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UN food supremo warns against 'knee-jerk' response to biofuels
Geneva (AFP) April 30, 2008A senior UN official who will lead a top international task force on the global food price crisis warned Wednesday against a hasty response to the growing use of biofuels. "I think we should avoid a knee-jerk response," UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs John Holmes told reporters. Holmes was tasked by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to head a new task force to counter ... more 'Biofuels frenzy' fuels global food crisis: experts 
Washington (AFP) April 29, 2008A "biofuels frenzy" and other misguided policies have led to the global food crisis in which prices have soared and rice consumption has outpaced production, threatening a billion people with malnutrition, experts said Tuesday. International agriculture researchers warned that farmers will need to double global food production by 2030 to meet rising demand, and said countries should impose a ... more Analysis: Algae emerges as new fuel source 
Chicago, April 30, 2008 As climate change and rising oil prices intensify the search for alternative energy sources, researchers are on the brink of commercializing algae for fuel, experts say. These small, plantlike organisms could be used as feedstocks for ethanol or other biofuels, replacing some of the traditional sources of ethanol, such as corn or soybeans. Algae possess several characteristics ... more 'Biofuels frenzy' fuels global food crisis: experts 
Washington (AFP) April 29, 2008A "biofuels frenzy" and other misguided policies have led to the global food crisis in which prices have soared and rice consumption is outpacing production, threatening a billion people with malnutrition, experts said Tuesday. International agriculture researchers warned that farmers will need to double global food production by 2030 to meet rising demand, and said countries should impose a ... more US secretary concedes biofuels may spur food price rises 
Washington (AFP) April 28, 2008Setting aside farmland to produce biofuels like ethanol may be partly to blame for driving up world food prices, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday. "There has been apparently some effect, unintended consequence from the alternative fuels effort," Rice told a meeting in Washington when asked for the US government's view on skyrocketing food prices. "Although we believe ... more |
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Hanoi (AFP) April 27, 2008Asia's rainforests are being rapidly destroyed, a trend accelerated by surging timber demand in booming China and India, and record food, energy and commodity prices, forest experts warn. The loss of these biodiversity hot spots, much of it driven by the illegal timber trade and the growth of oil palm, biofuel and rubber plantations, is worsening global warming, species loss and poverty ... more Direct Fuels To Produce Biodiesel At North Texas Facility 
Euless TX (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Direct Fuels has opened a biodiesel production facility at its refinery in Euless, Texas. This makes the company one of two producers of biodiesel in North Texas, yet the only one located at a fuel terminal so biodiesel can be blended directly into petroleum diesel, as per customer need. Direct Fuels has implemented a production technology that allows significant flexibility in terms of ... more Germany backs EU biofuels targets 
Berlin (AFP) April 23, 2008Germany does not want to change the EU's goal of boosting the use of biofuels in cars, a senior official said Wednesday, despite criticism that this may further fuel the global rise in food prices. The European Union has set a target for biofuels to make up 10 percent of all vehicle fuel by 2020. "It always helps to have objectives," said State Transport Secretary Matthias von Randow. ... more New biofuels source is discovered 
Austin, Texas, April 23, 2008 U.S. scientists said they have created a microbe that produces cellulous, which, in turn, can be transformed into ethanol and other biofuels. The University of Texas researchers said the microbe could provide a significant portion of the nation's transportation fuel if production can be improved. Along with cellulose, the cyanobacteria developed by Professor R. Malcolm Brown Jr. ... more Thai PM lashes out at World Bank over biofuel criticism 
Bangkok (AFP) April 22, 2008Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej Tuesday lashed out at the World Bank and UN for criticising biofuel producing nations for soaring food prices while sparing oil exporters. Samak said he had set up two government committees to oversee the urgent issues of energy prices and food supply as he reassured Thais there was enough rice for domestic consumption. Biofuels were developed as part ... more |
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Paris (AFP) April 20, 2008Hailed until only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels are now accused of snatching food out of the mouths of the poor. Billions have been poured into developing sugar- and grain-based ethanol and biodiesel to help wean rich economies from their addiction to carbon-belching fossil fuels, the overwhelming source of man-made global warming. Heading ... more Germany touts wood residue, straw and sour milk as biofuel sources 
Berlin (AFP) April 17, 2008Rapeseed and sugar cane are out, making way for wood, straw and curdled milk to play key roles as future biofuel energy sources that would not starve the planet by taking over land need for food. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on hand Thursday with the heads of automakers Daimler and Volkswagen to inaugurate what was billed as the world's first refinery of "second generation" biofuels ... more Gulf Ethanol Orders Prototype Cellulosic Processing Unit 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Gulf Ethanol has announced that it has delivered the purchase order and initial payment for the manufacture of its initial prototype bio-processing unit. This unit will be designed to preprocess cellulosic biomass into a very fine, dry powder ready for processing into ethanol. The unit is expected to be ready in about 60 days. "One of the obstacles faced by the cellulosic fuels industry is ... more Hydroprocessing Technology Could Lead The Way For Global Bio Jet Fuels 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Apr 17, 2008This Frost and Sullivan research titled Global Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuel Market A Strategic Overview provides a strategic and analytical insight into the alternative aviation fuel market in commercial aviation that is poised to rise. It also points out the most prospective aviation fuel that is feasible for the market. In this research, Frost and Sullivan's expert analysts ... more Methane Generated From Sioux Falls Regional Landfill To Provide Energy For POET Ethanol Plant 
Sioux Falls SD (SPX) Apr 15, 2008An agreement between POET and the City of Sioux Falls will allow methane generated from the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill to provide energy for an ethanol production facility near Chancellor, S.D. Replacing a portion of the natural gas at POET Biorefining - Chancellor's with methane from the landfill will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs for the ethanol plant while ... more
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