Running vehicles on biofuels such as ethanol reduces CO2 emissions and offers a way to lessen the world's reliance on oil. While this sounds great fro...
WASHINGTON D.C. To combat its often negative image as a "dirty" and inefficient source of energy, the diesel-fuel advocacy group Diesel Technology For...
1. What is biodiesel? The fuel generally known as 'biodiesel' is actually rape methyl ester (RME), which is produced by the chemical treatment of r...
Three large pieces of construction equipment sitting outside the Cox Creek Dredged Material Containment Facility represent the future of diesel emissi...
Bay Area residents have a new type of gas station at their disposal -- and it's certainly a different proposition than the average Shell or Chevron of...
Many fuels have been proposed as alternatives to gasoline. Most face the early adopter with same problem -- where to refuel while on the road? A tool ...
There is not yet much data available on the President's CAFE announcement. Luckily, we have a huge base of analysis that the National Highway Traffic...
There are a lot of good reasons to run your everyday diesel vehicle on homegrown oils energy independence and less particulate pollution among them bu...
Federal stimulus dollars are picking up where a nearly $20 million state program aimed at cutting diesel engine emissions left off....
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mixing slightly higher levels of ethanol into gasoline would benefit the U.S. energy supply provided the higher blends do not hur...
EST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Those worried about a performance drop-off going from standard diesel fuel to the more environmentally friendly B20 biodiesel b...
MILAN (Reuters) - Industrial-scale production of bioenergy from algae, or seaweeds, can be expected in 10 to 15 years, helping Europe to reach its gre...
For documentary film maker Josh Tickell, it's all about algae. The micro organism's potential to deliver America from its dependence on foreign oil...
Bacon, it's not just for breakfast, lunch and dinner anymore. It's the biofuel of choice for a pair of entrepreneurs building their business on pig...
The following is a guest post by Chelsea Green's Makenna Goodman: I remember a time when defenseless kids with hippie moms got made fun of for using...
Even as they applaud the White House's moves, the powerful farm lobby and farm state politicians are readying for a fight.
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 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.
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.
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.
How many biodiesels could we put on the road with the $15-30 billion the Big 3 Auto Monsters are going to receive? Let's tell Congress how many!
Celebrating its national theatrical release, the Sundance award-winning film Fuel held its party and screening at the most appropriate place for its topic: a gas station.
"Fuel" tells the story of Josh Tickell's quest to spread awareness about biodiesel as an alternative energy source. After watching the film, I wanted more. So I set up an interview.
