A recent government report says the US could easily produce more than a billion tons of materials to make biofuels each year - and it wouldn't impact our food supply. Researchers at UT's Institute of Agriculture are working on ways to produce biomass and alternative fuels.
Nov 2007
Demand for biofuels like corn-based ethanol is leading to soaring food prices and political instability. The price of wheat and corn has doubled, hitting the poor particularly hard.
Backed by generous government subsidies, the ethanol industry is on a mission to "reduce our dependency on imported oil". Its insatiable demand for corn is "d...
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Autor: nunkorat
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Tags: biofuel
Añadido: 11 de Febrero de 2007
exhibition biofuel seminar in Bangkok by Thai government
As America looks for new alternative fuel sources, biodiesel from algae offers a new and innovative solution.
Global food prices have risen because food grains are in short supply. Another strong reason given for this is the shift to biofuel, which are promoted as a green alternative to conventional fuels, like petrol and diesel. The use of food for fuel started when the energy crisis forced the world to look for alternatives. Scientists turned to biofuel ...
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Algae to be Refined Into Cost-Effective, Non-Polluting Biodiesel
Can algae -- the green slime that forms on the top of stagnant pools -- reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be the source of a new renewable bio-fuel? The Holy Grail in the renewable energy sector has been to create a clean, green process which uses only light, water and air to creat...
Plant Fueled: Grassroots Biofuel in Pittsburgh (2008). Short Documentary about Biofuels in Pittsburgh. Biofuel (if cultivated, then also called agrofuel or agrifuel) can be broadly defined as solid, liquid, or gas fuel consisting of, or derived from recently dead biological material, most commonly plants. This distinguishes it from fossil fuel, whi...
This video is about Volkswagens ambitions to establish all types of Bio Fuels and how they customize their new models, that they work with those fuels.
A distinguished panel of industry experts debate the direction of biofuels, and their pros and cons. Including moderator, Peter Hanschen, Partner, Morrison & Foerster, Robert Walsh, President, LS9, Inc., Jonathan Wolfson, President & COO, Solazyme, Inc., John Melo, CEO, Amyris Biotechnologies and Steven Perricone, CEO & Co-Founder, BioFuelBox, Inc...
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(November 1, 2007) President Bush promised to expand American biofuel production, but the result has been worse than nothing. Corn is a poor source for energy, but growing it and other staples as fuel has caused food prices worldwide to explode - even as the scarcity of flex-fuel vehicles means no significant incre...
Whilst teeming with a vast diversity of life, Indonesia's lush rainforests are quite simply disappearing -- meaning that its eco-system and climate processes are sorely being affected.
75 percent of the nation's rainforests have already been cut down by loggers wishing to exploit the opportunity to make huge profits feeding the insatiable worldwid...
Leading experts explore the need, challenges, opportunities and impacts of creating biofuels for a sustainable future Series: "Frontiers of Knowledge" [4/2008] [Science] [Show ID: 14378]
A documentary following Aphrodesia, a San Francisco-based Afrobeat band, on a coast-to-coast from San Francisco to New York,voter registration musical tour following a group of musicians and activists travelling across the country in two buses powered by 100% recycled vegetable oil while educating the public and bringing awareness to the sustainab...
http://suprememastertv.com/ - A Journey Through Aesthetic Realms - Episode 519, Golden Technology: Biofuel technologies: Algae, Centia, HMF and DMF, Air date: February 15, 2008 (AJAR - 20080215)
Environmental and ecological issues explored on film: How do you balance the competing global demands for green fuel and cheap food? This film, featuring UK transport secretary Ruth Kelly and the IMF's Simon Johnson, attempts to find the answer
http://www.globalchange.com Why biofuel industry is dead -- biofuel by converting food into oil is stupid and immoral. Biodiesel, biomass, biowaste and sugar to fuel conversion into biofuels. Foor price rises. World bank report on biofuels and food prices. Ethanol and gasoline or petrol mix, European Union EU policy changes on biofuel. Biofuels...
Koenigsegg CCXR Edition Biofuel - Genewska premiera.
BBC Working Lunch featuring a Biofuel (Vegetable Oil) powered Shuttle and interview with Mike Lawton, MD of Regenatec with Bill Courtney, MD of Courtney Coaches.
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The Smilers.ice edge competition. Watch us make a biofuel.
The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 flight was part of a joint initiative with planemaker Boeing and engine manufacturer GE Aviation to develop a "sustainable aircraft fuel." No passengers were onboard.
Virgin Atlantic President Richard Branson said the test flight would help the airline to use clean fuel sooner than expected.
"The demonstration fligh...
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Tags: biofuel
Añadido: 21 de Diciembre de 2007
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Innovative biofuel with potential to solve fuel shortage. Joint venture by Valcent and Global Green (stock symbols: VCTPF & GGRN).
In early April, featured on CNN's tech page.
On June 11, Bloomberg TV ran an in-depth interview with the CEO. A must see:
http://www.valcent.net/i/Multimedia/VIN020-131.wmv
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Filmed while Missouri Governor Matt Blunt was endorsing Mitt Romeny in Iowa
Why "biofuel" or corn gasoline isn't going to solve our fuel crisis and is a bad idea.
Here is another video talking about the myth of corn gasoline.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQTCETdjpwE
Links to Sources (caution: all links leading away from Irked-Confusion sites usually become inactive over time).
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0219/p15s01...
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biodiesel process production from Bangkok motor show impact Bangkok