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Biofuel Industry Running on Empty

Air/Publish Date: 02/16/2009
Event Date: 02/16/2009

Minnesota corn farmers who were counting on high gas prices to fuel an ethanol boom have been left behind. Lower gas prices have turned the boom into a bust almost overnight, jeopardizing many of these farms.

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De-Vine Biofuel: Ethanol from Kudzu

Air/Publish Date: 12/16/2008
Event Date: 12/16/2008

A garage inventor in Tennessee grinds up kudzu -- the fast-growing vine that is the scourge of the south -- and ferments it into fuel. An acre of kudzu makes 10 gallons of "kudzunol" for $1 a gallon.

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A Really 'Green' Energy Source: Algae

Air/Publish Date: 12/02/2008
Event Date: 12/02/2008

Backed by millions of dollars in venture capital, researchers are producing fuel oil from algae by feeding it carbon dioxide and growing it near CO2-producing power plants -- a renewable biofuel.

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One Man's Trash is Another Man's...Electricity?

Air/Publish Date: 07/30/2008
Event Date: 07/30/2008

A recycling company converts household trash into energy by burning it; the heat creates steam which produces electricity. Process reduces landfills, but critics say it still releases some greenhouse gases.

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Biofuel Leader: Sweden Gets Energy from Wood Waste, Organic Waste

Air/Publish Date: 04/21/2008
Event Date: 04/21/2008

Sweden is one of the pioneering countries in "green living", attempting to cut it's carbon emissions but still growing its economy.

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Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Turn Cow Manure into Electricity

Air/Publish Date: 04/11/2008
Event Date: 04/11/2008

Four cheese-making brothers convert cow manure into methane gas, producing enough electricity to run their dairy farm in Wisconsin -- and the homes of 120 neighbors.

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Producing Biofuels May Worsen, Not Lessen, Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Air/Publish Date: 02/08/2008
Event Date: 02/08/2008

In 2008, the journal Science reports that the production of biofuels such as ethanol and soybean biodiesel actually doubles instead of reduces carbon dioxide emissions.

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Grass Into "Grassoline"? Turning Cellulose into Biofuels

Air/Publish Date: 11/07/2007
Event Date: 11/07/2007

Microbes found in primordial hot springs, dead plants and living plants such as switch grass can transform cellulose into sugar, which can be fermented into cellulosic ethanol -- a recipe for a promising biofuel.

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Six Million New Genes Identified in Marine Organisms

Air/Publish Date: 03/14/2007
Event Date: 03/14/2007

Craig Venter, famous for mapping the human genome, leads a team in identifying six million new genes, proteins, viruses and enzymes in microscopic marine organisms.

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Use of Ethanol Growing in U.S.

Air/Publish Date: 03/09/2007
Event Date: 03/09/2007

Use of ethanol instead of gasoline is growing in the United States. As opposed to oil -- a fossil fuel mainly imported from foreign sources -- ethanol is made from corn grown in the U.S. and sugar cane grown in Brazil, where ...

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Growing Conch, Algae As Food; Algae for Energy

Air/Publish Date: 02/21/1983
Event Date: 02/21/1983

Aquaculture -- growing plants and sealife in water -- allows researchers in Miami in 1983 to grow conch and algae for food, and algae as a energy producer of hydrogen gas.

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Science Fair Winners Explain Their Energy Projects

Air/Publish Date: 06/09/1982
Event Date: 06/09/1982

Two high school winners of an energy science fair discuss their projects, one involving the harnessing of kinetic energy from water currents, the other the manufacture of ethanol from paper-based products.

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