Biofuels As Alternative Sources of Energy

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Biofuels are a popular topic when it comes to proponents of alternative energy. It's easy to see why people would get excited about the prospects. Quite simply, biofuels are made from biomass, which is recently dead organic materials. Biomass contrasts from fossil fuels, in which energy is ...

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Restaurants Seeing Increase In Used Vegetable Oil Thefts

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

As more and more people are looking to find alternative sources of energy for their cars, used vegetable oil is now being targeted for theft from restaurants around the United States. Used vegetable can be used as biofuel for diesel cars. The grease is transformed into fuel through a chemical process ...

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Biomass-To-Liquid Biofuel Plant Now Open In Germany

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

In a move purported to be the world's first, a new Biomass To Liquid (BTL) plant has opened in Eastern Germany. The plant will run primarily on wood and waste timber. So far, over 100 million EUR has been invested in the project, and that includes a a ...

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Germany Gives Up On Auto Biofuel

Friday, April 4th, 2008

German has given up on a proposed plan for auto biofuel. The reason was simple. They didn't feel that it was the right solution for millions of German vehicles. The news dealt a blow to 'green fuels' which have been seen as a way to reduce global warming but ...

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