A column entitled “Should America invest in bio diesel in a big way?” debates the merits of making investments into biodiesel… and the conclusion seems to be a big positive endorsement of putting greenbacks into the development of green fuel. Here are some of the highlights posted on Helium.com: -Benefits of biodiesel- Biodiesel is a clean and renewable fuel to …
Ethanol is Big Bucks for Tax Coffers
Ethanol poured more than $2.2 billion in revenues into local, state, and federal tax coffers in 2006… and is expected to go over $3 billion this year. In this press release from the Nebraska Ethanol Board, The Economic Impacts of Ethanol Production produced by the group Ethanol Across America purports that ethanol plants are also producing hundreds of million of …
Backing Hillary with Biodiesel
Some prominent Democratic mayors in California have taken to the road to campaign for presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton in a bus fueled by biodiesel. This story from San Francisco’s NBC 11 says Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and Fullerton Mayor Sharon Quirk have hit the road in the Golden State …
REG Making Biodiesel More Available at Truck Stops
As we mentioned here before, one of the best ways to make biodiesel more mainstream is to get it into the mainstream of the trucking industry in this country. This story on eTrucker.com says Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group (REG) is offering a service to truck stops across the country to make biodiesel more available: REG’s Retail Biodiesel Blending Program, announced …
Biodiesel Saving & Making Americans Green
Biodiesel could save Americans billions of dollars, while making the country cleaner… that according to a spokesman for a Mississippi-based biodiesel manufacturer. Dr. Richard Craven, of Mississippi-based Universal Bioenergy, tells AllHeadlineNews.com that the U.S. is going through 40 billion gallons of pertoleum worth $100 billion a year in the form of diesel: But Craven says the U.S. can produce biodiesel …
Colorado Springs Top Biodiesel Fleet
Colorado Springs, Colorado has been picked as the top municipal biodiesel fleet in the nation, according to Government Fleet Magazine. The Colorado Springs Gazette says the city beat out San Francisco and Austin, Texas for the honor: The magazine also awarded the city 17th in its overall rankings of public sector fleets using alternative fuels. Since 2003, more than 2,400 …
Fields of Fuel Wins at Sundance
The biodiesel documentary “Fields of Fuel” has walked away with one of the top honors at this year’s Sundance Film Festival at Park City, Utah. This story from Biodiesel Magazine has more about Josh Tickell’s documentary regarding biodiesel and America’s need to become independent from foreign oil: “Fields of Fuel” was chosen for the Audience Award for Best Documentary Film …
Sago Palm Bioethanol Plant Planned
A Japanese company is planning on building a bioethanol making the green fuel from a plant that is said to yield more ethanol per hectare than any other biofuel crop currently being grown. This story posted on Checkbiotech.org says Necfer Corp. will make ethanol from sago palm trees at a testing refinery in Malaysia: Necfer has developed its own dedicated …
Corporate Express Switching to Biodiesel
The U.S. branch of Dutch-based Corporate Express is converting its delivery trucks to biodiesel. CNNMoney.com reports that the corporate supplier will run most of its delivery truck fleets in Colorado and Kansas on B20 from Colorado’s Blue Sun’s Biodiesel: This strategic step will significantly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the Company’s Colorado and Kansas fleets — a total of …
Dole Harvesters Running on Biodiesel
Fresh food giant Dole has a fresh idea about how it is fueling its fresh vegetable harvesters in the western United States: use biodiesel. This company press release says the fresh vegetable division has switched its harvesters in Salinas, California and in Yuma, Arizona over to B20: Kevin Fiori, Dole’s Senior Vice President Agriculture Operations said “being good stewards of …