New Biofuels Could Cut Emissions
Researchers combine ecological and economic models to examine the benefits of growing grass as fuel.
Ethanol
It’s Time to Come Clean With Iowans About the Problems With Ethanol
The fact that corn-based ethanol is renewable doesn’t make it sustainable. When will presidential candidates stumping in Iowa admit as much?
Not Ready for Prime Time: Making Fuel Out of Invasive Plants
When it comes to making ethanol, taking a hard, second look at seemingly great ideas is smart policy.
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.'