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Do Scientists Have a Solution to the Oil Crisis?
Scientists believe they have found a solution to our current oil crisis by finding a better solution for biofuels.
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About 100 years ago, when I first visited South Carolina and Georgia, I was enthralled with all the greenness. I was particularly captivated [...]
Turning rainforests into palm-oil plantations a net ecological loss — study
By Jenny Mandel Converting rainforests to palm oil plantations for biofuels has long-lasting carbon costs and hurts biodiversity, according to a new report published in the journal Conservation Biology by an international group of botanists, ecologists and engineers. The researchers say it would take between 75 and 93 years to see carbon benefits from converting common forest ecosystems to plantations of oil palm, a popular biofuel feedstock, depending in part on how the land was cleared. Car
Biofuels Part of Policy Summit
The Food and Agriculture Policy Summit, co-hosted by Farm Foundation and Farm Journal Media this week is focusing on the wide range of domestic and global issues facing the food system and agriculture today, including biofuels. Thesummit kicks off today with the Farm Journal Forum on “What Will Change Bring? Impacts of a New Congress and Administration in the New Era of Agriculture” which continues through Wednesday. The keynote speaker for that event will be POET CEO Jeff Broin who will discu
Don't Cut Rainforests for Biofuel Crops - Report
New study finds it would take 75 to 600 years for biofuels to reduce the carbon emissions caused by the cutting of tropical rainforests.
ERS Trade Outlook, Doha, Biofuels, and Ag Issues/ New Administration
ERS Trade Outlook, Doha, Biofuels, and Ag Issues/ New Administration Categories: Farm Bill / Ethanol / Doha / Trade / EU ERS Trade Outlook The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, in a report released yesterday entitled, “Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade,” indicated that, “Fiscal 2009 agricultural exports are forecast at $98.5 billion, down $14.5 billion from August and $17.0 billion below record 2008 sales. The outlook for U.S. exports has changed dramatically with
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General Atomics, Eastern Kentucky U partner in algae research venture
In Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University and General Atomics announced a partnership aimed at developing algae-based biodiesel and other cellulose-based biofuels. $4 million in federal funding, courtesy of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act of 2009 was the foundation funding for the project. The partnership establishes the Eastern Kentucky University Center for Renewable and Alternative Fuel Technologies (CRAFT), and local officials pointed to the
Dynamotive in stover to biofuel process in China
A Dynamotive press release today says that Dynamotive is involved in a project to use pyrolysis to convert corn stover into liquid biofuels in China... I've said it before that this kind of pyrolysis could prove to be the wayahead in converting corn waste into biofuels. I'm a big fan of this kind of technology providing that it is energetically sensible to collect the feed for the pyrolysis plant. Here's the relase in full... DYNAMOTIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS CORPORATION News Release: Dec
Low carbon fuel standard in sight
Low carbon fuel standard in sight Posted by: Paul Lucas The heat may soon be on the fuel suppliers as Europe moves closer to finalising a new fuel quality law which will require a reduction in full lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. The target for the fall, according to Environmental Data Services, is expected to be six per cent and should come from production efficiency improvements and a switch to biofuels and other clean fuels. Separate criteria for biofuel sustainability will be added
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