Read more biofuel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2591/biofuel.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:59:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72417/biofuel-laws-make-no-sense-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBiofuel laws around the world actually encourage harming the environment, prominent scientists argue in the latest issue of Science . Under the Kyoto Treaty, in laws throughout Europe, and in the bill that passed the US House, biofuels count as carbon-neutral, on the theory that the plants the fuel is made...http://www.newser.com/story/72417/biofuel-laws-make-no-sense-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 10:18:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67925/biofuel-boom-runs-out-of-gas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce considered a win-win for the environment and energy independence, America’s biofuel industry is sputtering to a halt, the Wall Street Journal reports. Thanks to the recession, lower oil prices, and government delays, two-thirds of American biodiesel refineries—dozens of plants—are idle, and companies across the country are shutting...http://www.newser.com/story/67925/biofuel-boom-runs-out-of-gas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 12:49:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64342/exxon-to-invest-600m-in-algae-based-fuel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExxon Mobil, the biggest oil company in the world, will invest $600 million in turning algae into fuel, the New York Times reports. Known for blowing off concerns about global warming and dismissing biofuels—its CEO famously called ethanol “moonshine”—Exxon Mobil has in fact been researching alternative fuels for...http://www.newser.com/story/64342/exxon-to-invest-600m-in-algae-based-fuel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 7:37:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58559/epa-eyes-crackdown-on-not-so-green-biofuels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlants consume carbon dioxide, so growing corn to produce ethanol should be at worst a zero-sum game, emissions-wise, right? Wrong, says the EPA. There's another factor involved: Turning food crops into fuel drives up their prices, which raises demand for farmland worldwide. In places like Brazil, that means chopping down...http://www.newser.com/story/58559/epa-eyes-crackdown-on-not-so-green-biofuels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 16:24:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58246/ammonia-corn-energy-independence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFeeding cows parts of corn plants that farmers currently discard could eventually lead to American energy independence, Wired reports. An ammonia treatment applied to corn “stover” could make it palatable to cattle, freeing up more land for the production of ethanol, a Michigan State researcher says. That could, in turn,...http://www.newser.com/story/58246/ammonia-corn-energy-independence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 14:09:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56016/oil-industry-squeezed-as-us-demand-tanks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig oil execs, analysts, and government sources say a century-old American tradition is waning: after years of increasing oil consumption, US guzzling has peaked, they believe. Last year, demand plunged 7.1% for gas, diesel, and jet fuel—the biggest drop since 1950, when dependable records began. And major changes...http://www.newser.com/story/56016/oil-industry-squeezed-as-us-demand-tanks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 6:57:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55921/the-next-great-biofuel-pond-scum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s as slimy as it is unassuming, but algae could be the stuff the next great biofuel is made of. The simple organisms convert solar energy into an oily material that could, theoretically, be processed into a biofuel to power a car. But there are untold varieties of algae out...http://www.newser.com/story/55921/the-next-great-biofuel-pond-scum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Apr 2009 13:35:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49793/ethanol-on-tap-from-beer-dregs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBrewer Sierra Nevada is part of an effort to turn byproducts of the beer-making process into usable, alternative fuel, CNET reports. E-Fuel sells a $10,000 portable ethanol refinery that the brewer will feed with its yearly output of 1.6 million gallons of “bottom of the barrel” waste. The...http://www.newser.com/story/49793/ethanol-on-tap-from-beer-dregs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 17:50:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47523/e-coli-biofuel-can-go-right-in-the-tank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have genetically engineered the E. coli bacteria to produce a carbon-rich alcohol molecule equivalent in energy to gasoline, Popular Mechanics reports. The “long-chain” alcohol does not occur in nature, but with six to eight atoms of carbon, it is far more efficient than ethanol, which has only two. “Long-chain...http://www.newser.com/story/47523/e-coli-biofuel-can-go-right-in-the-tank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Jan 2009 13:19:41 CST