Creating biofuel and hydrogen fuel together
A German firm plans to produce biofuel then use the glycerin product to create hydrogen for the already existing hydrogen filling stations for fuel cell cars.
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Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
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Disneyland trains now use biofuel from chicken and fries
Thus the trains run on fuelstock produced within the park, and not food for fuel. Further, their parking lot trams run on CNG and they won an award for recycling 7.6 million bottles and cans. And now the trains will…
Sugar to green gasoline
Virent Energy Systems plans to open a test facility that will convert sugar cane, sugar beets, and other plants into the chemical equivalent of gasoline (not ethanol.) Their CEO said “The molecules we make are exactly the same as the…
Bioplastic. Use it for packaging, then turn it into biofuel
A new type of plastic created from plant oils is in development. Use it like any other plastic, but instead of tossing it in a landfill when done, it can be turned into biofuel by adding an enzyme. The Pentagon…
Shell plans commercial-scale biofuel from non-food sources
A pilot project to create super enzymes as catalysts to break down agricultural waste to create biofuel went so well that Shell plans to do it on a commercial scale. One major fuelstock here would be the leftovers from corn,…