Month March 2009

Saltwater algae biodiesel may compete with petroleum

Australian researchers say biodiesel from saltwater algae can be cost competitive with petroleum diesel. They also state that due to the cost of transporting biodiesel from an algal farm, the best scenario may be to locate an electricity generating plant…

Sharif Abdullah on Sri Lanka

Dr. Sharif Abdullah, Executive Director of the Commonway Instutute in Portland, Oregon, is currently on the ground in Sri Lanka.  He offers this perspective: In a recent article, the fair and objective “International Crisis Group” (ICG) laid out the problem…