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Smithsonian
September 2005
Frances Cerra Whittelsey |
Phenomena and Curiosities: Fuel For Thought Cars that run on vegetable oil? Do-it-yourselfers and entrepreneurs alike fill 'er up with the nation's fastest-growing propellant.   |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Mike Allen |
How far can you drive on a bushel of corn? Before we can debate national energy policy -- or even decide which petroleum substitutes might make sense for our personal vehicles -- we need to know how these things stack up in the real world. So we crunched the numbers on alternative fuels. |
Geotimes
February 2006 |
Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York... |
Fast Company
November 1, 2007
Clive Thompson |
Motorhead Messiah Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him? |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2005
Brian Gorman |
ADM's Biodiesel Bet Biodiesel usage is poised to rise, and Archer Daniels Midland, a major processor of agricultural commodities, is readying itself to capture the benefits. |
Fast Company
September 2006
Jennifer Alsever |
A Mushroom in Your Tank? How to save the world and make a fortune? Come up with an alternative to petroleum. Countless companies, backed by billions in investments, are trying. Here's how some of the more esoteric efforts stack up. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2006
Robert Aronen |
Big Oil Buys Into Biodiesel Big Oil is now selling biodiesel. Is this the first step on the road to freedom from imported oil? Investors may want to take a look at Archer Daniels Midland, soybean king Bunge, or farm machinery king Deere. |
Outside
October 2005
Sara Blask |
Food for Oil Shaun Murphy's new series on UPN shows how he can travel across 30-states using 30 vehicles powered by alternative fuel sources. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Rick Zalesky |
Integrating Biofuels into the Fuel Supply Biofuels are but one part of a larger story -- the transition to a broader portfolio of efficient, environmentally favorable fuels, both petroleum- and biomass-based, that will supply tomorrow's vehicles. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2006
Brian Gorman |
Biodiesel Flood A recent announcement from a French company suggests that biodiesel supply could quickly outpace demand, and that could spell trouble for Archer Daniels Midland. Investors, take note. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: Energy Edge While there are no exchange-traded funds tracking the biodiesel market exclusively, these ETFs invest in many different alternative energy sources. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2009 |
How to Make Biodiesel With a Commercial Kit With the professionally engineered biodiesel systems available today, the process is simpler, safer, takes less time and yields more consistent results. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Is Alternative Fuel Good or Bad for Food? While biodiesel may be good for our cars and the environment, it may not be great for our bellies and wallets. |
Popular Mechanics
April 29, 2009
Dave Hubbard |
Biodiesel Barriers: Why New Diesel Engines Aren't Compatible With B100 I have been experimenting with making biodiesel for a few years now, and I am constantly watching what others in this field do as well. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Big Oil Doesn't Hate Hydrogen Oil companies can be nasty, sure, but alternative-energy fans have exaggerated their faults. Ignore the hype, investigate the technology, and invest accordingly. |
Popular Mechanics
April 23, 2009
Mile Allen |
Ethanol, Biodiesel, CNG and Propane Reality Check: Live from the Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Conference On the horizon: Cellulosic ethanol... Compressed Natural Gas is a serious option... Propane is here now... True biodiesel, for the most part, can be used in any diesel engine... |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2005
Jill Jusko |
Feeling The Burn Customer demand, regulations and globalization prompt manufacturers to design more fuel-efficient products. Here are examples of how some traditional manufacturers are meeting the challenge. |
Inc.
May 1, 2003
Patrick J. Sauer |
No Oil, No Problem Pitching an alternative fuel made from soybeans. |
IDB America
August 2007 |
Potholes on the Road Toward Sustainable Fuels An interview with independent consultant and Greaseball Challenge survivor Suzanne Hunt about her trip and the outlook for biofuel producers in Central America. |
BusinessWeek
May 22, 2006
Welch & Aston |
Fill 'Er Up -- But With What? An alternative to gasoline is inevitable, but it won't come anytime soon for Americans. Here's why. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
VeraSun's Corn Utopia There's ethanol. And the company's move into biodiesel could pay off in three other ways. This is good news for investors. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
ADM Wins Biodiesel Bet The agribusiness giant should benefit from new EPA regulations on diesel. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
David Welch |
Diesel Deserves A Second Chance It costs less and blows by gas on mileage but faces serious roadblocks in the U.S. |
IDB America
February 2007
Daniel Drosdoff |
Entrepreneur Makes Fuel From Native Plant This entrepreneur is confident that the pinon, a noncontaminating fuel source that also prevents erosion, and other renewable sources of energy will result in an agricultural revolution in South American countries. |
Fast Company
February 1, 2008 |
Is Bacteria Fuel the Next Big Thing? While LS9's research seems promising, bacteria fuel will have some competition to become the fuel of the future. Here's a look at how it compares with three other major players among alternative fuels. |
