Tag Archives: Biofuels

Green Oil: Scientists Turn Algae Into Petroleum In 30 Minutes

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Scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are claiming success in perfecting a method that can transform a pea-soupy solution of algae into crude oil by pressure cooking it for about...
    






Bill Gates Invests In The Urine Powered Mobile Phone

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Or rather, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the second stage of a project to produce electrical power from the digestion of urine, electricity that can be used to then power a...
    






California Reaches Beyond Its Borders With Rules, From Ethanol To Eggs

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Tharaldson Ethanol Plant No. 1 sits just west of Casselton, N.D., population 2,329, a gleaming collection of silver fermentation vats and grain-storage silos with capacity to produce 153 million...