Biodiesel

Why Is Renting An Eco-Friendly Car Hard?

Guardian | Clare James | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green


I choose not to own a car and usually get about on public transport. I know all about car pooling and ride sharing and I'm familiar with companies lik...

Greening Hollywood: For Love Of Water

Paige Donner | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment


Paige Donner

Crowning the first-ever Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles, L.A.'s premier "green" and sustainable film festival - was Sunday night's open air scree...

JATROPHA OIL: Is The Jatropha Seed A Miracle Biodiesel Alternative?

CNN | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


The jatropha tree, a fruit-bearing plant native to South America, may offer the next big fuel alternative. The fruit's seeds produce oil, which can b...

Greening Hollywood: Teens Choose Green at '08 Awards

Paige Donner | Posted 08.13.2008 | Entertainment


Paige Donner

Teen Choice Award nominees relished the idea of a recyclable "blue" carpet; they'd specifically requested to rent a recyclable blue carpet rather than purchasing it outright and throwing it away after the event.

Since We've Made Tortillas Expensive, Let's at Least Use Biofuels Wisely

Rebekah and Stephen Hren | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green


Rebekah and Stephen Hren

If we're truly interested in creating a sustainable transportation network, then we need to envision a future where our limited supply of biofuels is used for much more efficient modes of transportation.

Biodiesel? Veggie Diesel? Frequently Asked Questions

Planet Green | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green


What is biodiesel, anyway? Biodiesel, the common name for fatty acid alkyl esters, is a biological-based fuel that can substitute petroleum fuels in d...

Where's My Orangutan? Why Biofuels Don't Kill Apes

Josh Tickell | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green


Josh Tickell

The next time you eat a cookie off of your Mahogany table that was brought to you on diesel-fueled transportation, consider this: everything you touch, everything you buy and everything you eat comes at a price.

Energy Crisis Or Transportation Crisis?

Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green


Our favorite graph, which demonstrates that almost all of our petroleum is used for transportation. Benjamin J. Turon writes an op-ed in the Schene...

Who Ate My Tortillas? -- The Truth About Food vs. Fuel

Josh Tickell | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green


Josh Tickell

Corn may be environmentally detrimental, but it is difficult to pin the systemic problems in our international markets solely on biofuels.

Biofuel Feedstocks Latest Candidate: Kudzu

Treehugger | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green


yes, all of those vines are kudzu. photo via flickr Our colleagues over at Discovery News have brought attention to a new report that an invasive ...

What Is The Best Biofuel?

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green


Patrick Takahashi

Ethanol and biodiesel are slowly sinking as biofuel options, but the Farm Lobby will ensure that, if we decide to form a methanol producing enterprise, we will have a few years to refine the effort.

Ethanol Vs. Methanol

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green


Patrick Takahashi

Ethanol and biodiesel are dead, long live methanol! Methanol is the simplest alcohol, with one carbon atom; ethanol has two. Thus, given biomass, it should be cheaper to produce methanol than ethanol. Surely enough, in a comprehensive assessment Stone & Webster performed for the U.S. Department of Energy two decades ago, with the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute as an associate, this fact was confirmed.

Sean Penn Leads Biodiesel Trek Across America

Reuters | Posted 05.05.2008 | Entertainment


Sean Penn is fighting the war in Iraq, poverty, homelessness and saving the environment, all from a bus. The actor, who baffled many when his name sh...