Tag - Ethanol
A cleanliness freak that I am, I just couldn’t miss this conceptual futuristic eco-friendly vacuum cleaner christened as BacVac. I love to keep my den spotless clean and dust free. And if I can lay my hand on this avant-garde cleaning doodad, I am...
The antidote to escalating price of gasoline lies in a fuel that can be made from the amber waves of grain growing in America's heartland. Called ethanol, it is usually made from corn, but it can be made from sugar cane from Louisiana, canola from...
Contradicting his own brand standing, Cadillac boss Jim Taylor, has plans to take the wraps off a chopper that doesn’t get its juice from gas but from ethanol. A motorcycle enthusiast himself, Taylor commissioned the Cadillac chopper that features...
The world is constantly trying to make progress in terms of harnessing energy from alternate sources of energy. While biofuel is in no way the long term answer to the energy needs of the world, in the next few decades it could act as the transitional...
In a scientific milieu as ours, nothing can be taken for granted. If the reports in a major technology journal, Science, are to be believed, biofuels are doing more harm than good to the environment due to higher emission of greenhouse gases than...
GM and Coskata have joined hands to give ethanol a broader dimension. Current ethanol is produced using the chemical breakdown of sugar laden crops, such as corn and sugar cane. This makes ethanol more expensive and extremely agriculture dependent...
It’s now official. Eco-friendly vehicles can win in the long run. Literally. A LeMans prototype vehicle powered by cellulosic E85 (85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline) has finished second overall at the longest race (25 consecutive...
Spreading awareness about environmental hazards, resorting to eco-friendly alternatives are certainly good news. But there seems to be a hitch somewhere. May be we are getting all perverse in our mad rush to make the world a greener place.
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Ethanol, biofuel, US, George.W.Bush, green-house gasses, rainforest destruction, human rights, water scarcity, corn, irrigation, Environment
Certainly, biodiesel is a great eco-friendly alternative to diesel. However, the hybrid electrically run vehicles take an edge over the bio-diesel run vehicles in that they don’t have to face societal anxieties such as would it require tropical...
Biofuel is the buzzword which embarks the beginning of an era that would see the world go green. We don’t have an option though, as this is the only entity touted to save the world by reducing dependence on fossil fuels and emissions— especially the...
India, which is the largest grower of sugarcane in the world and also the second largest producer of sugar, wants to use the crop more than just as a sweetener.
India will be using this massive oversupply of sugar to boost eco-friendly fuel and...
In recent years ethanol is being seen as an alternate to natural petroleum reserves that will sooner or later get extinct. Ethanol holds the promise of a better organic fuel that does not harm the atmosphere as much as its counterparts.
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The fall’s around the corner, and you have just moved into a new apartment (or are on the hunt for one), but are concerned of the dwelling not fitted with a fireplace. Hold-on you're at the right place at the right time – EcoGreen has developed EcoSmart...
Whenever it comes to generating renewable energy governments find more prospects in bigger renewable energy such as wind and ethanol plants. A new study by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has found that smaller and locally owned production...
With the world plunged into suffocation from global warming leading to chocking the cities across the world, the need to lower the overall greenhouse gas emissions is growing in importance.
Vehicles being the major contributors to carbon...
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