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Vivian Lewis: If Obama wins ... bet on biofuels
2008-10-07 06:00:00 “My pick for an Obama victory would be Cosan (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/quote.htm?sym=czz) (NYSE: CZZ (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/quote.htm?sym=czz)), a major Brazilian maker of ethylene from sugar,” says Vivian Lewis (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2443).The- editor of Global Investing (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2443) explains, "The company would benefit as the United States expands its use of alternative fuels as proposed by Obama.""Cosan will benefit from growing world demand for sugar. But it is also an alternative energy play because Brazil leads the world in production and distribution of ethylene, a policy undertaken after the first oil price shock of 1974."Obama is not happy with U.S. dependence on OPEC oil imports; and, obviously, the Brazilians are much less of a threat to our values, with the country now a democracy with free elections and a rather liberal economic policy.“The U.S. ethylene market ...
The Second Coming of Biofuels
2008-09-08 16:57:00 From Discover | Technology: Somewhere between fifth and sixth gear in this roaring, turbo-charged Audi A5, I realize I'm not that excited about electric cars. As an eco-conscious citizen, I should be a little ashamed of my attachment to pistons and gears. But in this test drive
Biofuels from industrial/domestic wastewater
2008-06-08 00:00:00 Using a complex and expensive photosynthetic process, biodiesel and ethanol can be produced, which can further reduce the burden of growing biofuel crops like corn, maize and palm that lead to clearing of vast forest land.
Biofuels: Voices of the Experts
2008-06-03 16:44:00 CNN has interviewed a series of experts for their opinions on the viability and future of biofuels. Amongst the experts are economist Keith Wiebe of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N.; Dr. Richard Pike, chief of the Royal Society of Chemistry; and environmentalist Deepak Rughani of Biofuelwatch. The main takeways seem to be that: A - Some biofuels will work well and others will not B - "Bio" does not necessarily mean "clean" B - Creating fuel from growing things takes a lot of land.
FACTBOX: World biofuels production and its impact - Reuters
2008-06-03 16:01:00 FACTBOX: World biofuels production and its impactReuters - 26 minutes agoThe US makes ethanol from corn, a crop for which it is by far the world's largest producer with output more than twice that of nearest rival China. ...
Food Crisis: World at ?alarming juncture? as leaders gather for FAO summit
2008-06-02 20:21:00 “If not handled properly, this issue could trigger a cascade of other crises — affecting economic growth, social progress, and even political security around the world.” Participants at the High-Level Conference on World Food Security will discuss short-term solutions as well as new strategies to deal with the effects of global warming, growing demand for biofuels ...
By: 1913 Intel
Ethanol Use in US and Brazil Rises Sharply
2008-05-22 16:49:00 In Europe, not so much… Brazil, which has to a large degree lead the ethanol charge because of its ability to use sugar cane for ethanol production rather than corn, now relies on the biofuel...
By: Green Options
Second Annual Clean Air Car Show in South Pasadena: July 20th, 2008
2008-05-20 22:28:00 For anyone who’s interested and in the area, on July 20th the second annual Clean Air Car Show in South Pasadena will be highlighting auto manufacturers with hybrids and low emissions vehicles,...
By: Green Options
More to cutting carbon footprints than biofuels
2008-05-12 18:00:00 Farmers can reduce their carbon footprint, but not perhaps in the way they were expecting.
By: FWi - All News
Biofuels: Today’s Realities, Tomorrow’s Promise
2008-05-12 07:00:00 Perhaps nowhere is the great boom in clean energy and renewables as visible as in biofuels. Ethanol and biodiesel refineries have popped up like mushrooms across the farm belt of the United States and the rapeseed fields of Europe. Flexible fuel vehicles are flying out of showrooms and into the cities and motorways of Brazil on ...
By: Resources zone
How Green Are Biofuels? Comparison Chart [PIC]
2008-05-09 01:30:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. Biofuels are increasingly lumped into a single category of environmentally apocalyptic dead-end solutions. As the food vs. fuel debate...
