Articles from March 2010



The Diesel fuel powered motor cycles are expensive, any hope of prices coming down?

They get 120 to 132 miles per gallon on diesel fuel and if I can produce my own bio-diesel from algae I would almost be riding for free. http://www.dieselbike.net/commercialproduction/commercialproduction.htm http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_m1030_m1d.php It wouldn’t have to be some big cruiser. I would just need a 450cc to 850cc size bike for around town, probably a dual sport [...]

Can Biofuel be made from yard and forest debris?

Instead of corn and soybean oil, we can use yard and forest debris. I have been driving through the Oregon highways and found tree debris as well as trees. We can allow cut down the trees and have them (or the Oregon State nonviolent prision population) clean up the debris so that the company can [...]

Biofuel From Algae: Different Prognoses

Biofuel From Algae: Different Prognoses There are differing prognoses regarding the imminence and feasibility of growing algae and converti Read more on Forbes

OriginOil CEO Addresses Algae Fuels Conference at World Biofuels Markets

OriginOil CEO Addresses Algae Fuels Conference at World Biofuels Markets LOS ANGELES—-OriginOil, Inc. , the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, announced that the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Riggs Eckelberry, addressed the World Biofuels Markets Congress in Amsterdam on March [...]

Biofuels may fuel most planes within 10 years

Biofuels may fuel most planes within 10 years Within a decade, passenger planes will be flying on jet fuel largely made from plants — flax, marsh grass, even food waste — as airlines seek to break away from the volatile oil market and do their part to fight climate change, the Associated Press reports. Read [...]

Univ. of Ill. studies nematodes in biofuel crops

Univ. of Ill. studies nematodes in biofuel crops University of Illinois researchers say that a common crop parasite called a nematode has been found in large numbers on two plants being grown to make biofuels. Read more on AP via Yahoo! Finance

Genetic mapping of algae biofuel species groundwork done

Genetic mapping of algae biofuel species groundwork done Using green algae to produce hydrocarbon oil for biofuel production is nothing new; nature has been doing so for hundreds of millions of years, according a scientists. Read more on Science Daily

Genetic Mapping Of Algae Biofuel Species

Genetic Mapping Of Algae Biofuel Species Botryococcus braunii algae contributed to existing petroleum depositsUsing green algae to produce hydrocarbon oil for biofuel production is nothing new; nature has been doing so for hundreds of millions of years, according a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.“Oils from the green algae Botryococcus braunii can be readily detected in petroleum [...]

Biofuel Airplane

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Algae contributing to petroleum deposits from hundreds of millions of years

Algae contributing to petroleum deposits from hundreds of millions of years Washington, March 14 : A new research has determined that a particular species of algae has been contributing to existing petroleum deposits from hundreds of millions of years. Read more on New Kerala