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Biofuels News

Biofuels

 
Biofuels are fuels produced from renewable organic material. Biofuel has the potential to reduce some undesirable aspects of fossil fuel production and use, including conventional and greenhouse gas pollutant emissions, exhaustible resource depletion and dependence on unstable foreign suppliers. Demand for biofuels could also increase farm income.
 
Unfortunately, biofuels have drawbacks as well, including land and water resource requirements, air and ground water pollution, and increased food costs, but even considering these negatives, they are generally favored by environmentalists. (Source: EPA, Photo: Flickr)

Articles about Biofuels

  • Pellet stoves: a good heating option?

    Tue, Jan 06 2009 at 3:20 PM

    They have higher upfront cost but lower long-term carbon, and they could save you money.

  • Last Call: 01/05

    Mon, Jan 05 2009 at 5:57 PM

    Will Obama offer some commuter stimulation? Will tool-wielding dolphins take over the world? Are seaweed and bacteria the future of transportation? Also, Bush bails out the Pacific Ocean, and conservationists sue to keep the EPA at bay.

  • The Morning Briefing: 12/29

    Mon, Dec 29 2008 at 8:29 AM

    East Tennessee gets a flood of coal in its stocking. Also, moose sweating it out in the North Woods, houses that heat themselves, and the Catch-22 of corn-based plastics.

  • The Morning Briefing: 12/23

    Tue, Dec 23 2008 at 9:16 AM

    Obama's energy policy will be pretty corny, which could be bad for soybeans. Could we turn to air force for power? And should we take time to reflect on global warming?

  • The Noon Digg: 12/19

    Fri, Dec 19 2008 at 11:58 AM

    Getting power from algae in Scotland, from underwater windmills in Britain and from trees in Massachusetts. Plus, the top natural disaster photos from 2008.

  • Boeing backs algae-based jet fuels

    Thu, Dec 18 2008 at 9:05 PM

    Boeing's move signals that algae technology could lead the biofuel industry.

  • More good uses for coffee grounds

    Tue, Dec 16 2008 at 2:02 PM

    For many of us, coffee = fuel. Now our fuel can be turned into actual fuel.

  • The Morning Briefing: 12/16

    Tue, Dec 16 2008 at 9:26 AM

    The czar and Salazar; no doi, DOI; Europe can't find the fish; "permanent shift" from cars; energy independence gains ground; biodiesel from coffee.

  • Biofuel dilemma

    Fri, Feb 01 2008 at 12:00 AM

    Are biofuels bad?

  • Tech: Power plants

    Tue, Jul 17 2007 at 1:38 PM

    Tomorrow's energy crops are germinating in laboratories today.

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