biofuels
Carbon-Eating Bacteria Could Be One Answer to Climate Change
Clostridium thermocellum can metabolize CO2.
Why the US Navy's push to use biofuel isn't making a whole lot of sense
The Navy's "Great Green Fleet" initiative seeks to increase the use of alternative fuels, but politics, economics, and chemistry make its bet on biofuel look like a long shot.
Inside the Lab that's on the Cutting Edge of Turning Poop Into Fuel
Take a video tour of the UCLA lab that wants to power the future with feces.
All the Ways Birds Are Getting Screwed by Climate Change
Rising sea levels, food shortages, disease and more.
New Zealand Just Worked Out How to Run Your Car on Beer
Beer, fueling your car and social life since 2015.
United Airlines Is Going to Power Its Jets with Animal Poop Now
United will be the first domestic airline to use alternative fuels, taking a major step toward cutting down carbon pollution in the industry.
Algae Could Help Solve Our Environmental Problems, so Why Aren't We Using It?
The stuff we think of as pond scum could be the secret to fixing food scarcity and fuel security, but not until algae systems are less expensive and more efficient.
The Plan to Turn Toxic Algal Blooms into Energy
How researchers want to turn one of our worst environmental problems into fuel for the future.
Solar Farms Can Grow Biofuels—Just Add Agave
Stanford's Sujith Ravi has come up with a symbiotic partnership between agave-based biofuels and photovoltaic cells. It's a bonafide triple-win.
Could the Sea Squirt Be a Bountiful Biofuel Source?
Maybe prepare yourself to hear, "I'm going down to the vase tunicate station for some smokes."
Algae Could Provide One-Twelfth of the US Fuel Supply Without Stressing Water Supplies
There have been some seriously harebrained proposals put forward to build algae biofuel plants in water-stressed areas.
What's New in Meat V
This is the column where basically I dig through the internet for the most interesting (read: grossest) news stories involving meat and shit them out for you in soft, semi-digested info-morsels.