Day June 12, 2008

Switchgrass for home heating

Switchgrass grows all over the US. It can survive drought, doesn’t need fertilizer or to be grown on cropland. Researchers have designed a stove for $3,000 that can burn the sticky switchgrass in pellet form, a comparable price to efficient…

Ethanol directly from algae

Algenol plans to build a saltwater algae plant in the desert in Mexico. Unlike other methods that require the algae be squeezed to product the oil, they’ve GMO’ed algae to create ethanol directly, and claim the output is dramatically greater…

Subprime isn’t over

From Businessweek Option ARMs give you an option of how much to pay each month on a mortgage. There are generally several options or choices. However, once you owe a certain amount (like 110-125% of the original loan amount) then…