ethanol

Ethanol is a promising new energy source, derived from corn and almost devoid of emissions when used in vehicles. It's easy to modify cars to use this energy source and already available in some pumps and in some vehicles.  Read More »

Since today's the 92nd running of the Indy 500 in my home town I felt this would be appropriate.  Read More »

Well, my friend and I recently did some research on alternative fuel sources, and look what we found! I was amazied that more research had not been done on using biodiesel as a source of fuel. Here are some facts:

• Algae is the fastest growing plant in the world.

•Algae consumes 75% of the CO2 absorbed by plants

• Algae is not food; it will not raise food prices.  Read More »

I’ve posted before about the damage farm subsidies can do to the economies of other countries. Corn is one of the most heavily subsidized crops and it’s being used to create ethanol, which is currently more profitable than selling the corn for food because ethanol is subsidized, too. This is causing some very serious problems in Mexico: the cost of corn, a staple of mexican food, has gone out the roof. People are hungry enough to protest.  Read More »