Biofuel production is limited by the quantity of biomass on the planet. As we’ve demonstrated in our report Biofuel vs. Photovoltaics, there isn’t enough arable farmland on the planet for biofuel to even begin to replace crude oil. But what if farmland is not the only source for biofuel feedstock?
There are two primary categories of [...]
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Ethanol from Cellulose
by Ed Ring on July 28, 2006
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The Next Generation Car
by Ed Ring on July 25, 2006It finally happened. The future is here. The future is now. Tesla Motors in San Carlos, California, a company we scooped about a month ago in Silicon Valley- The New Detroit?, has released specifications on its revolutionary battery powered car.
Several years ago we published The Car of the Future, which described the ambitious plans of [...]
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Create Carbon Sinks
by EcoWorld Editorial Staff on July 20, 2006To say “create carbon sinks” is another way to say “reforest the planet.” Ever since EcoWorld posted its first page back in May 1995, our original and enduring mission is to promote reforesting. Our goal is to record a doubling of the timber mass of planet earth during the 50 year period from 1995 to [...]
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The Radical Center
by Ed Ring on July 19, 2006About a year ago, we published a story entitled “The Radical Center,” which reported on a group in New Mexico called the Quivira Coalition who are drawing together ranchers and environmentalists to work together. They are promoting the fact that underdrawing on a regenerating resource – such as forage on rangeland – will cause the [...]
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Wind Power in China
by EcoWorld Editorial Staff on July 15, 2006THE WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY HARNESSES WIND TO HELP POWER A BURGEONING ECONOMY
The Dabancheng Wind Farm
At 100 megawatts, China’s largestEditor’s Note: With 20% of the world’s population, China now consumes 10% of the world’s energy. This would suggest that just to come up to the international average, China will need to double its [...]
