Ecology
« Previous EntriesEthanol Leftovers To Be Used In Pet Food
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
American Chronicle:
The president of the Pet Food Industry thinks it´s time for left over ingredients from the processing of ethanol to be utilized in pet food. Being more concerned with rising costs of grain products instead of quality nutrition, Greg Aldrich, PhD feels it’s ‘time’ pet food manufacturers use spent-fermentation leftovers. He feels it […]
How Cheap Is It To Drive Green?
Friday, July 4th, 2008KHOU:
Going green with a hybrid vehicle that gets 40 to 50 miles per gallon may sound great. But after you factor in the cost of the car, maintenance and insurance, are hybrids really saving their owners money?
Before $4 a gallon gasoline, Gary Stankowski bought a hybrid vehicle for the ecological reasons.
“I just thought it […]
An Investment Boom: The New Coal Car
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008The technology dates to the 1920s, but today’s prices make liquid coal for cars a live option. The result is an investment boom.
Newsweek:
Powering cars with coal might seem like a recipe for ecological disaster. But if fuel experts are right, a liquefied form of the notoriously dirty mineral will be providing much of the world […]
Brazil Fines 24 Local Ethanol Producers For Environmental Crimes
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008International Herald Tribune:
Brazil has slapped multimillion-dollar fines on 24 ethanol producers accused of environmental crimes in the country’s dwindling Atlantic rain forest, Environment Minister Carlos Minc said Tuesday.
The companies together face 120 million reals (US$75 million) in fines for operating without licenses and planting sugarcane in illegally deforested parts of one of Brazil’s most threatened […]
The Marketing Of Ethanol Conversion Kits
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008StimulationBlog:
Swedish media are full of reports on new laws and regulations that come into effect today on 1st July. From a car and environmental perspective perhaps the most important one is the possibility to now legally convert gasoline cars to run on ethanol/E85.
According to reports the interest for the (not yet available) conversion kits is […]
‘Green’ Lawyer Seeing Red Over Environmental Abuse
Monday, April 21st, 2008“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait ’til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” — Thomas Alva Edison
Gary Post Tribune:
The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970. Today, more than half a billion people participate in Earth […]
Is Ethanol’s Carbon Footprint Bad? It Depends
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008CNET News.com:
In the cleantech and carbon worlds, the carbon footprint of ethanol, whether from corn or sugar feedstocks and fermentation processes, or enzymatic or thermochemical cellulosic sources, is always good fodder (or perhaps, “fuel”) for debate.
And depending on which process and which study you personally ascribe to, the answer on how “carbon clean” ethanol […]
Can’t Eat Ethanol
Monday, April 14th, 2008Boston Globe:
Corn should be used for food, not motor fuel, and yet the United States is committed to a policy that encourages farmers to turn an increasing amount of their crop into ethanol. This may save the nation a bit of the cost of imported oil, but it increases global-warming gases and contributes to higher […]
Garbage-To-Ethanol Plan Worth Pursuing
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Gary Post Tribune:
It has been 10 years since the demise of the proposed Hickory Hills landfill between Lowell and Hebron in Eagle Creek Township.
The landfill was to have been the answer to Lake County’s solid waste concerns for the next 30 years.
Because Hickory Hills never gained state approval, it has been an agonizing 10 years […]
Ultra-Rich Cash In On Global Warming Hoax
Monday, March 31st, 2008By Alan Caruba - USA Daily:
Recently I emailed a gentleman who is highly regarded, nationally and internationally, as one of the top strategic, military and economic long-range thinkers of our times. He is the author of several bestselling books about the way globalization is impacting the lives of the Earth’s population.
In addition to having read […]
The Case Against Ethanol
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Seeking Alpha:
This view likely reinforces the opinion of many investors. Ethanol and many other grain-based biofuels are an unmitigated folly as both a means of fuel and as an investment.
A fresh comprehensive study of ethanol and other grain biofuels done by an apparent supporter of the global warming supposition, Tim Searchinger of Princeton University, has […]
Global Warming Is Just An Excuse
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008renewamerica.us:
Motivation behind global warming activism has never been about concern for the planet or life on Earth. Aside from using the evidence of a one degree rise in global temperatures over the past 100 years to promote global socialism (which was nothing more than recovery from a one degree drop in temperature over the previous […]
Plug-In Hybrid Cars May Increase Air Pollution
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008AHN:
First it was ethanol fuel. After being hailed as a green energy, questions are now being raised on the wisdom of blending regular fuel with ethanol. The issues raised include raising the price of food to causing more damage on the environment. A similar question is now being thrown at plug-in hybrid cars before the […]
Research Shows Ethanol Lowers GHG Emissions
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Bismarck Farm & Ranch Guide:
Numerous scientific studies have proved that ethanol fuels emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline and create a net energy gain.
Several states are currently evaluating low carbon gasoline standards as a means of reducing greenhouse gases (GHG). Such standards may require that future gasoline blends reduce greenhouse gases by at least […]
Studies Suggest Biofuels Can Worsen Warming
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Wall Street Journal:
While the U.S. and others race to expand the use and production of biofuels, a growing body of scientific evidence suggests these gasoline alternatives will actually boost carbon-dioxide levels and thereby aggravate the problem of global warming.
A study published in the latest issue of Science finds that corn-based ethanol, instead of reducing greenhouse-gas […]
Environment Would Suffer From Biofuel
Friday, February 1st, 2008Golden Gate [X]Press:
Many presidential candidates are driving the United States down a dangerous road. For weeks leading up to the Iowa caucus, candidates were talking ethanol. Ethanol can be used to fuel cars and is one of the upcoming alternative fuels to oil. Iowa is a major distributor of corn, which is what ethanol is […]
Detroit Auto Show Parades Environmental Future
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Georgia Straight:
The flavour of the month at the North American International Auto Show was clean and green transportation. No surprise there. Among the usual 500-horsepower sports cars, extravagant luxury sedans, ground-shaking pickup trucks, and glitzy SUVs gathered on the floor at Detroit’s Cobo Center, there were more environmentally correct vehicles than ever, with virtually all […]
Ethanol Fuel May Be Eco-Friendly, Put Production Is Not
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008WBKO:
Clean-burning ethanol fuel may have a not-so-clean-burning secret.
Ethanol, made from corn and other renewable resources, is promoted as a fuel that burns cleaner than gasoline and helps reduce greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
However, it takes a lot electricity to make ethanol, and power companies say the most cost-effective way to produce that electricity is from coal.
Environmentalists […]
Converting Beetle-Killed Trees Into Ethanol
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Daily Green:
The mountain pine beetle has been ravaging Colorado’s forests, leaving 1.5 million acres of dead and dying lodgepole pines. Now, an $88 million project hopes to make some lemonade out of those lemons, reports the Rocky Mountain News.
Now, Canadian companies Lignol Innovations and Suncor Energy plan to build Colorado’s first cellulosic ethanol plant, which […]
General Motors Announces Partnership With Coskata To Make Ethanol From Garbage
Monday, January 14th, 2008Warrenville firm says it can make more efficient, less costly fuel; hopes to produce 100 million gallons a year by 2010.
Chicago Tribune:
Bags of garbage and bald tires that go to landfills today could wind up in your gas tank in a few years, along with wood chips, crop residue and plastic pop bottles.
That’s what Coskata […]