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Biomass Gas

A company says it will make ethanol for the U.S. at less than a buck a gallon. They will refine what’s known as biomass which is available for 65 cents per gallon. The technology uses low energy to make it efficient to produce the biomass which can be used to produce ethanol.

Ethanol currently uses corn and the price is steadily escalating.

E85 Fuel - GM’s Corn-Fuel Based Cars

GM recently launched its Live Green Go Yellow ad campaign to promote its FlexFuel vehicles.  The FlexFuel vehicles run on EITHER gas or E85 fuel, which is based 85% ethanol which comes from corn.  In addition to running on corn fuel, this concept is cool because its available in a very wide range of… [More]

Corn Fueled Lotus Exige Rockets 0-60 MPH in 3.9 Seconds

In April, we covered GM’s E85 Corn Fueled Cars.  E85 Fuel is based 85% on Ethanol, which comes from corn.  Now, Lotus has released its own E85 corn fuel powered car.  The difference is that the E85 Lotus Exige can rocket 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds. From Giz Magazine: Lotus has always danced to a diffe… [More]

Ethanol From Orange Peels

We’ve seen ethanol out of corn and sugar cane, but now scientists have discovered a way to use other edibilities, such as orange peels, to help green our gas tanks. The discovery was made by a group of University of Guadalajara students while researching essential oils. Ethanol is used to dilute g… [More]

Woodchips As Fuel - Range Fuels Creates Cellulosic Ethanol (GALLERY)

A Colorado startup has found a way to make fuel from wood. Range Fuels has discovered how to turn woodchips into ethanol, a project being funded by Khosla Ventures. The world’s first commercial-scale plant is being built to produce cellulosic ethanol in Soperton, Ga. Building is expected to finish… [More]