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Posts Tagged ‘Carbon Emissions’

$85 Billion For Algal and Biofuel Research

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Creating biofuels from algae isn’t new, but the recent announcement of $85 billion in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy should make it more widespread.  The funding package will also promote the development of other advanced biofuels, but none of it will be used to create cellulosic ethanol.  What’s so great about algal fuel [...]

Nissan's New, More Efficient, Fuel Injectors

Friday, January 16th, 2009

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Completely shifting the auto industry’s design focus away from internal combustion engines will be a long process.  In the meantime, there are many things that can make a traditional engine more efficient.  These measures can be implemented with lower costs and, while they don’t provide the massive fuel and emissions reductions associated with electric cars, [...]


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