Study Sweetens Biofuel Options: UW Team Says Sugar Conversion Has Advantages Over Ethanol
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By Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 22--A simple sugar found in fruit and a variety of other sources could be converted to fuel for cars and trucks.
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Researchers at MIT say a genetically modified yeast can increase ethanol production by 50 percent. Technology may be the key to replacing fossil fuels, but let's not be blinded by science. In Autopia.
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With several panels dedicated to biofuels at the AAAS annual meeting, the sustainability of growing a large percentage of our transportation fuel is emerging as a major theme of the conference. Alexis Madrigal reports from Boston.
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University of Minnesota scientists recently reported research results  indicating that biofuels derived from grassland plants yield up to twice  as much energy, per unit of land, as corn-based ethanol does.
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Climate decision-makers have little faith in biofuels, a study released at the UN climate talks in Bali reveals.
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The perceived risk of relying on foreign oil and the desire to create fuel from domestic sources guarantees that biofuels will become competitive with crude oil. In Autopia.
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Science & environment: Converting rainforests, peatlands and grasslands for biofuels can increase CO2 emissions, scientists find
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Across the globe, huge demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food.
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Hydrogen is good, but biofuel is now, says biofuel exec.
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By Russ Keen, American News, Aberdeen, S.D.  Sep. 22--Ethanol critics who contend the industry burns up more energy than it produces might have to think twice before pointing a finger at the Aberdeen Energy ethanol plant to be built near Mina.
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The rapid growth of the world's biofuel industry is likely to keep farm commodity prices at high levels in the next decade as it will boost demand for grains, oilseeds and sugar, a major study said on Wednesday.
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Even in the Midwest where ethanol is most popular, its success as an alternative fuel is far from assured.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 6 (IPS) - A body tasked with shaping European Union policy on  biofuels is dominated by companies with a vested interest in  promoting this source of energy, environmentalists have claimed.
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New research shows that prairie grasses grown using only moderate amounts of fertilizer on marginal land can produce significant amounts of ethanol
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Making ethanol from corn is expensive. Better biofuels are years away from the gas tank. But do we really have any alternative?
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Biotechnology might be used to boost  the energy output of crops used in making renewable fuels, a  U.S. Agriculture Department advisory committee said on  Wednesday, noting the sharp rise in demand for the fuels.
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The ethanol producer's star is rising once more.