehicles. The best you can get out of bio-fuels is 20 MPGs, and that is if you...; Tags: Food & Beverage, biofuel, food; Discussion threads 2008-04-13
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
Biofuel's got an outspoken enemy: Biofuel's got an outspoken enemyIndia is not the only outspoken enemyI have being very vocal against biofuels for years. And I'm not the only person in this planet.The truth is bio-fuels are the BIGGEST environmental threat of the near future.Why you ask:#1- You are destroying a food source to...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Bio-fuel, Biofuel, food, outspoken enemy; Discussion threads 2008-03-26
Biofuel's got an outspoken enemy: The Finance Minister of India has attacked biofuel as an outrageous use of food crops. He specifically cited the United States which he claims uses 20% of its corn for fuel, not food. Once American farm surpluses helped feed millions of people outside the country. Now the...; Tags: Food, India, Green Technology, Biofuel, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-26
25 environmental threats in our future: 25 environmental threats in our futureBio-fuels: The biggest environmental threatSorry for the "tree hugging" people who think that bio-fuels are a solution to the energy crisis. But the truth is bio-fuels are the BIGGEST environmental tread for the future.Why you ask:#1- You are destroying a food source to...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Bio-fuel, Biofuels, food, crop, environmental threat; Discussion threads 2008-03-20
Biofuel massacre: ethanol's zone of death: Biofuel massacre: ethanol's zone of deathBiofuels are a huge con jobThere is no way that it is energy efficient for the US to move to biofuels. It may work in Brazil where they burned down their rainforests to produce nice fertile land to grow sugar cane. But, in...; Tags: Biofuels, Biofuel; Discussion threads 2007-12-18
Biofuel's nightmare question: food or fuel?: Biofuel's nightmare question: food or fuel?FuelSolar, wind, hydro, geothermal, waves... nay.. nay - we need our internal combustion.Go figure..; Tags: Food & Beverage, Biofuel, food; Discussion threads 2007-12-13
Biofuel's nightmare question: food or fuel?: A major mainstream economic writer has just weighed in on the food-or-fuel debate. That's the monster in the closet of the entire biofuel industry. Right now in America most biofuel comes from corn which is grown on some of the richest, most productive farm land on the planet....; Tags: Food, U.S. Congress, Corn, Biofuel, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-12-12
Biofuel or bunk?: Biofuel or bunk?Biofuels. Bunk?Hard to say whether they are bunk or not. There are at least as many energy/cost models of biofuel production/distribution as there are consultancies/universities with departments to study them. What is clear though is that there needs to be a dramatic increase in fuel efficiency in the...; Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Biofuel, carbon dioxide, fossil fuel; Discussion threads 2007-08-20

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Biofuels, the debate continues: Nature.com has an interesting take on American governmental mandate for more biofuels. You'll have to pay to read the whole piece, but all the talkbacks are free and some quite thoughtful. They come from enemies, friends and interested observers of the whole biofuel issue. Corn lovers to...; Tags: Food, Natural Gas, Nature.com, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-13
Money flowing into investments on route distant from Wall Street: One Silicon Valley venture capital firm announced they'll put a quarter-billion dollars into green tech. Runs counter to the frenzied state of Wall Street and the Federal Reserve where they think a bunch of bankers missing their annual bonuses is somehow a really important economic problem. Meanwhile, energy...; Tags: Green Technology, Wall, Investment, Finance, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-07
25 environmental threats in our future: Environmental scientists and policy makers have done some deep brainstorming sessions about our future, according to this article in New Scientist. 35 representatives from organizations involved in environmental policy, academia, scientific journalism in the UK have used what they call 'horizon scanning.' They've established a list of 25 future novel...; Tags: Scientist, Threat, U.K., Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-20
From an Eye in the Sky to Roots on the Ground: How much pulp/lumber/biomass/sugar cane is there on that piece of ground? There are many reasons for asking that question. As commodity prices and energy pirces climb, the need for the answers get more urgent. The folks at Lanworth have gathered the global database, experience and...; Tags: Analysis, Shailu Verma, GIS, Software, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-17
Big Day for Big Oil, and Way to Future Profits Seems Well-lubed: The price of crude is cruising, and it's not on cruise control, it's on blast-off. A record high on Tuesday and perhaps another one today. Not only is the Federal Reserve priming the pump, they threw gas on the flames. Not to be outdone, China's decided...; Tags: China, Oil, Petroleum, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-12

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