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Biofuels lobby asks Obama to keep US ethanol mandate amid drought

Eight groups representing a cross section of the US biofuels industry asked the White House on Monday to keep the ethanol mandate in place, despite governors’ calls to shrink it in response to a drought. The trade groups argued that … Continue reading

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Perception vs reality: The 8 most common biofuels myths

What are the most-told myths for biofuels, and what does science actually tell us? The Digest separates the fact from the fiction. The EU and the United States are preparing for what appears to be an extended debate on the … Continue reading

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‘Drop-In’ Biofuels: The Best of All Possible Worlds?

It’s the next big thing you’ve never heard of: environmentally friendly fuels so structurally similar to petroleum, they “drop in” to existing technology and infrastructure. Companies currently researching and developing this new generation of biofuels claim that their processes extract … Continue reading

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Obama’s Algae Energy Euphoria: Is Pond Scum A Green Scam?

The EPA Has Petroleum Processors Over A Barrel: Costly Regulations Produce Crude, Unrefined Results Larry Bell Contributor Hellfire and Heresy: Global Warming Hotheads Inflamed About Skeptical Challengers Larry Bell Contributor Will A President Romney Stand Our Ground Against 2nd Amendment … Continue reading

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Next Generation Biofuels Are Making Solid Progress

As many of you know most of the gasoline available in North America today has a biofuel component of between 5 and 10 percent. Newer cars and trucks are E85 compatible, meaning they can operate with up to 85 percent … Continue reading

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Sapphire Energy gets $144M in its fuel tank to turn algae into gasoline

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Algae Is Not Endive: The Future of Biofuels in the United States

he plant world has a curious way of providing fodder for Republicans in the midst of important elections in the United States. In 1988, the party cast the Democrat’s presidential candidate, Michael Dukakis, as an elitist for suggesting that strapped … Continue reading

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Bacterial Biofuels: Microbes Turn CO 2 to Fuel

We burn fuel to drive our cars and heat our homes; we release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Imagine, though, if researchers could reverse the process by capturing CO2 and turning it into fuel, thus closing the loop on carbon … Continue reading

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President Algae? Obama not green enough, say environmentalists

Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline as a gift to environmentalists. Newt Gingrich calls Obama “President Algae” for supporting research on biofuels. And Rick Santorum says Obama’s environmental views constitute a “phony … Continue reading

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Some Biofuels Too Expensive for Anybody Except US Navy

U.S. gasoline prices averaged $3.87 last week. If economists are right, rising prices will trigger the development of less cost-effective alternatives, such as fuel refined from Canadian oil sands and corn ethanol. And so they have. However, alternative fuels that … Continue reading

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