Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'sustainable'
Jatropha Sustainable Biofuels Alliance
I've just come across the Jatropha Sustainable Biofuels Alliance, it is based in Switzerland and aims to be a group that will lobby for Jatropha to be seen as a good second generation biofuel that does not compete with food...
D1 oils responds to the Monbiot in the today's Guardian
D1 Oils' chairman (Ron) Lord Oxburgh has responded to the Guardian Newspaper's columnist George Monbiot's piece on 12 February about biofuels today , you can see the full text of the exchange on in the comments on this post D1...
Round table on sustainable palm oil and NGO disquiet
The Round Table on Sustainable Palm oil used its fifth meeting in Kuala Lumpur last week to outline its certification scheme for sustainable palm oil on a quick reading of the headings it seems to give some protection to indigenous...
Biofuels and subsidies
Biofuels feature strongly in this blog from the Sustainable Transport Coalition of Western Australia. One thing that strikes me is that biofuels are competitive with big oil only when there are tax-breaks and other kinds of featherbedding for producers. That’s...
CO2 to biofuel with algae
Biofuels from algae, is not new, its an idea which is old enough to have been discontinued and restarted. That is one of the mark of serious idea. I noticed that New Scientist, this week, is running a story about...
Biofuels: Paradox 1
After reading a post on GristmilI it strikes me that people who are pro-biofuels have a couple of paradoxes to overcome. Firstly, I am not sure about their long term sustainability, there is a need for fossil fuels to make...
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