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"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
A comprehensive new analysis of water use in biofuel crop production finds that jatropha, an oil-rich plant championed for its ability to grow in arid regions where food crops cannot, is the biggest water hog of them all. Even worse,…
CoolPlanetBiofuels has received $20 million in funding from Google Ventures and other venture capital funds. The Camarillo-based business is developing innovative mobile refineries that turn biomass, agricultural leftovers, and wood processing byproducts into useful biofuel. This is quite separate from…
From the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Increased production of biofuels increases the price of food worldwide by diverting crops and cropland from feeding people to feeding motor vehicles. Higher food prices, in turn, condemn more people to chronic…
Using a genetically engineered microbe, researchers have developed a method to produce isobutanol directly from plant material. The method is both cost effective and does not require crops be grown, as it can use any woody material like agricultural and…
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…