By John on December 12, 2009
Biofuels. What a great name! It just sounds green. Looking around I see a proliferation of Biodiesel bumper stickers everywhere I look. In my home state of Oregon all filling stations will be required to add at least 10 % ethanol to all gasoline by next year. Environmentalists are cheering as politicians and the media [...]
Posted in Biofuels | Tagged biofuel, Change, Climate, electric cars, electric vehicles, Energy, energy efficiency, Great, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, Hoax, hydrogen fuel, Policy, solar energy, tidal energy
By John on March 31, 2009
Don’t get too attached to gas powered vehicles. A new hydrogen fuel station, the first of its kind on the East coast, opened for business, Monday.
Drivers in the United States spend more than $25 billion annually on oil from foreign countries. Now new hydrogen stations in South Carolina could eliminate the U.S.’s dependency and help [...]
Posted in Fuel Cells/Batteries | Tagged hydrogen, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen powered cars, South Carolina
By Alternative Energy News on February 21, 2009
Tomorrow our vehicles may derive power by enzymes. These enzymes may originate from the cellulose of woodchips or grass and instead of emitting poisonous gases they will exhale hydrogen. We know that when hydrogen is burned, the only emission it makes is water vapor, so a key benefit of hydrogen fuel is that when burned, [...]
Posted in Solid Biomass | Tagged cellulosic materials, fuel cell engine, hydrogen energy, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen gas, producing hydrogen, slide, wood chips, woodchips
By John on August 15, 2008
Methanol (CH3OH), also known as wood alcohol, is considered an alternative fuel under the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Methanol is basically methane with its hydrogen molecule replaced by a hydroxyl radical (OH).
Although a variety of feedstocks can be used to create methanol, today’s economics favour the use of natural gas. The methanol is then [...]
Posted in Liquid Biofuel | Tagged alternative fuel, blurb, combustion engine, ethane, hydrogen fuel, Methanol, slide
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