By: Green Options
Go easy on biofuels until more clarity-World Bank - guardian.co.uk
2008-05-08 21:06:00 Voice of AmericaGo easy on biofuels until more clarity-World Bankguardian.co.uk, UK&nbs-p;- 2 hours agoBy Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - A senior World Bank official said on Thursday that countries should not greatly increase biofuels ...UN chief moving "at full speed" to get task force, world leaders ... The Canadian PressUN joins fight against world food crisis-Ban Reutersall 145 news articles
?Fifty Million Farmers? by Richard Heinberg
2008-05-08 17:55:00 “There was a time not so long ago when famine was an expected, if not accepted, part of life. Until the 19th century - whether in China, France, India or Britain - food came almost entirely from local sources and harvests were variable. “In good years, there was plenty - nough for seasonal feasts and for ...
Part 2: There Are Good and Bad Biofuels
2008-05-08 17:24:00 Today’s post is by Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and lead author of the forthcoming blog The Green Grok. This is the second post in a 2-part series on...
By: Green Options
BRASIL: The brazilian government rejects biofuels criticism
2008-05-07 20:58:00 The Brazilian president has rejected criticism that his country's production of biofuels has forced a surge in global food prices and harms the environment. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused critics of being driven by economic and political interests, and failing to highlight soaring oil prices and increased demand as a factor in pushing up food production costs."Don't tell me, for the love of God, that food is expensive because of biodiesel," he told reporters."Food is expensive because the world wasn't prepared to see millions of Chinese, Indians, Africans, Brazilians and Latin Americans eat. We want to discuss this not with passion but rationality and not from the European point of view."Lula made his comments following a week of protests in Brazil and Europe against the fuels made from food crops and their supposed environmental and social consequences.This week, the EU's environmental chief, Stavros Dimas, said that biofuels, which Brazil hopes to export to the EU, must now...
50,000 Acre Biofuels Project Threatens Birdlife ?and Humans
2008-05-07 17:08:00 Conservationists in Kenya are opposing a multi-million dollar biofuels project citing threats to bird life abundant in a riverine delta area. The 50,000 acre sugar cane project was meant to provide...
By: Green Options
Biofuels -- clean energy or myth threatening world food security? - Xinhua
2008-05-07 07:21:00 Biofuels -- clean energy or myth threatening world food security?Xinhua, China&nbs-p;- 1 hour agoMany argue that by diverting grain and oilseed crops from dinner tables to fuel tanks, biofuels are pushing up world food prices and endangering the poor. ...
Mariann Fischer Boel says biofuels are a 'scapegoat'
2008-05-06 15:00:00 EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has defended the setting of specific biofuel usage targets, describing them as a "bridge" to the next generation of biofuel products.
By: FWi - All News
CARS and Micro-Algae Turn Hydrocarbons into Fuels, Fertilizers and Food
2008-05-06 02:25:00 [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v-/yx3qonMjrnU" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] Those cute little creatures shown in the video are represent what may be the future of...
By: Green Options
MPs stick with biofuels moratorium demand
2008-05-02 16:00:00 The cross-party Environmental Audit Committee has reiterated its call for a moratorium on biofuel targets, despite pressure from government to be more supportive of the emerging sector.
By: FWi - All News
Agri-Biotech Giant Monsanto Moves into its Newest Venture: Biofuels From Pr
2008-05-01 18:20:00 Agricultural-biotech giant Monsanto Co. (MON) is already a global leader in the development of genetically engineered crop seeds. Now the St. Louis-based firm is exploring the potential for biofuels, one of the hottest sectors in the alternative energy realm. Monsanto and the Hayward, Calif.-based Mendel Biotechnology Inc. have joined forces to study how certain prairie grasses could ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Agri-Biotech Giant Monsanto Moves into its Newest Venture: Biofuels From Prairie Grasses", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/-01/agri-biotech-giant-monsanto--moves-into-its-newest-venture-b-iofuels-from-prairie-grasses/"- });
By: Jutia Group
Biofuels Part I: Corn Ethanol Isn?t the Solution
2008-04-30 21:41:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.Written by Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and lead author of the forthcoming blog The Green...
