Biofuels

Algae as Biofuel
The use of algae as biofuel is a relatively new technology, as compared to other biofuel resources. One of the major advantages of using algae for biofuel production is the ease of algal mass cultivation by using any water type. Current researches are ongoing to reduce the cost of production for algae-based biofuel...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Biofuels
The burgeoning petroleum crisis is forcing us to find feasible alternative fuels. Lately, biofuels have come up as the most preferred alternative the world over. However there is a controversy over their use. Read on to learn about their pros and cons.

Corn-Based Biofuel is Economic, Climate Disaster Waiting to Happen
A group of senior scientists urging a biofuel moratorium reported this week on the downside to the U.S.’s obsession with growing corn for fuel.

Biomass Energy
If you want to know about Biomass energy which is now growing in popularity everyday, read this article.

Information on Biofuels
Biofuels are derived from animal waste, plant matter, or biomass, hence they can be termed as energy from plants. Read more about it here.

Biofuel Production Process
If you want to know more about the production process of Biofuel, then read this article.

Pros and Cons of Biofuel
If you want in formation on the pros and cons of Biofuel, read this article to find some relevant information.

The Energy Debate Needs to Be Rational - Not Shrill Soundbites
Response: There are good and bad biofuels, so a moratorium could make climate change worse, says Peter Cotgreave

Biofuel or Biofool? Biofuel Production Needs Careful Planning
Biofuel production is being ramped up the world over, but at what cost? Replacing petrol with ethanol from food crops is a poorly thought out short term strategy. However, being able to make fuel from plant cellulose could truly be a key to a greener future for the whole world.

Poverty: 260m Driven Into Hunger By Push for Biofuel - Actionaid
The G8's push for greater biofuel use has been a significant factor in driving 760 million people into food insecurity

Biofuels: Brazil Disputes Cost of Sugar in the Tank
Ethanol producers cut the carbon but still come under fire from campaigners

Food Summit Fails to Agree on Biofuels
World leaders leave unadopted plan to ensure crops are not produced at expense of the world's 850 million hungry

US Attacked at Food Summit Over Biofuels
UN officials claim the alternative energy source is 'satisfying a thirst for fuel' at the expense of the hungry

US Biofuel Subsidies Under Attack at Food Summit
US subsidies for biofuel production have been condemned by the head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), who said they were depriving people of food

US Downplays Impact of Biofuel Subsidies on World Food Prices
American subsidies for biofuels have emerged as the focus of controversy at this week's UN food summit with the US agriculture secretary claiming that biofuel subsidies only contributed "2-3%" to the recent rise in world food prices

US Defends Biofuel Subsidies in Face of Rising Food Prices
American subsidies for biofuels has emerged as the focus of controversy at this week's UN food summit with an IMF report suggesting a link to the world food crisis

US Accused of Fuelling Food Crisis By Subsidising Biofuels
American subsidies for biofuels have emerged as the focus of controversy at this week's UN food summit

EU Set to Scrap Biofuels Target Amid Fears of Food Crisis
Commission backing away from its insistence on imposing compulsory 10% quota of biofuels by 2020

Credit Crunch? The Real Crisis is Global Hunger. And If You Care, Eat Less Meat
George Monbiot: A food recession is under way. Biofuels are a crime against humanity, but - take it from a flesh eater - flesh eating is worse

Darling Calls for Urgent Review of Biofuel Policies
Chancellor says he has asked the World Bank to produce an analysis - for June's G7 meeting of global leaders

Poor Go Hungry While Rich Fill Their Tanks
Fight against world poverty set back by seven years as World Bank condemns global dash to biofuels

UK Biofuel Needs 'threaten Delta'
Hundreds of bird species are in danger from plans to plant sugar cane and build a refinery in Kenya

UN Chief Calls for Review of Biofuels Policy
Ban Ki-moon speaks out as a crisis in global food prices threatens to trigger global instability

Crop Switch Worsens Global Food Price Crisis
UN secretary general raises doubt over policy encouraging farmers to produce biofuels amid signs of worst food crisis in a generation

Demands for Crackdown on Biofuels Scam
EU urged to take action to stop a trading loophole that flouts the spirit of producing green fuel by transporting it needlessly across the Atlantic

