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ROME, Italy — Today Civil Society movements blamed Governments negotiating on biofuels at the Committee on World Food security for defending the interests of the biofuels industry rather than the interests of people pushed into hunger by biofuel policies.

Davis had been working on biofuels at a company in the same office park when he got a call from Brown five years ago.

Not exact matches

«The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,» which puts it in the same boat as corn - based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has done research on biofuels» emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.

GEX holds a wide spectrum of companies that earn at least 1/2 their revenues from the broader renewable energy industry, which includes solar, wind, biofuel and geothermal players, as well as companies focused on energy efficiency.

In the at - times pointed interview, Catsimatidis insisted repeatedly he did not have the biofuel - related legislation on his mind when the Cuomo's office reached out to ask for the plane.

CRUZ RALLIES FOR BIOFUELS — Reuters» Jarrett Renshaw: «Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump's administration to push for an overhaul of the nation's biofuels policy, during a rally at a Pennsylvania oil refinery that blames its bankruptcy on the controversial regulationBIOFUELS — Reuters» Jarrett Renshaw: «Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump's administration to push for an overhaul of the nation's biofuels policy, during a rally at a Pennsylvania oil refinery that blames its bankruptcy on the controversial regulationbiofuels policy, during a rally at a Pennsylvania oil refinery that blames its bankruptcy on the controversial regulation.»

While at UT, David was a researcher in the Webber Energy Group, where his research focused on advanced biofuel production to offset petroleum use in the transportation sector.

This means developing more of America's own energy resources, including wind, solar, clean coal, biofuels, nuclear energy, as well as oil and natural gas — which will reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil and create thousands of jobs here at home.

We look at the contents of the July issue of Scientific American magazine, the last under outgoing Editor in - Chief John Rennie, including an article by moon explorer Harrison Schmitt, a piece on the fight against superbugs, a report on the potential of biofuels such as grassoline, and a recollection of the pernicious effects of chess!

Vincent Eijsink at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås says research like this could help make possible a new generation of efficient biofuels that don't rely on food crops.

We look at the contents of the July issue of Scientific American magazine, the last under outgoing Editor in Chief John Rennie, including an article by moon explorer Harrison Schmitt, a piece on the fight against superbugs, a report on the potential of biofuels such as grassoline, and a recollection of the pernicious effects of chess!

Vincent Eijsink at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås says research like this could make possible a new generation of efficient biofuels that don't rely on food crops.

We're now looking at the world of biology and asking how to use our tools to make a more sustainable world with a focus on biofuels and renewable materials, for example.»

«Biofuel production also shows promise for directly offsetting some reliance on fossil fuels,» says Stephen Ogle, an ecosystem research scientist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

«It's big, big money, it's a long - term commitment, all of that scares the horses,» says physicist Graeme Sweeney, chairman of an advisory council for the E.U. on CCS, reflecting on the U.K.'s recent decision to drop financial support for CCS paired in part with biofuels at the White Rose project in Yorkshire.

Schroeder is also co-director of a new research entity at UC San Diego called «Food and Fuel for the 21st Century,» which is designed to apply basic research on plants to sustainable food and biofuel production.

One of the studies Tim has referenced basically concludes that the only thing policymakers can do is work on the assumption that biofuels, at this moment in time, are worse than petroleum fuels because of the future risk of land clearing and other GHG emission increases.

We have enough areas of agreement that I believe we can begin to focus on real solutions to both our energy security and climate change problems and that these solutions will involve, at least to some extent, biofuels.

«There can be disadvantages to being first,» says Robert Brown, a mechanical engineer at Iowa State University who works on biofuel development.

The model, built on more than three decades of research led by Vincent Chiang of the Forest Biotechnology Group at North Carolina State University, will speed the process of engineering trees for specific needs in timber, biofuel, pulp, paper and green chemistry applications.

Virgin Atlantic has flown a jumbo jet on a combination of conventional jet fuel and biofuel made from palm oil, and a jet powered solely by biodiesel has stayed aloft for more than 30 minutes — albeit with a special device to keep its fuel from freezing at high altitude.

Scientific analysis of diatom oil has shown that it is very suitable for use as biofuel, says T. V. Ramachandra, a professor of ecological sciences at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here who is working on this project with IISc researchers Durga Mahapatra and Karthick Balasubramanian, along with Richard Gordon, a radiology professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnepeg.

A comprehensive review of biofuel options by the independent U.K. Renewable Fuels Agency, released in July 2008, concluded that operational challenges and low - quality fuel would keep biocrude on the margins of world fuel supplies until 2020 at the earliest.

ANOTHER VIEW Bruce Dale, a biofuels researcher at MichiganState University, says there is a huge amount of uncertainty whenbasing predictions on an inherently complex economic model.Additionally, he asserts that the United States should not beresponsible for «anything but its own environmental profile» and thatto take into account world land changes is unreasonable.

«The climate benefit of cellulosic biofuels is actually much greater than was originally thought,» said Phil Robertson, University Distinguished Professor of Ecosystem Science at Michigan State University and lead author on the study.

