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Feeding Humans vs. Fueling Cars
ANA | 20 hours ago
It is heralded as the next big thing, languished and slathered in praise by the gurus, environmentalists, politicians, magazines and celebrities. A wonderfully clever way to make nation's energy needs greener, sustainable and domestically supplied.Co read more
Get some green by growing some…
Spending Less 101 | May 15th 2008 by John A. Simpson
With people out of work, mortgages being foreclosed left and right, credit ratings going down at an ever-increasing rate, gas prices going up, and the stock market going down, every possible money-saving method needs to be used in order to survive. read more
Millionaire corn farmers of the world, unite!
Raționalitate | May 15th 2008 by Stephen
For all the farmer couples out there earning earning $2 million a year, never fear: you're still getting your subsidies! In case there was any doubt, the latest incarnation of the farm bill passed the Senate with flying colors (only fifteen senators read more
Blog For Human Rights - May 15th, 2008
The Whited Sepulchre | May 15th 2008 by allen in fort worth
It's May 15th. If you look to your right, you'll see this is Blog For Human Rights day. I decided to go old fashioned, and talk about a series of Norman Rockwell paintings based on Franklin Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" State of The Union Address. Thes read more
Latest potent biofuel made from Sweet sorghum sap...another poten…
SG Energy Crisis | May 14th 2008 by Simon Tay
Yahoo!Singapore News:LUBBOCK, Texas - Sweet sorghum is grown in the U.S. for cooking and livestock feed. But the tall plant also might help at the gas pump.A sugary sap inside the plant's stalk, which grow as tall as 12 feet, can be turned into a pot read more
What has happened to the price of wheat?
American Fuels | May 14th 2008 by mus302
Quietly, with little or no fanfare, over the last two months the price of wheat has gone down. So quiet in fact that I doubt anyone has noticed. I know I hadn't until I saw this small quote in a recent article .Over the winter, wheat prices soared to read more
GAS PRICES!!!!! AAAAAAHHH!!!!
My American Life | May 14th 2008 by Joe Nelson
Oh JESUS! The gas prices are so high and they aren't going to be going down. By summer they will be over $4/gallon and while this isn't nearly as bad as it is in the Europe, they don't have nearly as far or much to drive as we do in the US. What is t read more
Fair and Balanced: Biofuels, Ethanol, Food and the Future
Clean Fuels Blog | May 14th 2008 by Clean Fuels Blog
Too many people are "flat out wrong" about blaming ethanol for all of the increases in food prices...and then there are others like Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) that have a deep understanding of the multiplicity of the issues and also... read more
Blaming bio fuels
Reality Bytes | May 14th 2008 by Michael Schuyler
What's this nonsense about blaming biofuels for food shortages? When has a rice paddy ever been converted into a corn field? What kind of biofuel is made from wheat? There's an interesting article at American Thinker that addresses this issue. Some o read more
Alstare working on ethanol powered motorcycles and ATVs
Auto Nagar | May 14th 2008 by Hareesh
Last month, motorcycle racing Team Alstare Suzuki started talking about biofuels and small engines. In collaboration with Spanish company Globasol Energías Renovables, Alstare's Belgian development center's first stab at biofuel powered vehicles res read more
State Offers Grants To Expand Sale Of Ethanol Fuel
Ethanol Business | May 14th 2008 by MrEthanol
Bizjournals.com: The state of Wisconsin is making grants of up to $5,000 available to gas station owners who install pumps that dispense fuel that’s 85% ethanol, or E85. The grants from the Wisconsin Office of Energy Independence are available read more
In Defense Of Ethanol
Ethanol Business | May 13th 2008 by MrEthanol
Newsweek: In the 12 years that I have speaking to him, Robert Zubrin has never disappointed. Whether he was devising a bargain-basement way to mount a manned mission to Mars (rather than taking along the fuel you need for the return trip, produce it read more
Sweet Source For Ethanol
Ethanol Business | May 13th 2008 by MrEthanol
Domestic Fuel: A sweet source for ethanol could be a smart choice for food and fuel that can grow almost anywhere. According to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), sweet sorghum may be the perfect crop for read more
The World We Want: The Big Picture II
Serene Ambition | May 12th 2008 by shae hadden
By David Korten | Great Turning websiteRead more posts in The World We Want series.The second piece of the big picture of the human confrontation with the limits of our Mother Earth is an unraveling of the social fabric of civilization that is a cons read more
EFuel100 MicroFueler
Seven Generational Ruminations | May 12th 2008
