Biofuels
'Wood Waste' Power Plant Raises Questions in Texas
15 August 2008 - 11:00am
Austin American-Statesman
The city of Austin considers a multi-billion dollar investment in a "biomass" power plant, burning wood waste in East Texas as a carbon-neutral, renewable energy source.
It's Not That Easy Greening Your Fleet
3 July 2008 - 11:00am
Austin American-Statesman
Austin and a number of other cities are working to reduce the carbon footprint left by their fleets of city vehicles. Austin officials are looking for ways to offset their remaining emissions.
The Quest for Energy: The Input/Output Problem
24 June 2008 - 10:00am
In August of 2006, an unknown Irish company called Steorn took out a full-page ad in The Economist to announce that they had created a magnetic technology that produced more energy than it used- essentially, a perpetual motion machine, the Holy Grail of energy.
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Sweden Creates Sewage-Powered Cars, But Auto Industry Lags Behind
30 May 2008 - 6:00am
International Herald Tribune
Household sewage is currently fueling cars in Sweden, and has for years. But Swedish industry has given up on the idea, investing in ethanol-based gasoline.
Landfill Gas To Fuel Garbage Trucks
7 May 2008 - 8:00am
The Sacramento Bee
In an incredible recycling operation that reduces global warming, a waste hauler is building a facility to produce Liquefied Natural Gas from methane emitted from its California landfill to fuel its garbage trucks.
