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Juicing Up Laptops And Cell Phones With Soda Pop Or Vegetable Oil?Boston MA (SPX) Aug 27, 2010 Scientists have reported development of a new battery-like device that opens the possibility that people one day could "recharge" cell phones, laptops, and other portable electronics in an unlikely way ? with a sugar fix from a shared sip of soda pop or even a dose of vegetable oil. They described the device, the first fuel cell that produces electricity with technology borrowed from the biological powerhouses that energize people and other living things on Earth, here at the 240th National Meetin ... read more |
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College Station TX (SPX) Aug 05, 2010Whether we can grow bio-energy crops such as switchgrass and forage sorghum isn't the question, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist. The question is, where's the nitrogen going to come from to grow these crops and how much is it going to add to the cost of the end product, said Dr. Gerald Smith, AgriLife Research legume breeder based in Overton. And there also are hidden costs, such ... more 
Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2010 "Pump first, ask questions later" seems to be the message of over-eager ethanol advocates trying to pressure the U.S. government to approve an increase in the amount of ethanol in gasoline by up to 50 percent. Common sense tells us that we'd all be a lot better off asking questions first. Four members of the U.S. Congress - Democrats Henry Waxman of California and Edward Markey of Mass ... more 
Columbia MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2010Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it has filed for a patent application for their new pyrolysis oil based biofuels. "I believe that this is truly a technical breakthrough to have a pyrolysis oil based biofuel that we can offer our customers," stated Cary J. Claiborne, CEO and President of NGBF. "Pyrolysis oil has great potential but until no ... more |
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Making Eco-Friendly Diesel Fuel From ButterWashington DC (SPX) Aug 02, 2010 The search for new raw materials for making biodiesel fuel has led scientists to an unlikely farm product - butter. In a new study in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they report that butter could be used as an eco-friendly feedstock, or raw material, for making diesel fuel. Michael Haas and colleagues cite rising global demand for biodiesel, and the desire to expand the feedstock base, as motivating factors for their research. The United States alone has committed ... read more |
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