An Unsustainable Scam
Leader: Despite all the talk of sustainable energy, Whitehall is using biofuels as a cop-out

Branson's Coconut Airways - But Jet is on a Flight to Nowhere, Say Critics
Environmental groups raise doubts over plane run partly on biofuel

Apart From Used Chip Fat, There is No Such Thing As a Sustainable Biofuel
George Monbiot: Even capitalists now admit the oil crisis is real. But their solutions border on lunacy as they avoid the obvious answer

Only Science Can Save Us From Climate Catastrophe
John Gray: With an increasing population, the earnest debate over the merit of biofuels and wind farms misses the point - it is the technologies we fear that will be our salvation

Only Science Can Save Us From Climate Catastrophe
John Gray: With an increasing population, the earnest debate over the merit of biofuels and wind farms misses the point - it is the technologies we fear that will be our salvation

Riots and Hunger Feared As Demand for Grain Sends Food Costs Soaring
Expert to warn industry of threats to world supply· Biofuels and Chinese boom put pressure on harvests

Big Food Companies Accused of Risking Climate Catastrophe
The rush to palm oil and biofuels threatens to release 14 billion tonnes of carbon from Indonesia's peat lands

The Western Appetite for Biofuels is Causing Starvation in the Poor World
George Monbiot: Developing nations are being pushed to grow crops for ethanol, rather than food - all thanks to political expediency.

Biofuel Demand to Push Up Food Prices
Food prices will rise in the next 10 years as nearly twice as much sugar cane, maize and oilseed rape is grown to fuel cars, and people in rapidly developing countries adopt meat-based diets, says the UN in its annual assessment of farming trends.

Massacres and Paramilitary Land Seizures Behind the Biofuel Revolution
Colombian farmers driven out as armed groups profit - Lucrative 'green' crop less risky to grow than coca

World's Great Apes Face Disaster, Says Leakey
Hunting, disease, logging and demand for biofuels cited among prime threats.

Formula One: Formula One Seeking to Go Green
Formula one is hoping to become more eco-friendly by 2011 by limiting engine size, running cars on biofuel and restricting revs.

Global Rush to Energy Crops Threatens to Bring Food Shortages and Increase Poverty, Says Un
Winners and losers in huge biofuel industry - Oil price will stabilise but small farmers at risk

Cuba and Venezuela Turn Against Ethanol
Castro and Chavez attack US backing for biofuels - Leaders say diverting crops for fuel starves poor

Castro Warns Poor Will Starve for Greener Fuel
The Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, today attacked George Bush's new-found fondness for biofuels, warning that food stocks for millions of people could be threatened.

If We Want to Save the Planet, We Need a Five-year Freeze on Biofuels
Oil produced from plants sets up competition for food between cars and people. People - and the environment - will lose....By George Monbiot

Spanish Cars to Use Different Type of Juice
The orange groves of Valencia could soon be powering Spanish cars as a new technology is developed to turn the fruit's thick, shiny peel into biofuel.

Home-grown Crops the Answer to Our Addiction to Oil, Bush Tells Americans
President outlines plans to cut petrol consumption - Ethanol and other biofuels central to energy initiative

How To Make Biodiesel: The Three choices of using biofuel
Biodiesel becomes more and more popular every year. It's popularity probably derives from the fact that biodiesel is so cheap and relatively easy to be made. You can make it in your own backyard or kitchen. It is far better than the original petro-diesel, it's cleaner and better for the environment and your health.

Bio-fuels to Take F1 Into the Green-age
Plans to make formula one environmentally friendly have been rubber-stamped by the FIA.

Brazil Found To Be World Leader In Production Of Biofuel
Research and Markets has just recently announced that they had added a new entry to their collection of studies. This new one shows off that Brazil has been found out to be quite a leader in the world production of biofuel, especially biodiesel.

Behind the Spin, the Oil Giants Are More Dangerous Than Ever
The green rebranding of Shell and BP is a fraud. Far from switching to biofuels, it's drilling and devastation as usual. By George Monbiot

Sweden Plans to Be World's First Oil-free Economy
· 15-year limit set for switch to renewable energy · Biofuels favoured over further nuclear power

Fuel for Nought
The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster. If human beings were without sin, we would still live in an imperfect world.