Biodiesel

PROSPECTS FOR THE BIODIESEL INDUSTRY

Where we've been.

The biodiesel industry has reached a crisis point. The demand for biodiesel has promoted the construction of a large number of biodiesel plants. These refineries use the oils from many plants, but especially soy. » read more

Going to a concert this summer, or would like to? Take a look at these artists who are not only touring, but rocking the "green" lifestyle as well.

Radiohead: Their opening act's MySpace might say it best: "We're not sure if there's any information made public about the efforts Radiohead go to reduce their environmental impact. But there should be. At the outset we were all given tour water flasks. Plastic anything is like contraband. Every bus and truck runs on bio-fuel. » read more

Anheuser-Busch just received funding to clean up their act. The EPA gave the company a $150,000 grant to do so. They are working on getting trucks that contain multi-stage filters to trap and reduce emissions by 70-80 percent. The Hunts point Fleet is located in the Bronx, contains 75 trucks, 15 of which will contain the new filtration devices. The fleet will also fuel the trucks with bio-diesel. The company hopes to have 22 of these new trucks by 2009. They are also swapping out diesel engines with compressed natural gas engines.

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With the price of fuel still on the rise, many people are racking their brains to find new ways to afford to fill up their car’s gas tank.

This is especially hard for college students, who already have a hard enough time affording to pay for anything! » read more

I came across this article, and thought I would share the news with an interested community. 

Coming Soon from VW: A 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid

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