Food Processing
January 2008
Marty Weil |
Consider Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources Solar and wind power, biogas and biodiesel may solve your manufacturing company's energy problems as well as its green initiatives. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 57
David Bradley |
Sweet Solution to Energy Problem A new process for converting sugar into diesel fuel and feedstock chemicals for the manufacture of plastics, drugs, and other products, could help industry circumvent the problem of rising oil and natural gas prices. |
CFO
April 1, 2008
Vincent Ryan |
Sucking It Up With prices gushing past $100 per barrel, companies are trying to consume less oil. |
PC Magazine
April 19, 2006
Bill Howard |
Diesel Cars Are Back What would it take to get you into a diesel engine car? Diesel now runs clean, has no engine clatter, is now the main fuel for some airplanes, and has recently been used in the Audi that won the 12 hour endurance race. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2008
Erin Scottberg |
How to Make 4 Alternative Fuels at Home: Goodbye, Big Oil! Home recipes for ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hydrogen with new technologies |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Bill Howard |
Why Buy a Hybrid? Make a hybrid out of the diesel car and you'd likely cut emissions further. |
National Defense
September 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Army Explores Alternative Ways to Add Power on Battlefields Several military laboratories are looking into fuel cell technology to give soldiers the extra juice they need to operate equipment loaded onto humvees and other vehicles. |
Wired
December 2005 |
As Prices Rise, Technologies Emerge Energy innovations that once seemed off-the-charts expensive are becoming potentially profitable alternatives. The reason: rising long-term oil prices, which make these methods more cost-effective by comparison. |
Fast Company
November 1, 2007 |
The Evolution of Diesel The Past: In response to the 1970s OPEC crisis, GM hastily rolls out diesel engines... The Present: Modern diesel engines achieve up to 40% better fuel efficiency than gas... The Future: Biodiesel engines burn renewable fuel grown... etc. |
Technology Research News
May 18, 2005 |
Catalyst Boosts Gasoline Fuel Cells Researchers have come up with a catalyst layer that can be put over a conventional anode to reform the fuel within the fuel cell. This allows hydrocarbons like gasoline to be used directly in fuel cells. |
National Defense
September 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Energy Conservation Plans Overlook Military Realities Are skyrocketing oil prices just a temporary drain on the U.S. economy or a lasting national security threat? |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006 |
What Good Are Biofuels? Crops that double as energy sources are cheap, abundant, and homegrown. Yet as farmers rush to transform food crops into fuel, some environmentalists have begun to fret. |
AskMen.com
Patrick Rowlings |
Diesel Cars: 6 To Choose From Diesels used to be notorious for poor performance and smoky black emissions, but that's all changed. |
Food Processing
January 2007
Mike Pehanich |
Flower Power, Sunshine and Wind First solar energy, then biodiesel fuel and now wind power. Kettle Foods Inc., Salem, Ore., has made alternative energy sources a company commitment. |
BusinessWeek
April 30, 2007
John Carey |
Ethanol Is Not The Only Green In Town Memo to Feds: Make subsidies available to the whole field of biofuel innovation. |
Car and Driver
March 2004
Frank Markus |
Tech Stuff: Diesel's Last Stand? Diesels now offer superior performance, fuel economy, and longevity, but have CARB and the EPA made outlaws of them? |
Wired
August 2006 |
How to: Save the Earth Go biodiesel, use a wristwatch as a compass, boost your car's horsepower, replace your car's stock air filter with a free-flow one, and enhance your engine's computer with a power module. |
Popular Mechanics
May 21, 2009
Dave Hubbard |
Home Brewed Biodiesel Tips: Preventing Fires A backyard biodiesel expert talks about how home operations can spark dangerous fires and how to prevent them. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2008
Toby Shute |
Innovation Series: Biofuels The search is on for a cheap, renewable fuel. |
Popular Mechanics
February 5, 2009
Jennifer Bogo |
Home Brewed: How to Turn Grease Into Biodiesel (for Cheap!) The process of making biodiesel begins in the gloaming under an old walnut tree in West Virginia, where behind a rural tavern a week's worth of frying oil sits in a 55-gal drum. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Biodiesel Gets a Big Pump Venture capital is pouring money into biodiesel, but it is too soon to crown a winner. Investors, take note. |
CFO
July 1, 2006
John Goff |
Power Source How a fresh crop of CFOs is propelling the alternative-fuels industry. |
Wired
January 18, 2008
Matthew Phenix |
A Soviet-Era Training Jet Jumpstarts a New Era of Green Flight Green Flight International's BioJet, a 39-year-old Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin with a single-stage turbojet was engineered to burn anything from pump gas to home-heating oil. Biodiesel, it turns out, goes down easy. |
Chemistry World
April 4, 2008
Sean Milmo |
EU Biofuel Firms Face Cloudy Future The surge in biofuels is faltering in the face of soaring raw materials costs and a massive amount of overcapacity in both bioethanol and biodiesel. |
Popular Mechanics
March 29, 2007
Amanda Leigh Haag |
Pond-Powered Biofuels: Turning Algae into America's New Energy Using a complex photosynthetic process, breakthrough innovators have developed biodiesel and ethanol from an unlikely source that can double its output overnight and just might help give alternative energy the bump it needs. |
