Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'automotive'
Ethanol wants to cosy up to Detroit
Large sections of the US ethanol business have been writing to the US car makers asking them to support higher volume blends of ethanol in future and tying that message to an innovate or die warning... It could be a...
Cellulosic biofuel could lower US carbon emissions by 370 megatons by 2030
"Lower carbon fuels, such as celluosic biofuels, could abate between 100 and 370 megatons of emissions, though this potential is highly dependent on innovation rates and near-term commercialisation of these technologies"With the kicker about the US Auto industry that:"Improved fuel...
Fuel from Corn
I saw this image on Flickr (thankyou Mista Fitz) and thought it was a rather strong image of what many people think is wrong with biofuels at the moment. It may not tell the whole story in terms of...
Ethanol powered hybrids could be 15x more efficient than gasoline powered cars
Ethanol powered hybrids could generate much less carbon in use (15 times less, but what does that mean 1/15th or just under 7% of the original amount?) more efficient than gasoline powered cars, according to the EcoGeek, who'd like the...
Silicon Valley in thrall to the car
There's a graphic post over on Green Wombat, about just how the US is in thrall to inefficent cars. It takes the stance that Silicon Valley is one of the most 'green' areas in California, yet they commute long distances...
Cool fleets
After my earlier post about elephants and fuel efficiency, I came across this, coolfleets, put together by the Sierra Club and Donlen Corporation, It lets you compare the price of running a number of different types of car fleet. The...
Ethanol is not really the answer, from corn at least
Tom Philpott has written a good Report over on Grist, connecting the recent study on biofuels published by the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry with a new one from the University of Minnesota. The killer quote from the University of...
Driving around from chemical plant to chemical plant
There's probably only a limited appeal for this but my colleague, Barbera, over on Chemical Confidential has a number of drives between or too chemicals plants, some with maps....
Sake a potential biofuel
Sake, the national drink of Japan, could potentially be used as fuel in vehicles in the near future if a pilot project takes off. At this moment, the town of Shinanomachi has produced a cheap ethanol brew from rice that...
Barak Obama Detroit and ethanol
Check out The Frontal Cortex's report on a speech Barak Obama made in Detroit, the US car capital. It ranged over fuel, farmers and the future of Detroit. Jonah Lehrer says I'd feel better about Obama's plans if he wasn't a leading supporter...
Biofuels only by 2025?
Could the G8 make it impossible to register and license cars that run on gasoline by 2025? Would it be desirable? Two economists, Volker Perthes and Friedemann Müller from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, believe that it...
Saab launches biofuel versions in Australia
According to Trollhatten Saab, Saab will be launching a range of biofuel powered cars in Australia next year. Saab Australia Director, Parveen Batish, says with BioPower coming to Australia, Saab can help overcome the ‘chicken and egg’ dilemma of supply...
Basques to the fore with bioethanol
It seems that the Basque people of Northern Spain have decided it is time to move to biofuels, well at least their environmental department. According to the a Basque technology website blog... the Saab 9.5 Biopower will be the new...
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