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He made these comments in the belly of the beast at an Agriculture Department’s Agricultural Outlook Forum where they were not well received. However, he’s absolutely right. Corn for ethanol makes less corn available for consumption, and that drives up the price. Plus, corn is in everything. Corn ethanol was a cynical ploy started [...] DOE Secretary Chu says “We have only just begun to realize the benefits of homegrown fuels.” The Tobacco Mosaic Virus binds itself to electrodes and enables the battery to discharge faster and increases capacity too. GMO tobacco produces large amoungt of oil and may find use as biofuel and an enzyme in it can break down nonfood biomass, also creating biofuel Florida alone generates enough orange peels to produce about 200 million gallons of ethanol yearly. The secret ingredient is a tobacco enzyme derived by cloning genes from fungi and bacteria, which is far less expensive than creating synthetic enzymes. The enzyme breaks down “woody” nonfood biomass like orange peels, enabling a wide range of non-food [...] Prodigious amounts of glycerin are produced as a byproduct of biofuel, and sometimes was being landfilled. However, scientists now have devised a multitude of ways it can be used and reprocessed. Waste glycerin can be made into a profit center, yielding high-value chemicals (alcohols and acids) that can be used to make fabrics, insulation, and [...] Click to view full-sized on Joule Joule Biotechnologies announced that it has achieved direct microbial conversion of CO2 into hydrocarbons via engineered organisms, powered by solar energy. The process uses no fresh water or biomass and no refinement is needed. The sun shines. The microbes produce biofuel. Simple, isn’t it? If it works [...] The process extracts biosolids from raw sewage. Microbes then convert it into biofuel. This both cuts down on expenses of treating sewage and creates something of value. Kudzu pods Gas 2.0 profiles seven weeds that can also be used to create biofuel. They need little help to grow, thus costs are low, and they can thrive in contaminated soil. Most are highly invasive, so they could be harvested from areas where they’ve already invaded. Like kudzu, “the plant that ate the [...] Biobutanol, a new, promising biofuel has no blend limit when mixed with gasoline,can be put into pipelines as they are, and can be made from multiple fuelstocks. The question, as always is, can refining it be done on a commercial scale? Soybean oil blend works well as fuel for home furnaces A blend of degummed soybean oil and No. 2 fuel oil can be used as an alternative heating fuel and reduce sulfur emissions, according to a Purdue University scientist. Reno casino bets on geothermal heat The Peppermill Resort Casino in Reno has drilled to [...] |  | ||||
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