The E-Fuel 100 MicroFueler is a home ethanol brewing system. It will be about as large as a stackable washer-dryer, sell for $9,995 and ship before year-end. The MicroFueler will use sugar as its main fuel source, or feedstock, along with a special read more
the new york times gets something right
Organized Chaos | May 12th 2008
The title of their latest op-ed is “Rethinking Ethanol”. They suggest that Congress might want to consider ending the corn ethanol tax break as well as the mandates for increased ethanol production in the 2007 energy bill. Now, as a con read more
Brazil Knocking On Door Of OPEC
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | May 12th 2008 by Fred Stopsky
Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula de Silva believes it is time for OPEC to recognize the emerging oil impact of his nation and make it a member of the oil producing nations’ club. In 2007, a uage oil reserve was disccovered off the coast of read more
Ethanol Alternatives Stuck In Slow Lane
Ethanol Business | May 12th 2008 by MrEthanol
Arizona Republic: Despite a public-relations backlash of epic proportions and frenzied research on other technology such as algae biodiesel, it likely will be years before other alternative fuels are as widely used as corn ethanol. Ethanol is now a s read more
How to run your car on Water, Sugar, and Yeast using EFuel100’s…
zedomax.com - blog about DIYs and Review on reviews of gadge… | May 11th 2008 by Max Lee
EFuel100, a home ethanol convertor, has been buzzing all around the world and TV. Basically it allows you to turn water, sugar, and yeast into ethanol. What do you do with ethanol? You can mix 75% ethanol and 25% gas to power your current vehicle. read more
The market has spoken.
greenteaphd.com | May 10th 2008
Here at Iowa Liberal we’ve spilled a lot of ink bemoaning the ethanol boondoggle and contended that mass transit is a better idea than expecting consumers to wait around for whatever combination of miracle alternative fuels that will allow them read more
Make Your Own Fuel for Your Car
OpTempo | May 10th 2008 by Frank Carr
Have you ever wanted to make your own fuel at home? Here's a way you can do it. read more
Rice Cartel Planned In Southeast Asia
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | May 10th 2008 by Fred Stopsky
Among the ironies of the world’s response to rising oil prices is diverting food production in order to expand ethanol resources which has resulted in large shortages of basic foods such as rice. The result is rising food prices which threaten read more
Corn Prices Aren't High Enough
American Fuels | May 10th 2008 by mus302
At least not to some in the pork industry.The percent of the corn crop planted in the U.S. as of May 4 was 27; this compares with 45 percent last year and 59 percent for 2003-2007. With the big decline in corn acreage, indicated by the March 3rd plan read more
Petronomics 101
84rules | May 9th 2008 by 84rules
I am almost amazed that there has been no major outcry from the American consumer about the price of gasoline. After all, it is the life blood of our economy. But the price keeps going up and up and up. Not because of any "greedy" oil companies (t read more
Why Did the Idiot Cross the Road?
The Authoring Auctioneer | May 9th 2008 by John J Savo, the Authoring Auctioneer
Indeed, the Apocalypse may be nigh, for people have lost their bloody minds. An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. Mathematical chance should have already sent another rock of devastation to wipe clean the slate of earth's read more
Brew Your Own Ethanol
The SideTrack | May 9th 2008 by The SideTrack
Without driving up food prices? E-Fuel Corp unveiled on Thursday the "MicroFueler" touting it as the world's first machine that allows homeowners to make their own ethanol and pump the brew directly into their cars.The portable unit that sells for $ read more
Kick the oil habit and make your own ethanol
An Inconvenient Blog | May 9th 2008 by Wayne Roden
A new company hopes drivers will kick the oil habit by brewing ethanol at home that won’t spike food prices. E-Fuel Corp unveiled on Thursday the “MicroFueler” touting it as the world’s first machine that allows homeowners to read more
OIL MAJORS: Big companies amid allegations of MTBE water contamin…
Baja energy BLOG | May 9th 2008
Some of the nation's largest oil companies have agreed to pay about $423 million in cash to settle a lawsuit brought by more than a hundred public water providers, claiming water contamination from a gasoline additive. The terms of the settlement wer read more
Making Ethanol As Easily As Doing Laundry
Ethanol Business | May 9th 2008 by MrEthanol
The MicroFueler - A Washing Machine That Makes DIY Ethanol Wired News: People were making ethanol at home long before there were cars. They called it moonshine. With gas prices going through the roof and everyone worried about global warming, a Calif read more
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