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.
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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.
‘The Spore’ alter ego: Gliocladium roseum
OK, so technically it’s not a plant (it’s a reddish fungus), but under limited oxygen conditions Gliocladium roseum…
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.
‘Hydro’ alter ego: Duckweed
Part wastewater purifier, part protein shake, an aquatic plant named “duckweed” could make a splash as another big…
‘Captain Biodiesel’ alter ego: Jatropha curcus
Google “jatropha,” specifically the species Jatropha curcus, and it’s hard to miss the hundreds of Web sites touting…
‘The Grass Giant’ alter ego: Miscanthus
Move over corn, giant Miscanthus is on track to take over your domestic renewable ethanol production commitments. Actually…
Joules Before Swine
Family pig farms used to be as much a part of the old South as homemade sausage and…
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.