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About « Gasifier Experimenters Kit. ETHANOL FUEL STILL. American Ingenuity Leads to Biodiesel Breakthrough : Gas 2.0. Biodiesel Published on August 21st, 2008 | by Nick Chambers A small group of unassuming mid-westerners has discovered what could be a complete game-changer for the global biodiesel industry.

American Ingenuity Leads to Biodiesel Breakthrough : Gas 2.0

Their new system makes biodiesel in mere seconds, creates a product that costs half the price, produces no waste, and can use any animal fat or vegetable oil as a feedstock. [social_buttons] Even though I’m sometimes down on my country because of the pathetic state of our government, the thing that always makes my patriotism swell is the truly amazing and unexpected ingenuity that seems to spring forth from the American people. And in this tale, American ingenuity doesn’t get much more classic. We’re not just talking an incremental improvement, we’re talking half the price and a tiny fraction of the time — a revolutionary change for the biodiesel industry. The basic idea was to run the raw fats and oils over a sulfated zirconia catalyst to change them into biodiesel. The advantages of the system are: Farmers’ Motivations for Adoption of Switchgrass. Index | Search | Home | Table of Contents Hipple, P.C. and M.D.

Farmers’ Motivations for Adoption of Switchgrass

Duffy. 2002.Farmers' motivations for adoption of switchgrass. p. 252–266. In: J. Janick and A. Whipkey (eds.), Trends in new crops and new uses. Patricia C. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L., Poaceae) is a perennial warm-season grass native to Iowa, grown for decades on marginal lands not well suited for conventional row crops. Prairie Lands Bio-Products, Inc. is a not-for-profit member organization affiliated with the Chariton Valley Biomass Project. Insights on current adoption of alternative crops, farming practices, and land use are needed to develop recruitment guidelines and strategies that will foster future switchgrass adoption and long-term commitment to production. Iowa imports 98% of the fuels needed to generate energy in the state.

Farmers must analyze financial and social costs and benefits of new crops, farming practices, and economic activities. Biofuels emit 400 percent more CO2 than regular fuels. (NaturalNews) A recent report issued by the European Union has revealed that biofuels, or fuel made from living, renewable sources, is not really all that beneficial to the environment.

Biofuels emit 400 percent more CO2 than regular fuels

Rather than reduce the net carbon footprint as intended, biofuels can produce four times more carbon dioxide pollution than conventional fossil fuels do. Common biofuels like corn ethanol, which has become a popular additive in gasoline, and soy biodiesel, which is being used in commercial trucks and other diesel-fueled vehicles, are often considered to be environmentally-friendly because they are renewable. But in order to grow enough of these crops to use for both food and fuel, large swaths of land around the world are being converted into crop fields for growing biofuels. In other words, millions of acres of lush rainforests are becoming corn and soy fields in order to provide enough of these resources for their new uses.

Growing food for fuel ends up increasing the price of food for consumers. Oozing Biofuel: Algae Could Solve World's Fuel Crisis - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International. Biochemist Dan Robertson's living gas stations have the dark-green shimmer of oak leaves and are as tiny as E. coli bacteria.

Oozing Biofuel: Algae Could Solve World's Fuel Crisis - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Their genetic material has been fine-tuned by human hands. When light passes through their outer layer, they excrete droplets of fuel. "We had to fool the organism into doing what I wanted it to do," says Robertson, the head of research at the US biotech firm Joule Unlimited. He proudly waves a test tube filled with a green liquid. The businesslike biochemist works in a plain, functional building on Life Sciences Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His laboratory is sparsely furnished and the ceiling is crumbling. Scientists rave about a new, green revolution. Betting Millions on Algae A green algae liquid sloshes back and forth in culture vats and circulates through shiny bioreactors and bulging plastic tubes. The established oil industry is also getting into the business. The technology holds considerable promise.