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What Does Cheap Oil Mean For Investors?
Friday, October 31st, 2008
MoneyWeek:
Falling oil prices mean companies are scaling back on hard-to-exploit sites. What does that mean for oil supplies – and green energy companies? Tim Bennett reports.
What’s going on?
“Investment in alternative energy is becoming less attractive,” says Bob Parker, vice-chairman of CSFB Asset Management on Bloomberg. Many analysts expect oil majors such as BP and […]
Sugar Into Gasoline Is Cheaper And Easier
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Talk Delaware Online:
Two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and a range of other valuable chemicals.
Chemical engineer Randy Cortright and his colleagues at Virent Energy Systems of Madison, Wisc., and researchers led by NSF-supported chemical engineer James Dumesic […]
Cheap Gas? 4 Websites To Help You Find Lower Prices
Friday, June 20th, 2008Los Angeles Times:
AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report | I go here first to find the definitive national average (today it is $4.08). Then I use the “Select a Market” tool to find out what the local average is. (Today, it is $4.62 for regular in Los Angeles–Long Beach.)
Gas Buddy | This website topped the list […]
Cheap Gas Web Sites: Waste Of Time Or Gas?
Friday, June 6th, 2008PC World:
With ever-rising gas prices more people are turning to Web sites that claim to steer you to the cheapest prices for gas in your neighborhood. But the question I had is, do these sites deliver what they promise and is it really worth it to drive 5 miles out of my way to save […]
Ethanol Blends: Renegades’ Recipe For A Cheaper Fuel
Saturday, May 31st, 2008Some Minnesotans are boldly burning ethanol blends in their old cars, challenging the U.S. Clean Air Act and manufacturers’ warranties.
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Wally Lutz believes in ethanol, not least because his western Minnesota neighbors grow the corn that goes into the biofuel.
So for three years, Lutz has done his best to put at least half ethanol […]
Cheaper Ethanol Outselling Gasoline In Brazil
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Dallas Morning News:
Car owners in this giant city of 11 million people are giving the oil companies fits. Ethanol outsells gasoline here by a large margin. This year, it became the most popular fuel throughout Brazil.
Petróleos Brasileiro SA, or Petróbras, is trying to hold on to its customers. The Brazilian national oil company has held […]
Is Cheap Ethanol Around The Corner?
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Science Buzz:
Right now, ethanol is expensive to make; the only reason it is priced competitively with gasoline is because the government subsidizes it with tax dollars.
General Motors is partnering with Coskata, a biofuel company, to create low-cost ethanol.
The new process uses micro-organisms to turn just about any carbon-based material into ethanol, including switchgrass and agricultural […]
Company Promises One Dollar-Per-Gallon Ethanol At US Pumps
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Inventor Spot:
If all goes to plan, ethanol may be appearing at US pumps at $1 per gallon, according to an article at Energy-Daily.com.
The Alternative Energy Technology Center http://www.altenergytechcenter.com/default.aspx has recently announced that it has new technology that can refine common cellulosic biomass into fuel that can be sold for $1 per gallon, without government subsidies […]
Bio-Crude Turns Cheap Waste Into Valuable Fuel
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Science Daily:
CSIRO and Monash University have developed a chemical process that turns green waste into a stable bio-crude oil. The bio-crude oil can be used to produce high value chemicals and biofuels, including both petrol and diesel replacement fuels.
“By making changes to the chemical process, we’ve been able to create a concentrated bio-crude which is […]
Cheap Ethanol For $1 A Gallon
Monday, January 28th, 2008Business Opportunities:
A biofuel startup in Illinois can make ethanol from just about anything organic for less than $1 per gallon, and it wouldn’t interfere with food supplies, company officials said.
Coskata, which is backed by General Motors and other investors, uses bacteria to convert almost any organic material, from corn husks (but not the corn itself) […]
Large European Ethanol Maker Hit By Cheap Brazilian Imports
Friday, November 16th, 2007Checkbiotech:
German bioethanol producer Verbio says a combination of cheap imports from Brazil and high grain prices means commercial production of bioethanol in Germany is hardly possible.
