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Utility Company Experiments With Electric Trucks, Soy Fuels
Green Lifestyle  (tags: utilities, hybrids, electric, soy fuels, biofuel, Con Edison, trucks, experiment )

Paige
- 53 days ago - earth911.org
Con Edison, the utility company that serves New York City, has announced that its 1,700 trucks will be running bio-diesel based on soy, and that 50 of its trucks will be replaced by hybrids this year.
Algae Startups Confront Promise of Miracle Fuel With Big Summer
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Biofuel, oil crisis, algae-fuel, Good News, society, alternative fuels )

Joy
- 82 days ago - popularmechanics.com
After years of hype as the mucky green grail of the oil crunch, algae is finally taking on its "impossible" hurdles to move from test tubes to barrels.
Rice In Your Gas Tank: Boosting Biofuel Production From Rice Straw
Green Lifestyle  (tags: rice, fuel, biofuel, china, environment )

Eva
- 84 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Researchers in China are reporting a discovery that could turn rice straw into an inexpensive new renewable source of biofuel.
New Source for Biofuels Discovered By Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin | The University of Texas at Austin
Green Lifestyle  (tags: biofuel, greenproducts, eco-friendly, CO2emissions, energy, globalwarming, sustainable, technology )

Malee
- 116 days ago - utexas.edu
A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and other biofuels, report scientists from The University of Texas at Austin who say the microbe could provide a significant portion of the nation's transportation fuel if producti
Mark Armstrong's Alternative Fuel Philosophy / Make Some of Your Own
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Alternative Fuels, biofuel, Urban Streets Greening Project )

Larry
- 157 days ago - sfgate.com
an electrolyzer that splits hydrogen and oxygen fuel, junky gas cars that run on golf-cart batteries, gutted petrol engines that gulp alcohol and a Mercedes motor that bakes bread and spits out edible olive oil.
Learn How To Make Biodiesel On YouTube : Gas 2.0
Green Lifestyle  (tags: activism, alternative fuels, appleseed, B100, biodiesel, biofuel, diesel, diy, fuel, home and garden, homebrew, homemade, howto, oil, reactor, transportation, video, youtube )

Clayton
- 169 days ago - gas2.org
Trying to learn how to make biodiesel, or interested in seeing how it's done? It always helps to get a visual, and you may not be aware that there are currently enough biodiesel videos on YouTube to develop an entire college course on the subject.
Renewed Interest In Turning Algae Into Fuel Generated
Green Lifestyle  (tags: biofuel, renewables )

Ian
- 213 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Drivers can't pump algal fuel into their gas tanks yet, but Keith Cooksey said the idea holds promise. He felt that way 20 years ago. He feels that way today. "We would be there now if people then hadn't been so short-sighted," Cooksey said.
Biodiesel Guide: 7 Steps to Buying a Diesel
Green Lifestyle  (tags: biodiesel, biofuel, cars, automobiles, biofuel, green, greenliving, eco-friendly, environmentalist, Sustainabililty, transportation, howto, diy, doityourself )

Clayton
- 222 days ago - gas2.org
Thinking about 'converting' to biodiesel? It's not as hard as you think. This series of posts is intended for readers looking to start using biodiesel by finding an older diesel vehicle, 'converting it', and then finding a local fuel source.
Prairie Grass Energy Boost Studied in the Field
Green Lifestyle  (tags: science, sustainability, energy, environment, biofuel, cares )

Burton
- 226 days ago - nature.com
Katharine Sanderson-Nature. Using switchgrass as a biofuel yields five times more energy than is used to grow itSwitchgrass, a prairie grass that sways around the borders of many US fields, offers 540% more energy than the energy sown into it.
Bay Area School Buses To Run On Kitchen Grease
Green Lifestyle  (tags: bus, biofuel, recycling, green, greenliving, eco-friendly, energy, auto )

Randy
- 236 days ago - kcbs.com
OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) -- School buses in some Bay Area school districts will soon be running on fuel made from restaurant kitchen grease. Blue Sky Bio-fuels, based in Oakland, plans to produce 20 million gallons of biodiesel a year, according to co-fo
5 Ways to Reduce Your Dependence on Foreign Oil
Green Lifestyle  (tags: biodiesel, hybrids, b100, hyrbrid, biofuel, SVO, alternative fuels, cars, transportation, greenliving, emissions, public transportation, diesels )

Clayton
- 324 days ago - greenoptions.com
Trying to improve your gas mileage? Use biodiesel? Or just want to save a buck? With all the hoopla around different fuel and vehicle choices these days, it's easy to be confused. Hybrids? Diesels? Biofuels? Which one of these choices is best for you?
   

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