By: Green Options
Biofuels Part I: Corn Ethanol Isn?t the Solution
2008-04-30 21:41:00 Written by Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and lead author of the forthcoming blog The Green Grok. This post is Part 1 of a 2-part series on biofuels. Today?s post...
By: Green Options
Food scientists say stop biofuels to fight world hunger - The Associated Pr
2008-04-29 23:31:00 Food scientists say stop biofuels to fight world hungerThe Associated Press - 33 minutes agoWhen asked about the conflict with world hunger and the rising cost of food at home, he said the high price of gasoline would "spur more investment in ...
Rush to biofuels leaves a world of emptier plates - Minneapolis Star Tribun
2008-04-26 02:50:00 Rush to biofuels leaves a world of emptier platesMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 2 hours agoThe president of the World Bank recently estimated that 100 million more people around the world have slipped into hunger in the past year, in the wake of ...
World food crisis puts spotlight on biofuels - CTV.ca
2008-04-25 03:47:00 CTV.caWorld food crisis puts spotlight on biofuelsCTV.ca, Canada&nbs-p;- 1 hour agoA world-wide food crisis is bringing some unwanted attention to the production of biofuels. Critics say using food staples such as corn to produce energy ...High food prices force World Vision to cut aid Ottawa CitizenWorld Vision cuts aid for 1.5 million people due to rising food costs CBC.caWorld Vision cuts back aid due to high prices XinhuaThe Canadian Press - National Postall 61 news articles
A Clear Look at Biofuels
2008-04-23 01:41:00 Myths abound regarding the pros and cons of biofuels. Here is a scorecard to separate truth from fiction.
By: Asiaing.com
Biofuels - Achilles Heel of Global Warming
2008-04-22 18:47:00 As the myth around global warming begins to unravel and Operation Desperation sets in, it's important for the public to know why biofuels aren't the answer to solving global warming. For those that don't know, biofuels are alternative energy sources derived from living matter, as opposed to fossil fuels, such as oil, which are derived from nonliving matter. The most common biofuel is a blend of gasoline called E85, which means it's 15% gasoline and 85% ethanol. However, the gasoline and ethanol content changes depending on the season. During cold weather, more gasoline needs to be added to the mixture to ensure the fuel works properly, so E85 is at least 70% ethanol.If biofuels are going to reduce our dependency on foreign oil, what's the big deal? Ethanol, without consideration of other factors, could cut our dependency on foreign oil. However, ethanol as a fuel still requires gasoline to function properly. As stated in the previous paragraph, cold weather is especially trying...
How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor
2008-04-21 14:54:00 Thanks to high oil prices and hefty subsidies, corn-based ethanol is now all the rage in the United States. But it takes so much supply to keep ethanol production going that the price of corn — and those of other food staples — is shooting up around the world. To stop this trend, and prevent ...
By: 1913 Intel
Focus on world food - Biofuels not the cause of crisis, says Lula - Jamaica
2008-04-20 10:38:00 Jamaica GleanerFocus on world food - Biofuels not the cause of crisis, says LulaJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 12 minutes agoBrazil is the world's leading exporter of ethanol, and the world's No 2 producer after the United States. Brazil makes the biofuel from sugar cane, ...
Biofuels are an ?Unlikely Foe? of the Grocery Manufacturers Association
2008-04-20 04:17:00 The Grocery Manufacturers Association. Not a group we hear from a lot on a site dedicated to cleaner vehicle technology. Today, though, in preparation for Earth Day, we saw a message from the GMA titled "This Earth Day, an Unlikely Foe: Biofuels" and wanted to see what they had to say. As the headline suggests, the GMA is taking a stance against biofuels made from food sources and all of the problems that can occur thanks to "the rush to find a 'homegrown' solution to global warming." The GMA invited three people - Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute, Ken Cook of the Environmental Working Group, and Jonathan Lewis of the Clean Air Task Force - to Washington, D.C. this week to speak out against using food sources to make biofuels. The short list of what's wrong with growing crops to make fuel are: increased environmental damage in the form of pollution from coal-fired ethanol refineries runoff from fertilizer rapid deforestation in the developing world an inflationary e...
