Oil prices yesterday climbed above a record $80 a barrel after the U.S. government reported a large drop in crude inventories and declines in gasoline supplies and refinery activity. The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration...
Author - Antonio Pasolini
A report on the impact of biofuels compiled by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said biofuels may “offer a cure that is worse than the disease they seek to heal”. “The current push to expand the use...
I have been hearing a lot about the use of algae as prime matter to produce biofuel, so I decided to to do some trawling around on the subject, as it were. I came across a company called GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, which is at the forefront...
For those technically-minded of you who have a way with making things and building devices, Ecofriend has a post explaining how to make a vertical-axis wind turbine for only $300, which you will get back by saving in electricity bills besides...
Scientists from UC Irvine and CODA Genomics are partnering on new research aimed at turning a common strain of yeast used in the production of beer, wine and bread into an efficient producer of ethanol. Researchers at UCI’s Institute for...
