Ethanol Technology | Ethanol Fuels News for 11/18/2008
| Save America with no bailout for General Motors The impulse to accede to political pressure and jobs blackmail from the Big Three for a $25 billion bailout offers America a historic turning-point opportunity... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ASTM Developing New Test Method for Relative Corrosivity of . Test results will indicate the degree to which corrosion of iron components can be expected from ethanol fuels. The test will rate the fuels anti-rust properties in preparation for the various stages through which the tested product ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aventine suspends construction of Aurora ethanol plant - Lincoln Journal Star Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., an ethanol producer based in Pekin, Ill., said it was temporarily suspending construction at its Aurora ethanol plant. The construction delay is expected to last about six months, the company said ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ethanol fuels rnc during the republican national convention this week, delegates have been educated about ethanol in the state of minnesota in several ways, thanks to the american lung association of the upper midwest clean air choice team. ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethanol blend increases while oil reaches new low U.S. increases ethanol requirement in gasoline to 10.21 percent, while oil drops below $55 a barrel... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethanol's troubles have sapped the dreams of an Indiana town Reporting from San Pierre, Ind. -- The air smells clean and sweet off the sprawling corn and spearmint fields, but for this unincorporated town of 156, it is the smell of failure: the failure to reap the ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen's hosts 24 Hour Play Challenge Participants wrote and performed plays on the topic of energy. It was 10 minutes before the 24 Hour Play Challenge was to start and actor Curt Wohleber frantically studied his script... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US ethanol bankruptcies may rise - DetNews.com
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U.S. Raises Ethanol Fuel Standard For 2009 The federal government said Monday it is increasing the target for the amount of ethanol used in the U.S. gasoline supply to 11.1 billion gallons... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dennis Newman: Change needed on ethanol - Summit Daily News One of the worst programs to come out of Washington the last few years was the mandate to use more ethanol in our fuels. The resulting conversion of corn from food to fuel not only caused a dramatic jump in the cost of food here at home, but around ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethanol's troubles have sapped the dreams of an Indiana town - Los Angeles Times
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Prices hurt ethanol plants (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Volatile corn and fuel prices and reduced bank lending will lead to bankruptcies for an additional 25 U.S. ethanol plants by the end of January... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trouble in Your Tank?: Ethanol Fuels More Problems Than It Solves Ethanol Fuels More Problems Than It SolvesEURť by Thomas Millette, MHC associate professor of geography. He selected these sites. EUR˘ A January, 2008, article from US News & World Report discusses EURśThe Pros and Cons of 8 Green Fuels.EURť ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IRL to use Brazilian ethanol next season - USA Today
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Ethanol Fuels Debate in Nebraska Candidates for an open US Senate seat in Nebraska faced off at the state fair in Lincoln this weekend and ethanol was a topic of debate. Republican Mike Johanns, Democrat Scott Kleeb and Green Party candidate Steve Larrick all discussed ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From field waste to raw energy? Egrets, herons and other birds circle as a sugar harvester rolls slowly through a cane field, slicing the stalks at the base, loading them into transport trucks, and then blowing the thrash back on the ground... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From woodchips to ethanol - KUSA-TV DENVER - Donning a hard hat, smock and goggles, Bud Klepper walked the grounds of Range Fuels' thermo-chemical conversion plant. "You're looking at the very first plant of this type in the world, you'll see more of this," said Klepper. Klepper is the ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethanol Report on Land Use In this "Ethanol Report" podcast, Geoff Cooper of the Renewable Fuels Association talks about a new land use report just released... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alternative Fuels: Retooled Approach May Make Bio-based Butanol More . - Science Daily ScienceDaily (Nov. 15, 2008) EUR” A modified method of producing biobutanol could make the fuel more competitive with ethanol as a clean-burning alternative to gasoline. According to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemical engineer Nasib Qureshi ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Researchers push butanol as biofuel answer to ethanol's shortcomings (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) EUR” Ethanol might reign as the king of biofuels, but several companies are betting that a close cousin may overcome some of its shortcomings... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brazil Ethanol Competitive Despite Lower Oil Prices - CattleNetwork.com SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Despite crude oil prices plunging by more than 50% since July, Brazil ethanol remains competitive in terms of price, and demand for the alternative fuel isn't expected to change significantly, sector analysts said. Although ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Sugar wants to turn sugar into fuel - Bizjournals.com
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