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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
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The rising demand for corn to make renewable fuel might be hurting some dairy farmers and beef ranchers, but others are finding advantages to staying close to ethanol plants.
Converting corn into ethanol produces a byproduct called distillers grains, which can be used as high-protein livestock feed. Most are dried so they can be shipped […]
Obama: Ethanol Helps Environment, Farmers
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Mineral Wells Index:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sees relief in the future for local dairy farmers struggling with rising operating costs.
The price of feed, corn and other grains has been driven up by recent investment in ethanol, a gas additive usually made from corn, local agriculture officials have said.
Obama, the junior Democratic senator from Illinois, […]
Working To Improve Efficiency Of Ethanol Fuel
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Science Daily:
Lowering fuel emission levels is a topic facing constant scrutiny by the global public. Rising gas costs, environmental concerns and conflicts in oil-producing areas have made consumers, corporations and researchers more than curious about the potential of alternative, or “green,” fuels, such as ethanol.
James Spivey, McLaurin Shivers professor of chemical engineering at LSU, and […]
Fruit Could Make ‘Powerful Fuel’
Thursday, June 21st, 2007BBC News:
The sugar found in fruit such as apples and oranges can be converted into a new type of low carbon fuel for cars, US scientists have said.
The fuel, made from fructose, contains far more energy than ethanol, the scientists write in the journal Nature.
Separately, a British report on biofuels says all types of waste […]
Software Company Profits From Ethanol Boom In The US
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Biopact:
Large companies are the driving forces in the biofuels sector. Both agribusinesses and oil companies have a big stake in the production of feedstocks and their conversion into liquid fuels. But what often goes unnoticed is the large number of small and medium enterprises that are benefiting tremendously from the global expansion of biofuels. Ethanol […]
Future Ethanol Growth Not Responsible For Increasing Gas Prices
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007The Hill’s Congress Blog:
Oil company officials have recently made comments attempting to blame current high gas prices on their concern over future ethanol growth. The petroleum industry’s latest attack on ethanol is a rather preposterous attempt to blame ethanol for petroleum’s failure to meet the growing energy needs of the U.S.
In recent quarters, the […]
Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prizes - Energy Bill Full Of Bright Ideas Worth $5 To $10 Million
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007Chicago Tribune:
If you are smart enough to invent a bright, highly energy-efficient, solid-state “light package” to replace the 60-watt bulb, you might qualify for a $10 million federal prize. A similar invention to replace halogen bulbs could carry a $5 million award.
These “Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prizes” are part of a wide-ranging, ambitious Senate energy bill […]
Extreme Environment Biology Research May Help Solve Lignocellulosic Ethanol Puzzle
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007Science Daily:
Buried beneath a sulfurous cauldron in European seas lies a class of microorganisms known as “extremophiles,” so named because of the extreme environmental conditions in which they live and thrive. Almost as radical, perhaps, is the idea that these organisms and their associated enzymes could somehow unlock the key to a new transportation economy […]
Energy Program Helps Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Monday, June 11th, 2007The Southern:
Haresh Thakkar with GMC Construction Group in Carbondale said the state’s Small Business Smart Energy Program should definitely be an asset to his company.
The program, which is a partnership between the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has already reached more […]
Billionaire British Tycoon Richard Branson Launches Green Train
Friday, June 8th, 2007ITV.com:
Sir Richard Branson (photo) called for lower taxes on green fuels as he launched Europe’s first biodiesel train today.
The Virgin Voyager train, starting a six-month trial using fuel that is 20 per cent biodiesel, travelled from London to Chester and among its passengers was Gordon Brown.
Sir Richard said: “It’s fantastic that we are leading the […]
Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Helps Manage Bone Metastasis In Thyroid Cancer Patients
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007News Medical Net:
Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI), an injection of ethanol (alcohol) through the skin directly into a bone tumor to kill cancer cells, may be a valuable ancillary treatment for thyroid cancer patients whose cancer has spread to the bone.
Japanese researchers announced these findings during the 54th Annual Meeting of SNM, the world’s largest society […]
B.C. A Green Saudi Arabia?
Monday, June 4th, 2007Canada.com:
At a pilot plant located on an isolated corner of the University of B.C. campus, researchers are converting trees killed by the mountain pine beetle into high-grade ethanol, a green alternative to gasoline.
Four hundred kilometers away, north of Kamloops, waste bark fed into a high-tech burner comes out as synthetic natural gas for heating water […]
Iowa Ethanol Boom Creates 600 Jobs
Monday, June 4th, 2007KTIV:
Nearly 600 new jobs in the ethanol industry may be created in Iowa over the next three years in fields like biofuels and biotechnology. But according to David Swenson, an associate scientist in economics at Iowa State University, the state could then potentially reach a saturation point.
Swenson said that between 25 to 30 plants will […]
Bio-fuel Can Replace 30% Of USA’s Oil Demand Says GM
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Auto Racing 1:
A major step toward diversifying U.S. transportation energy supply is as close as the unused corn stalks from this season’s harvest, the waste from lumber mills, native prairie grasses, or even your lawn clippings.
These and other non-food plant materials can be cost-effectively turned into cellulosic ethanol, which can greatly reduce oil consumption and […]
Ethanol Byproduct Has High Energy, Fiber
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007The Joplin Globe:
Feeding dried distillers grain (DDG) in feed bunks to grazing cattle could mean more time on grass and less in feedlots.
The cost of animal gain is cheaper when cattle eat more grass and less $4-a-bushel corn in feedlots, said Karl Harborth, Kansas State University’s Southeast Area Extension livestock specialist in Chanute.
He spoke during […]
Traffic Up On Gasoline Price Web Sites
Monday, May 28th, 2007The State:
The higher gasoline prices go, the more money business Web entrepreneur Jason Toews makes.
He started an Internet site, GasBuddy.com, in 2000 to track daily gasoline prices using volunteers to e-mail what they find. “Hardly anybody ever used it,” Toews, of Brooklyn Park, Minn., recalled.
By 2004, 1 million people were visiting the site daily, although […]
AAA Offers Tips To Save Money At Pump
Monday, May 28th, 2007The Register Herald:
When it comes to rising gas prices, people have heard it all, from solutions such as changing the fuel source to ethanol or reducing the dependency on gas a little at a time by using hybrids. If one isn’t in the market for experimenting with these alternatives, AAA has some simple solutions that […]
Ethanol Plant To Use Fargo Wastewater
Monday, May 28th, 2007In Forum:
An ethanol plant under construction here will use wastewater that Fargo’s treatment plant normally discharges into the Red River.
Bruce Grubb, director of Fargo’s enterprise department, said he hopes to have a memorandum of understanding signed by Fargo, the Tharaldson Ethanol Plant and Cass Rural Water Users District within the next week.
Fargo will deliver to […]
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 […]
N.Y. Gas Stations First In State To Sell Ethanol To Public
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007Fox News:
Two upstate New York gas stations are selling ethanol fuel to the general public and officials said they are the first in the state to do so.
In light of increasing gas prices and environmental concerns, some drivers have started using alternative fuels. Around 200,000 vehicles in the state can accept the blend of 85 […]