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The Impossible Dream? 50% Cellulosic Ethanol

By on October 20, 2008 in ethanol

Picture Credit: Anemergencystop Is the U.S. Falling behind on Meeting its 2022 Goal of 50% Mandated Cellulose Ethanol (biofuels)? The government has ordered (mandated) that 36 billion gallons of biofuel be blended into the fuel supply by 2022. Of that, 16 billion must be cellulosic ethanol. No more than 15 billion can be corn ethanol, [...]

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Want to Save at the Pump? Try Blending Fuel Pumps

By on August 27, 2008 in ethanol

Perhaps a break for consumer fuel prices Picture Credit: (Cole_H(Old Skool) Unity Biofuels plans to save consumers money with new blending fuel dispenser: Clean energy company Unity Biofuels has announced that it is developing self-blending ethanol fuel dispensers, to help blend ethanol with gasoline directly in the pump and thus help consumers to avoid the [...]

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Live Interview: Makers of Kudzu Ethanol (Kudzunol)

By on July 21, 2008 in ethanol

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead In several polls conducted last week, Americans want more ethanol for fuel use, check this out. After all, biofuels is not just about corn. There is no denying that we [...]

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Approval Rating for Kudzu Ethanol Soars as Floods Cancel Corn Crops

By on June 25, 2008 in ethanol

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead Just recently on the Discovery Channel website, there was an article about using kudzu for making ethanol. This article gave another Approval for Kudzu as a Potential Biofuel and could [...]

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Kudzu Ethanol Plant Startup in Tennesee, Cows Will Love It

By on June 11, 2008 in ethanol

Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) was introduced to the United States twenty-five years before the turn of the twentieth century, and is currently found naturalized throughout the southeastern states 125 years later.

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The Inconvient Truth about Ethanol Subsidies

By on May 28, 2008 in ethanol

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.”- Edmund Burke “Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.” – Robert Louis Stevenson What did you pay for gasoline today? While I was half filling up my gas tank this morning, I noticed a [...]

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Ethanol Vehicle Fuel: Handle With Care!

By on May 20, 2008 in ethanol

(Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com) Last week, I had a chance to check out a new device for making ethanol for use as a fuel in personal vehicles. This new system, which was introduced earlier this year, The EFuel100 MicroFueler,™ is the world’s first portable ethanol micro-refinery system, making it possible for homeowners and small businesses [...]

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