The 3 P's – planet, people, profit
By Rona Johnson
September 04, 2008
The sustainability movement may have a profound impact on the new era in agriculture that is emerging in the search for renewable energy and biomass-based substitutes for the myriad products manufactured from oil.
Great map of DOE projects
By Rona Johnson
August 28, 2008
A map of major DOE biofuels project locations shows a hole in the Heartland.
Innovative ethanol producers may soon start depleting North America's burgeoning garbage dumps. Experts say there may be no stopping them from pillaging trash depositories all over the world within the next decade. Keep a close eye on your local trash!
Brazil's capacity to expand farm acres huge
By Rona Johnson
August 21, 2008
Like the story in last week's BioLogue about Russia, Brazil has an enormous capacity to increase its agricultural acres.
Put the world's biggest potential buyers of distillers grains in the same room with the major U.S. companies that produce and sell the product, and good things happen.
Will high grain prices bring land into production?
By Rona Johnson
August 15, 2008
High prices might coax reinvestments in agriculture around the world. In Russia alone, 100 million acres of abandoned fertile fields could produce the equivalent of the U.S. corn crop. Plus, there's enough low-value land to produce 1 billion tons of biomass.
It's official: Perry's request is rejected. Sensible minds prevail.
A pain in the digester
By Rona Johnson
August 08, 2008
Turning a problem compound into a profitable one is the target of innovation.
Food, Fuel and Politics
By Anna Austin
August 04, 2008
The Food before Fuel campaign—designed to convince the public that biofuels are responsible for rising food costs and to press the government to rein in its renewable fuels' mandate—has caused a lot of heartburn. The question is whether consumers believe that the companies supporting this campaign are looking out for their best interests.
Measuring the Total Carbon Footprint of Biofuels Through Life-Cycle Analysis
By Kenneth J. Markowitz, Bernd G. Janzen and Emily C.
August 04, 2008
Rocky Mountain E85
By Timothy Charles Holmseth
August 04, 2008
From a good idea, to a better idea, to a comprehensive governor's coalition, the state of Colorado has invested in an ethanol economy that's a long way from the Corn Belt, but motorists, business owners and foreign countries are taking note of Rocky Mountain E85.
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