Quiz: What does wheat have to do with automobiles?
Answer: Petrol, or rather bio-fuel.Bioethanol made from grain produces 65% fewer greenhouse gases than petrol, according to the UK government agency.
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Update [26.01.2005]: Thanks to an informed commentator, if you'd like more information please visit the following: Wikipedia site on Bio-diesel and Green Fuel Online.
posted by Kathryn Soraya Khamsi at 4:51 PM
2 Comments:
wheat is nice and all for fuel, but i think you'll find that algae has certain advantages (no tractors, no fertilizers, higher productivity per acre to start). a good summary of what is available is on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel
there are companies in the US that have come at this from the other direction, using algae pools as a air filters for carbon-laden exhaust gasses from factories. the lucky waste from the filtration process just happens to be biodeisel http://www.greenfuelonline.com/
Again, thanks! It is so refreshing to have a clearly informed person providing additional links and resources!
:)
-Kathryn
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