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With the demand from biofuels and fuel cells on the rise, this research is ongoing at the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis at PNNL.

Headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., BESC is a multi-institutional research organization performing basic and applied science dedicated to improving yields of biofuels by focusing on the fundamental understanding and elimination of biomass recalcitrance.

At least the Commission, when deciding what policies to propose on issues such as the safety of nanoparticles, the impact of biofuel crops over food prices or chemical substances with hormone - disrupting effects is attempting to pursue policy that reflects the wishes of European citizens.

The influence of pectin on biofuel production largely has been ignored, according to the paper's first author, Ajaya Biswal, assistant research scientist at the CCRC.

PULLMAN — Norman Lewis, regents professor and director of the Institute of Biological Chemistry at WSU, will give a far - reaching futuristic perspective of our growing energy needs, with an emphasis on biofuels, in Seattle this month as part of WSU's «Innovators» luncheon.

Regulars at IAB should have seen the Bentley Continental GT that runs on biofuel, which is the fastest and maddest car to wear the Bentley badge.

At the Geneva Motor Show, which begins on March 3, Bentley will showcase their biofuel supercar which will host a W12 engine that produces 630 hp.

The first Bentley capable of running on both petrol (gasoline) and biofuel (E85 ethanol), its 6.0 litre W12 engine is rated 630 PS (463 kW; 621 bhp) at 6,000 rpm and 800 N ⋅ m (590 lbf ⋅ ft) at 1,700 - 5,600 rpm - using either fuel.

Two winery tours are offered here — both offering a behind - the - scenes look at production and a tasting; we prefer the Tram Tour, which includes a ride through the vineyards on a biofueled tractor - pulled cart.

I am not yet in my 40's but was raised in a very alternative community of people in nyc in the 70's and 80's... amidst the depression of the city at that time, there were tons of free - thinking individuals, groups and companies leading the way presenting biofuel - concepts and ideas, or promoting industries based on recycling things rather than being a disposable society... there have always been large numbers of people in the pro-environment movement country and world - wide that cried out about how alternative thinking would lead to newer, more positive and less harmfully - impacting industries and tried to introduce inventions that could have spurred new economies... Had the auto industry not blocked things, we could have had more energy efficient cars decades ago... but they did not want the «expense» of helping foster this new industry... it is so damn sad it took a war to make people «wake up» about alternative fuels and how exciting the options are.

While both fossil and biofuel processes are ripe for criticism at the moment, it's possible that a pairing of the two (cogeneration of heat and power with the heat used to serve the steam demand of a biofuel plant) could improve both EROI and EROE (energy return on emissions).

For a great overview of both sides of the argument (framed around the biofuels industry), I recommend you look at two Green Inc. posts framing the debate, one today on the industry point of view that intensified agriculture can cut land use, and one from last week on the opposing view.

For wind energy, take a look at the recent NASA study at http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2005/05/wind-energy-nasa-funded-study.html There are many sites on biofuels as well.

It comes at a key time for EU biofuel policy, with the European Commission due to report on how to address and minimise these emissions by the end of the year.

*** [1] What the EU has agreed: • A limit on biofuels from agricultural crops at 7 % of EU transport energy — with an option for member states to go lower.

«Depending on prior land use, our analysis shows that carbon releases from the soil after planting corn for ethanol may in some cases completely offset carbon gains attributed to biofuel generation for at least 50 years,» they note.

Michael Blaylock, Ph.D., vp of systems development at Edenspace Systems, reported on the status of Energy Corn ™, a feedstock designed to lower the cost of producing cellulosic biofuels from corn stover.

And we recently announced the launch of an advanced biofuels research program at Iowa State University focused on fast pyrolysis of biomass.

The world has built up at least a half a Trillion $ in opportunity costs (the price of all the much more desirable and productive things we could have spent the money on) ratholing funds on biofuels, wind turbines, solar systems and all those garden spot climate confabs for overpaid climate bureaucrats.

THE NEXT TEN YEARS (THE TIME FOR TRANSITION) As I see it, we have, at most, a three - year window for plug - in hybrids and flex - fuel cars (cars that can run on either biofuel or gasoline, or a blend of both) to start being offered for sale and sold in large numbers.

«We're not saying that biofuels are a bad idea,» added Jonathan Foley, a co-author on the study and a professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.

Around 60 % of the country's light vehicle fleet is now made of these «flex fuel» vehicles, which allow owners to switch freely between a gasoline - biofuel blend and pure biofuel depending on their price at the pump.

EU law makers ruled that biofuels can compete with food production, contribute to climate change, and put pressure on land use — and so have set a limit on the quantity of biofuels that can be used to meet EU energy targets (at no more than 7 % of transport energy).

Focusing on the carbon emissions associated with tropical deforestation, it showed that converting rainforests or grasslands to corn, soybean, or palm oil biofuel production led to a carbon emissions increase — a «biofuel carbon debt» — that was at least 37 times greater than the annual reduction in greenhouse gases resulting from the shift from fossil fuels to biofuels.