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- Biodiesel's future
- The bio-scam ...What is so great about destroying food sources to feed an engine that gets less millage than a regular gas guzzler??Funny thing about soyIt is one of the most prevalent food allergies.Don't believe me? Just do a search on "soy allergy" and read the results.
- Tags: Food & Beverage, biodiesel
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- 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
- Biodiesel: don't try this at home
- Do-it-yourself biodiesel cookers are causing house fires. Maybe some enterprising enterprise could come up with a safe, legal cook-it-yourself biodiesel bioreactor for the home hobbyist. Cooking oil into truck fuel. Here's your kit. COMMERCIAL BIODIESEL Commercial-scale biodiesel has problems of a different sort. In...
- Tags: Biodiesel, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- (Photos: Unlikely dealers flip cult biodiesel cars)
- (Photos: Unlikely dealers flip cult biodiesel cars) (Photos: Unlikely dealers flip cult biodiesel cars)Cool pictures. Nice sets.RE: (Photos: Unlikely dealers flip cult biodiesel cars)While reading something about oem honda parts I suddenly saw an old hybrid advert jerking out with a poor diesel car. I actually don't like...
- Tags: cult biodiesel car, biodiesel car, biodiesel, car, photograph
- Discussion threads 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
- Fill 'er up: biodiesel company in ship-shape for future
- Fill 'er up: biodiesel company in ship-shape for futuregreatgreatRE: Fill 'er up: biodiesel company in ship-shape for futureThis is definitely a nice development in terms of fuel development. Moreover, i guess it is more efficient and effective strategy, same with other gas saving products
- Tags: ship-shape, biodiesel company, biodiesel
- Discussion threads 2008-11-14
- 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
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