Biofuels – Dec 20
Converting chicken fat into biodiesel
Trouble brewing (beer hit by biofuels)
Plant cover in Haiti at 2 percent
The price of biofuels
Biomass
Renewables – Nov 27
Britain to build world’s biggest biomass plant
The magic of wood
Solar energy outlook 2007-2008
Solar stocks start slide
Food & agriculture – Oct 22
Legal troubles mount as local producers buck food safety rules
World Bank report puts agriculture at core of antipoverty effort
The eat local challenge
How green is my garden? (biofuels at home)
Tanzania squeezed for fertilizers- increased demand from rich countries
Energy policy – July 26
IEA’s Mandill: Industry can substantially save energy and reduce CO2 emissions
Nigeria: rich in oil, dependent on firewood
Renewable energy projects will devour huge amounts of land, warns researcher
Biofuels – July 16
Old sunlight vs ancient sunlight- TOD analysis of home heating and wood
High palm oil prices squeeze Indonesia biodiesel mix
Omani develops date palm alternative to petrol
African forest under threat from sugar cane plantation
Biofuels – June 26
Slate: The great corn con: the Senate’s preposterous new ethanol bill
Tapping green alternatives in Oman
Beware the spectre in the fireplace
Ethanolics Anonymous
Corn is for eating… or drinking
Unlike subsidies to farmers for growing corn, which tends to bring the price of corn down, the more corn that subsidized ethanol plants use, the higher the price rises, and so inevitably, the price of meat, milk and eggs too. Somewhere along the way, the consumer may face a momentous decision: shall I eat or shall I drive? The best use of corn in my opinion is to make good bourbon. At least we might die happy if our civilization crashes like the corn-dependent Mayan culture did.
Biofuels – May 30
Ancient plant has potential as biofuel (camelina)
Rapier: The mythical ethanol threat
South Africa: Biofuel making staple food more expensive
Mexico: Ethanol plan meets resistance
Ethanol boom may fuel shortage of tequila
Renewables & hydrogen – May 22
Energy from hot rocks- the hurdles for innovators
A who’s who of Indonesian biofuel
Biomass fuels are just one step
New process uses aluminum alloy to generate hydrogen
Biofuels – May 19
Rise of biofuel crops threatens native tribes
Forestry leaders debate biomass potential
Biofuels – May 9
Former weed may fill world’s fuel tanks (jatropha)
Rising fears of an ethanol bust
Global rush to energy crops threatens to bring food shortages and increase poverty, says UN
Ethanol has a smoggy side
Energy Charter Secretariat report on biofuels
…and he built a carbon house
Renewables – May 8
Jet stream could fill global energy needs, say researchers
How a market for sustainable bio-energy is being developed
Farmer: Renewable is not a synonym for sustainable