Biofuel
How Trump's Biofuels Research Cuts Would Hurt the Planet and Our Economy
Biofuels can reduce emissions, benefit American corporations, and create jobs. But slashing the budget of the Bioenergy Technologies Office effectively eliminates those possibilities.
New Biofuels Could Cut Emissions
Researchers combine ecological and economic models to examine the benefits of growing grass as fuel.
Waste Cooking Oil From Mexico City's Restaurants Could Power the City's Buses
Biodiesel from the waste cooking oil produced by the capital city's restaurants could help to power the cities public transit system, and reduce emissions in the process.
The Environmental Downside of Biofuel Crops
A new survey reveals that biofuel crops have expanded onto millions of acres of new land, with serious consequences for the environment.
Trading Protests for Sustainable Energy in Middle East
In the hamlet of Susya, a joint effort by Israelis and Palestinians is lighting a single candle (lit by biogas) rather than cursing the darkness.
We Fight For The Oil We Need to Fight For the Oil
Merely protecting America's fossil fuel lifeline adds a heap to the greenhouse gases that petroleum ultimately contributes.
Peak Oil and the Return of the Jet Set
The difficulty and increasing cost of providing aviation fuel as we near peak oil production may ground many flights while winging us away from aerial democracy.
Fine-Tuning Fuels From Algae
Overcoming some of the obstacles that have hindered petri-dish-to-gas-pump schemes in the past, scientists are finding ways to produce high-octane fuel and even pure hydrogen from co-opted algae.
Algae Fuel Nearing the Surface
An algae conveyer belt on the ocean's surface may be more than just a scientist's dream.
Surely Some Flora Out There Can Fuel My Car
While the corn ethanol bubble has pretty much popped, serious efforts to find an economically sound and carbon-smart biological-based fuel continue.
Reality Pricks Corn Ethanol's Bubble
Cost and carbon have chopped down the high hopes America's Midwest had for growing the nation off climate-changing foreign oil.
Liquefied Manure's Thomas Paine May Be German
Biomass-powered villages in Germany's heartland may offer a model for U.S. towns questing for energy self-sufficiency.
Ten Super Plants Fighting the Environmental Injustice League
Who ya gonna call when your tank's on 'E,' the topsoil's salty or there's too much TNT? The 10 plants Miller-McCune.com believes can save the world, that's who.
Trash Crops to Cash Crops
Two guys in a pickup truck brewing fuel from farmed trees and grasses aim to show Americans that switching to alternative fuels is a viable option right now.
Memorable Stories of 2008
A host of meaningful stories from Miller-McCune.com's first full year on the Web.
Making Hay From Woody Waste
Biomass, for those areas with a reliable supply of woody waste, could be a dream source of renewable energy and the ideal enemy of carbon release. If only someone would try it ...
Lunar Power: Running on Moonshine
While industrial production of ethanol may not be the savior as it was once heralded, home distillers are willing to tap into a more parochial form of energy independence.
Ecologist Dismisses 'Ethanol Solution'
Townsend notes that producing corn for ethanol use requires intensively fertilized fields, which produce 'the forgotten greenhouse gas.'