In a sense, this is good news, because it clearly demonstrates the need for and benefits of a ‘Biopact’ - a win-win strategy that allows developing countries to make use […]
Hydrogen Energy - Our Savior? - Replacing One Hydrocarbon For Another?
Thursday, October 18th, 2007TransWorldNews:
IS ALL OF THE WORLD STUPID? - THERE IS A BETTER - HISTORICALLY PERFECT - WAY - AND IT’S HERE NOW!
Does anyone see the stupidity in this? Replacing hydrocarbon based energies like coal, natural gas, oil etc, with hydrogen or ethanol?
ONEGIFT4POWER has been telling the World they own the means to deliver the […]
Good Sugarcane Harvest Means Ethanol Will Continue To Be Cheap In Brazil
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007Auto Blog Green:
Good news for Brazilians: the prices for ethanol has dropped 38% because of an increase in sugarcane production. Prices will continue its decrease, according to Júlio Maria Borges, an analyst at JOB Consultaría, even when the harvest finishes.
There are two determining factors for this decrease. One is the price of alcohol, which has […]
Many Cars Take Ethanol, Only A Few Pumps Give It Out
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007*******
Chief Engineer:
Steve Williams does what millions of American motorists can’t: Fill up on cheaper, ethanol-based fuel from a local gas station.
Advocates, including farmers and President Bush, have offered E85 - a blend of 85 percent ethanol and gasoline - as an affordable way to help the nation grow itself toward energy independence with a cleaner-burning […]
Brazil Ethanol Industry Goes Green For The Money
Friday, July 6th, 2007Reuters:
Brazil’s ethanol industry is cutting out the dirty habits that contribute to global warming and environmental degradation. But it’s not just a noble effort — it makes good financial sense, too.
Billionaire George Soros, who is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Brazilian ethanol production, is in the forefront of the effort.
“If ignored, global warming […]
Cheap, Green, Food-Friendly Biofuel Produced In India
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007SciDev.net:
The first commercial batch of biofuel from the stalks of a new sweet sorghum hybrid has been produced this month (13 June) at a distillery in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Ethanol is produced from the sweet juice in the stalk of the sweet sorghum. The researchers responsible for the hybrid say by using […]
Find Cheap Gas With Your Cell Phone
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Computer World:
With gasoline prices continuing to soar across the U.S., here’s a way to find the cheapest gas for your car: Try using your mobile phone.
A free service unveiled today by start-up Mobio Networks Inc. allows users of some 50 supported cell phone models to use mobile Web services to locate the lowest local gasoline […]
U.S. Scientists Develop Cheap Biofuel From Wood Chips
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Xinhua:
Researchers have developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips that can be blended with biodiesel and petroleum diesel to power conventional engines, according to research detailed in the online edition of journal Energy and Fuels.
“The exciting thing about our method is that it is very easy to do,” said Tom Adams, a researcher from […]
The Term ‘Dirt Cheap’ No Longer Applies
Monday, May 7th, 2007Farmland prices and demand are rising, but, so far, energy corporations aren’t buying Wyoming ground.
Wyoming News:
Farmland prices are on the rise.
The demand for ethanol is increasing land costs in Iowa as farmers increase their corn crops. Wyoming’s farmers and ranchers also are growing their properties, but not for alternative fuels, said John Childers, a broker […]
Cheaper Ethanol Closer To Reality
Monday, April 30th, 2007New Kerala:
Cornell University researchers have discovered a new plant enzyme that could make the production of cellulosic ethanol less expensive.
Scientists say the enzyme could potentially allow plant materials used to make ethanol to be broken down more efficiently than is possible using current technologies.
Current technologies use microbial enzymes called “cellulases” to digest the cellulose in […]