Update: Biofuels CEO taking new job
2008-04-18 07:20:00 Update: Biofuels CEO taking new jobLarry Gross steps down from AltraBiofuels, but will head up a spin-off. http-://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-99-22153-54.html?part=rss&subj-=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&nbs-p;
World: Amid Food Crisis, Opposition To Biofuels Grows - RadioFreeEurope/Rad
2008-04-17 15:58:00 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyWor-ld: Amid Food Crisis, Opposition To Biofuels GrowsRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiber-ty, Czech Republic - 3 hours agoBrazil is the world's largest exporter of the biofuel, in its case producing it from sugar cane. The European Union wants to get one-tenth of its transport ...
NFU defends UK biofuel production on Biofuels Day
2008-04-15 16:00:00 The NFU has taken the opportunity of national Biofuels Day to draw a clear distinction between biofuels produced to what it calls "The British Model" that yield genuine greenhouse gas savings, and biofuels produced elsewhere in the world with fewer environmental safeguards.
By: FWi - All News
Biofuels: A Threat and a Cause of World Hunger
2008-04-13 20:37:00 Cross-posted by Maggie at Maggie's NotebookIn an op-ed dated April 10th, the The New York Times says that the world is getting hungrier because corn, wheat and soy prices are through the roof.Last year, the food import bill of developing countries rose by 25 percent as food prices rose to levels not seen in a generation.Corn doubled in price over the last two years. Wheat reached its highest price in 28 years....The United States and other developed countries need to step up to the plate. The rise in food prices is partly because of uncontrollable forces ? including rising energy costs and the growth of the middle class in China and India....Now, any country with a growing middle class...well, that's good news, but still yet, the NYT tells us, the problem is that old familiar culprit - the "rich world," which has been arrogant enough to produce biofuels. "...industrial nations are not generous" and "rich countries' energy policies helped create the problem."The unnamed editoriali...
By: Faultline USA
Biofuels What Can You Do?
2008-04-12 00:00:00 One of the best things about biomass is that everyone makes their own literally and everyone can potentially put it to greater use.
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Smokestacks Make Biofuels
2008-04-08 08:35:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.Would I put you on? It’s true, algae-based biofuels are being produced from CO2 emitted from smokstacks. It’s happening...
By: Green Options
Biofuels: Ethical Aspects
2008-04-08 03:19:00 I just saw another interesting article from GMANews.TV entitled, “Ethical lapses mark passage of Biofuels Law, says report.” Quite a good read - And I kid you not! I included some brief thoughts on it, friends. Much thanks for looking! Link is here, friends! . [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
The Biofuels Law: Ethical Aspects
2008-04-08 02:50:00 I just saw another interesting article from GMANews.TV. It?s actually the conclusion of a two-part special. The first one focused on ?Arroyo brother-in-law to use biofuels law to evade CARP?? Now, this one, focusing on "Ethical lapses mark passage of Biofuels Law, says report," is just as interesting as the first. And I kid you not! Read on, friends! There is perhaps no lawmaker as enthusiastic about biofuels as Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri. Zubiri was still congressman for the third district of Bukidnon when he became principal author of the House bill that eventually became Republic Act 9367 or the Biofuels Act. He campaigned hard to get other lawmakers to support the measure that he earned himself the nickname ?Mr. Biofuel." His official page in the Senate website describes him as the ?father of the Biofuels Act of 2006."A-KiD: I believe I made a post on this sometime ago. Link is here. Zubiri?s campaign for biofuels appears to be in keeping with his pro-environment image. Biof...
iGGY ARROYO, The Biofuels Act, and CARP
2008-04-08 01:20:00 A special report from GMANews.TVcaught my attention."Arroyo brother-in-law to use biofuels law to evade CARP?,"is one interesting read. And I kid you not!Shared some of ...
