High School Student Invents Biofuel Solution For Sugar Shortage
As a sugar shortage looms, a high school student in Zimbabwe discovers that biofuel could be made from common reeds instead of sugarcane.
As a sugar shortage looms, a high school student in Zimbabwe discovers that biofuel could be made from common reeds instead of sugarcane.
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Is corn-based ethanol worse for the environment than gasoline? Reuters reports that according to a new study, the answer is yes. In fact, the study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pointed out that corn-based ethanol mixed in with gasoline is most likely a much larger contributor … [continued]
Ethanol: You need to burn anywhere from 0.9 to 1.5 gallons of fossil fuel to make a gallon of corn ethanol! That means you produce more CO2. By the time you have tilled the soil, planted the seed, spread the fertilizer, tilled the soil again to remove weeds, applied weed … [continued]
Big Oil is looking for help from Big Corn to fight President Biden’s clean energy policies and EV mandate. So far, the ethanol folks say they are not interested in lending a hand.
Formula 1 commits to becoming carbon neutral in 2021 and fully net zero by the year 2030.