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- Biotech for food, fuel
- At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., J. Craig Venter says going from food to fuel--corn to ethanol--is taking resources in the wrong direction. He discusses oil palm and the jatropha genome as future fuel possibilities, and talks about algae as a way to convert carbon back into a...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Biotechnology, Manufacturing, green, bioengineering, oil, food, algae, carbon, energy, crops, chemicals
- Videos 2008-09-18
- Algae to fuel our cars?
- Algae to fuel our cars?Technology solving the pollution problemLet's just hope the solution becomes feasible sooner rather than later, at least while we still have polar icecaps. With gas prices what they are (a function of a fast-growing China), though, I can see hydrogen fuel cells becoming feasible much...
- Tags: algae, Algae, hydrogen
- Discussion threads 2005-09-11
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- Green tech company hits the red, and the panic button
- Green tech company hits the red, and the panic buttonethanol from corn fuel? Forget about it...Ethanol from grasses and wood waste and switch grass is a great idea. Ethanol from corn is a boondoggle from the word go and was set up to subsidize large farms run by Republicans....
- Tags: Food & Beverage, corn, food, Green tech company, green technology
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?
- Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?not an issueso by adding the word tech into the discussion u think it is valid,enough is enoughwe dont want to hear read see political opinions on the tech blogthank youRE: Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?Thank you for...
- Tags: Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Video: The week in Green tech
- At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson describes the acceleration of computer and genetic technology through Moore's law, and then outlines nature-inspired methods for building nanotech. He also explains why decoding DNA from the ocean is important to green tech's future. ...
- Tags: Biofuel, Green Technology, Video, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- A new method to study origin of life
- A new method to study origin of lifeStart from the other endStart with a conclusion, then only accept/invent things that support that conclusion. The kool-aid is so much smoother that way. ;)Phylogenetic algorhythmsAn evaluation of the worth of the methodology should start with examining how the analysis is accomplished.You may...
- Tags: Biotechnology, kool-Aid, Darwin
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Technology: where on the scale from cure to curse?
- I'm old enough to remember the many apocalyptic scenarios conjured up by nuclear weapons and the Cold War. From Alas, Babylon to "The Day After", from Godzilla himself, the second half of the Twentieth Century was repeatedly haunted by vivid imaginings of the post-nuclear world, or its ending....
- Tags: Bee, Clean Technology, NRDC, Purdue, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Is algae the next gas alternative?
- At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Bill Green of Vantage Point Venture Partners, and moderator Awais Khan of KPMG discuss current and future uses for algae. Green says that while algae can be used to produce fuel, it is currently not sustainable on...
- Tags: Steve Jurvetson, AlwaysOn Summit, stanford, fuel alternatives
- Videos 2008-07-28
- Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past
- To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...
- Tags: Oil, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuel, Chris Nelder, Nelder, IEA, U235, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- The many faces of algae
- From biofuel to cooking oil and skin care products, algae is becoming the new go-to ingredient for a myriad of products. On a visit to Solazyme, a South San Francisco-based biotech company, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi rides in a 100 percent algae-fueled car and samples surprisingly tasty algae cooking oil...
- Tags: Biotechnology, News, kara tsuboi, solazyme, alge, bio fuels, gasoline, diesel, laboratory
- Videos 2008-06-27
- Photos: Solazyme rethinks algae
- Biotech company is exploring how algae can be used to make everything from biofuel to cooking oil and skin care products. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Biofuel, Biotechnology Company, Photograph, Biotechnology, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-06-26
- It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.
- It's official gasoline now over $4 per gallon average in U.S.Enron Loophole ...the biggest problem IMHO is the Enron Loophole Clinton signed into law that allowed Oil to be traded on the Mercantile Exchange ... aka Commodities Market .. so instead of oil just being sold as a consumable for...
- Tags: gasoline, official gasoline
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil position
- In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil positionI've always respected George WillEven when we disagree. Now your job is to tell us why he's wrong.Truly amazingly short sightedYou're in your bedroom, your wife has hollered outside for help because in the background your house is on fire,...
- Tags: concise statement, fairness, oil
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- 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
- Holy power supply, batman, how soon does crude oil hit $150 per barrel?
- Holy power supply, batman, how soon does crude oil hit $150 per barrel?I don't get it, there are plenty of rich oilfields!Iraq is very rich in oil. I can't understand why we just won't confiscate some of the oilfields or just start drilling there until the people of Iraq pay...
- Tags: power supply, biofuel, oil
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Oil and the future of cleantech are NOT separable
- Oil and the future of cleantech are NOT separableWind Kills tooWind turbines kill birds too. So fossil fuels aren't the only bird-unfriendly source of energy out there.There are always trade-offs. People who let housecats roam free are responsible for more bird deaths than any oil company anywhere. ...
- Tags: clean technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- Google looking to map the abyss
- Google has tackled visualization of Earth, and more recently the sky, by offering up free imagery to the public with Google Earth and Google Maps. The data Google is giving away for free is simply breathtaking -- it's hard to believe we never had access to it as recent...
- Tags: Google Inc., Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Will diatoms lead to faster computer chips?
- Diatoms are unicellular algae and one of the most common types of phytoplankton. One of their main characteristics is they encase themselves in shells made of silica. According to a team of U.S. researchers who successfully decoded the genome of a particular diatom named Thalassiosira pseudonana, these very small algae...
- Tags: Computer Chip, Carbon Dioxide, Shell, University Of Washington, Gene, Ocean, Carbon, Computer, Chip, Semiconductors, Productivity, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- The evolution of the Tree of Life
- The Tree of Life was an expression used by Charles Darwin to describe the diversity of organisms on Earth and their evolutionary history. There are only two life forms, eukaryotes, which gather their genetic material in a nucleus, and prokaryotes, such as bacteria, which have their genetic material floating freely...
- Tags: Earth, Life, Researcher, Tree, Life Form, Wiki, Biotechnology, Online Communications, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Global warming and mass extinctions--it's happened before
- Research in China shows that previous global warming was NOT simply due to an asteroid hitting the earth. If you're an adherent of intelligent design you can suppose that some god decided to wipe out half of creation and to use volcanic dust to do it. Sounds perfectly...
- Tags: Earth, Extinction, Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
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