Iggy Arroyo, the Biofuels Law, and CARP
2008-04-08 00:53:00 A special report from GMANews.TV caught my attention. “Arroyo brother-in-law to use biofuels law to evade CARP?,” is one interesting read. And I kid you not! Put some of my thoughts on it! Could be interesting and all! Much thanks for looking! Link is here, friends! :) [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
The Biofuels Law, Iggy Arroyo and CARP.
2008-04-08 00:28:00 A special report from GMANews.TV caught my attention. "Arroyo brother-in-law to use biofuels law to evade CARP?," is one interesting read. And I kid you not! Read on, friends!One of those engaged in this move is presidential brother-in-law Ignacio ?Iggy" Arroyo who hurdled last month most of the government requirements needed to convert his family?s 157-hectare Hacienda Bacan in Isabela, Negros Occidental into agro-industrial uses, mainly for the production of ethanol. If the conversion pushes through, farmers charge that Arroyo will succeed in evading the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, which covers rice, corn and sugar lands. It will nullify the claims of 67 farmer-beneficiaries who have been waiting for more than a decade for the Department of Agrarian Reform to award them Hacienda Bacan. Local DAR officials fear the Hacienda Bacan farmers will generate a big storm of protests. A-Kid: I can?t blame the farmers if they do decide to push through with their protests. ...
Biofuels - Stay On Top Of The Coming Trends
2008-04-07 07:00:00 The potential of biomass as an energy source is enormous: experts have calculated that the planet produces eight times more biomass each year than its energy needs overall (though it currently puts only 7 percent of that available resource to use in energy production). It’s not only a renewable resource, it’s also a seemingly inevitable ...
By: Resources zone
UN chief calls for review of biofuels policy
2008-04-05 15:14:00 The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has called for a comprehensive review of the policy on biofuels as a crisis in global food prices - partly cau1 Vote(s)
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Nestle: ?Biofuel threatens food supplies?
2008-04-02 16:53:00 Growing use of such crops wheat and corn to make biofuels is putting world food supplies in peril, the head of Nestle, the world’s biggest food and beverage company has warned. “If as predicted we look to use biofuels to satisfy 20 percent of the growing demand for oil products, there will be nothing left ...
Biofuel is killing the Gulf of Mexico
2008-04-02 13:24:00 A huge boost in corn production from US govt ethanol mandates has sent record amounts of nitrogen fertilizer down the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico. Once in the Gulf, the nitrogen breeds oxygen-eating algae that blossom on the water?s surface, depriving creatures of their lifeline. More nitrogen means even deader zones in ...
Biofuels not Eco Friendly
2008-04-01 15:25:00 I’m sure most people are aware that BioFuels are not eco friendly. In a frightening Times article titled The Clean Energy Scam it’s clear ethanol is not a sustainable path. Bio fuels make sense in very small quantities. Big Corp has turned them into Agrofuels, the savior to our oil dependent economies. Non-sustainable liquid ...
Algae Biofuels: Better Than Ethanol?
2008-04-01 07:00:00 Today may be "April Fool's Day", but algae biofuel is no joke. Harrison Dillion, co-founder of the synthetic biology company Solazyme, believes that Americans could be filling up their cars with algae biofuels in just two years. Let's look at some facts. Algae biofuels resear
Biofuels May Not Be So Clean
2008-03-25 15:55:00 Gordon Brown is preparing for a battle with the European Union over biofuels after one of the government’s leading scientists warned they could exacerbate climate change rather than combat it. In an outspoken attack on a policy which comes into force next week, Professor Bob Watson, the chief scientific adviser at the Department for Environment, Food ... |
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