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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

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GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000

it would be nice......if GM would sell these cars in North America...just my two centsRE: GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000It aggravates me. Why is the US the last one to get this type of innovation that is affordable. I WANT ONEOh yeah people in a...

Tags: car, General Motors Corp., electric car, small electric car

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

HP plays the print app game; Will you buy into 'Printing 2.0'?

Printing????I cant even recall the last time I had to print. Maybe it is because I am trying to be more green but really its because so much easier to just read it on my monitor or blackberry. Even my work is going paperless because its so much...

Tags: Document management, Printers, printing, Printing 2.0, Hewlett-Packard Co., printer, print app game, app game

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Biofuel fraud exposes some big names

Biofuel fraud exposes some big namesGiven that bio-fuels are a scam by themselvesBiofuels are nothing but a sweet scam. Not only do you get a final product that gives you less than half of the millage of regular fuels, but they also cut the lifespan of the engine (even...

Tags: biofuel, Biofuel fraud

Discussion threads 2009-07-05

Green auto racing? Are they kidding?

Green auto racing? Are they kidding?shut down sports thenThose lights at outdoor arenas all over the world, there must be hundreds of thousands of them, and the miles driven to get there? - and what about TV sets we watch events on, or TVs in general? and PCs, what...

Tags: NASCAR, ALMS, car, transportation

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

New U.S. energy triumverate now in power

New U.S. energy triumverate now in powerEnergy independence....will be achieved when the govt gets OUT of the energy industry. How can some lawyer/senator be the expert on energy production?These are the same people who, prior to the election, said they weren't banning clean coal, but that companies would go bankrupt...

Tags: Personal finance, Clean Coal, New U.S. energy, New U.S., formulation

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Carmakers could go bananas over coconuts

Carmakers could go bananas over coconutsSigh.Has anyone, you know, run scalability numbers?There are a *LOT* of uses for coconut husk? Great! Replace all that nasty petrochemical eco-terrorist plastic? Terrific! Create bio-diesel from the coconuts themselves? Even better!*HOW MANY* coconuts are we going to need???? Oh--nevermind... :)alternative fuelsHmmm, now who is...

Tags: Manufacturing, coconut

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

Prices up, consumption down--market economics working for gasoline consumers?

Prices up, consumption down--market economics working for gasoline consumers?Don't PanicSomeone should write "A Hitchiker's Guide to the Fake Oil Crisis."American's are freaking out because we cannot drive our monster SUV's from the distant suburbs each day to work. Two SUV families where mom and dad each take one over 30...

Tags: Gas Prices, SUV, government, Sure China

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

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

Energy and food becoming global battlegrounds while high profile VC becomes lightning rod

Energy. Food. Money. The nexus is fraught with political disagreement, high intensity accuations and lots of potential for profit, or disaster. All depends on who you listen to. If the era of cheap petroleum is truly and forever dead, then these battles shall only get more nasty,...

Tags: Brazil, Food, Biofuel, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Just as old media once berated and belittled the Internet as a silly fad, now too with cleantech

That venerable pillar of old, very established business, the Wall Street Journal has gone public with the bitter resentment of old business and fossil fuel for those upstarts who are trying to shift the business model. The editorial attacking VC Vinod Khosla is just one volley in what will...

Tags: Biofuel, Wall Street Journal, Media, Business, Clean Technology, VC Vinod Khosla, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-21

That veggie oil car could get you into trouble in US

That veggie oil car could get you into trouble in USI still stand by the statementI know it burns cleaner then gasoline, but the refineries do have to follow guidelines.Depending on how or where it's processed, are there any harmful byproducts from the manufacturing of these fuels to be a...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Vegetable OIL, Bio-diesel, Gas Tax, tax, government

Discussion threads 2008-05-19

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

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

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

Boxed in: America's new energy trap

Boxed in: America's new energy trapThe only reason corn is so volatileIs because we are still paying people to not grow corn, soybeans, etc.If we were to stop doing that, and make people grow things and sell them at market prices...... no more problems with shortages of anything, for whatever...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, corn, Boxed, new energy

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

BioFuels: now what?

BioFuels: now what?Sorry but this is still not the full answer.I can see the use of bio-fuels for heavy construction equipment and military hardware, but for daily drivers and power plants? No, it's not a solution and still puts excessive amounts of CO2 and other harmful pollutants into the air.Burning...

Tags: Biofuels

Discussion threads 2007-09-11

Diesel wants to be your friend

Okay, folks, if you drive a car, ride in a bus, consume anything ever carried in a truck or ship, or simply are interested in questions about energy supply and greenhouse gases...pay attention. I have an acronym for you to memorize: ULSD. That's...

Tags: Car, Diesel Technology Forum, France, Diesel, Allen Schaeffer, Forum, Rapeseed, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-08-29

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

So, you want some Feisty Fawn with that Dell?

So, you want some Feisty Fawn with that Dell?I love the poll...... it says "total votes: 1 Yes: 100% No 100%";-)Will Dell succeed?It may well do, but in a limited way. It all depends on- How serious Dell is about this- How much Dell advertises it- How expectations are...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Benefits, Apple Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-01