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- Smart Planet: Turning algae into oil the NASA way
- now this is cooloil is a great portable energy source. I'm all for making it as cheap and abundant as possible.RE: Smart Planet: Turning algae into oil the NASA way1. Dr. Trent should re-read the NREL 1998 report on its 20 years of research into algae as a fuel source...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, NASA, food
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- A bit more money for the greentech ventures
- Bet they invested in Ethanol tooWhenever I hear news stories about the world wide shortage of food (you greenies don't seem to talk about that for some reason that I can't fathom) I wonder what all those hungry people think when they hear that in America, our government forces us...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Vertical industries, Benefits, Ethanol
- Discussion threads 2009-08-16
- Biodiesel's future
- I recently spoke with Innovation Fuels CEO John Fox. His firm already makes biodiesel at plants in Milwaukee and New York Harbor. He says next year will see a growth in bodiesel production in the U.S. The 2010 federal requirement calls for all diesel oil--heating and vehicles--to...
- Tags: Biodiesel, Innovation Fuels, John Fox, Soy, Diesel, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Green shoots
- I would not hazard a guess about what's happening to the storied "green shoots" in the American or global economies. There are many economists and financial "experts" hazarding widely divergent guesses already. I will guess that green technology continues to have appeal in many nations. Green shoots...
- Tags: Brazil, Spain, Hydrogen, SWITZERLAND SOLAR Solar Panel Production, Oerlikon Solar, Spanish Project, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- How dead are American hydrogen cars?
- How dead are American hydrogen cars?It is too early to say, there are a lot of issues to solveA hydrogen economy is still just a dream on a sheet of paper. Making this a reality is probably 10 to 20 years away, given that we don't find a better...
- Tags: Hydrogen car, Obama, hydrogen economy, Hydrogen Production, Diesel Engine, hydrogen, hydrogen car, car
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Will greentech investors discover food?
- The first known death in the U.S. from the current round of infulenza has been reported. This swine flu bruhaha adds ammunition to arguments of those who favor more humane farming methods. The poor pigs may be getting a bad rap on "swine flu." There's no evidence...
- Tags: Food, Investor, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Bioethanol is a heavy drinker
- Bioethanol is a heavy drinkerwill water resulting in burning ethanol disappeare?Obviously producing ethanol from corn or other plants in the deserts of AZ does not make sense. Who said that we should? The market will take care of this. Nobody drills oil in Illinois even if they can physically drill...
- Tags: Bioethanol, Ethanol, corn
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- I'm learnin' to love algae
- If you've been around as long as I have, you've certainly worked for pond scum. Probably more than once. Now science holds some tantilizing promises we may get to happily work WITH pond scum. Latest algae research shows the little organisms may help us meet...
- Tags: Pond, Hydrogen, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- Alcohol binge leaves nasty hang-over
- Alcohol binge leaves nasty hang-overIs it really alcohol?http://www.abchomeopathy.com/r.php/Nux-vRE: Alcohol binge leaves nasty hang-overCorn-based ethanol was [b]never[/b] competitive. It was propped up by government subsidy and really was nothing more than a boondoggle with the added bonus that it also raised food prices.Ethanol itself is a less than ideal gasoline substitute...
- Tags: Free trade, alcohol, biodiesel
- Discussion threads 2009-01-09
- 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
- Nuclear fusion as future power source
- Nuclear fusion as future power sourceok, so the radio waves allow them to control the plasma.. butdoes it allow the fusion reactor to actually produce more energy than it takes to run?Not quite accurateFusion reactors are not emissions free. They produce hard neutron radiation during operation. Some of this can...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Fusion Reactor, fusion reaction, Nuclear Fusion, hydrogen
- Discussion threads 2008-12-04
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Fifty million buffalo were right: will we switch to swicthgrass?
- Fifty million buffalo were right: will we switch to swicthgrass?Now that is totally cool!Thanks for the info on this. Whooda thunk? ]:)RE: Fifty million buffalo were right: will we switch to swicthgrass?Is this anything new? we have known about cellulose based ethanol and its potential for long time. The problem...
- Tags: grass, corn, acre, gallon, Corn Grain
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Does GM now mean 'green motors'?
- Does GM now mean 'green motors'?It's a startand that's good. Looks like Detroit is getting the message to green up and increase economy or their going to get the snot kicked out of them by the Japanese and Germans. ]:)If it can break up the OPEC hold on usand tip...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Engineering, Spare Parts, General Motors Corp., electric car, Roadster
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Storing sun and wind power
- Storing sun and wind powerRe: HistoryI'm against opening up the reserves in Alaska and the Gulf. What's great about petroleum reserves is that they never go away until we use them. Do you honestly believe we'll see an end to petroleum consumption in the next 100 years? We're going to...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, MegaWatt, HIGH PRICE, energy generation, wind power, energy storage
- Discussion threads 2007-12-05
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