As if the list of positive points for people to convert to bio diesel can’t grow higher, A recent study at Purdue University has shown that burning bio diesel in home furnaces proved to be a huge success. The scientists clam that burning bio diesel rather than oil helped reduce the sulfur emissions of the home. Plus, the study also showed that the process was just as efficient as burning fossil fuels for heat.
Another great point is the ease of switching. The only real problem the study faced was that the gasket seals in the furnace kept leaking. While this seems like a big deal, it really isn’t. You see, the scientists say that this is an easily fixed problem by replacing the exiting seals with ones of a higher quality.
So with this news coming forward, and all the other reasons why bio diesel is so great. People could be pumping the stuff into their cars sooner then you think.
Los Alamos National Labs has created a fuel they called, “Green Freedom“. They have created a new process for extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and making the building blocks of a liquid. Los Alamos National Laboratory developed the concept for large-scale production of carbon-neutral, sulfur-free fuels and organic chemicals from air and water.
The Lab uses non-hazardous materials for its feed and operation and has a small waste stream volume. In addition, unlike large-scale bio fuel concepts, the Green Freedom system does not add pressure to agricultural capacity or use large tracts of land or farming resources for production. Green Freedom system can use existing cooling towers, such as those of nuclear power plants, with carbon-capture equipment that eliminates the need for additional structures to process large volumes of air
The next phase will demonstrate the new electrochemical process to prove the ability of the system to both capture carbon dioxide and pull it back out of solution. An industrial partnership consortium will be formed to commercialize the Green Freedom concept. The principal market for the Green Freedom production concept is fuel for vehicles and aircraft.
Iraq, with the worlds riches oil fields has given the rights for an Arab company to turn the countries extra dates into a renewable fuel for all.
You see, Iraq produces over 100,000 tons of dates every year, but only a third of them are ever consumed. The rest are simply thrown out or given to livestock as feed.
Now however, that’s all changing. now Iraq’s extra dates will move to the united Arab Eremites where through a very complicated process, will be turned into bio-diesel. This is supposed to provide extra much needed money to the economy of war torn Iraq. Plus its renewable and doesn’t hurt the environment which is even better!
Folks who live near the Rockies might be sad that their trees have a habit of dying, but that doesn’t mean that they can turn them into something useful. That’s right, people in the Rockie mountain area have been turning the remains of dead trees into clean, environmentally friendly bio-diesel. Now this is sorta like an old dog new tricks kinda deal. You see bio-diesel has been around for over 20 years. But the people of Colorado have only been making their version of the product for only a year now.
In fact the product has even caught the eye of the Toledo energy company, who wants to turn all the dead trees in the area into bio diesel. Now there is a silver lining to this, it would be pretty cool getting rid of all those dead trees, plus they are being used wisely. But the only problem with this is the fact that it would take more energy to use this process then just pumping oil out of the ground. So until a more efficient way comes forth, we could be pumping oil for a long time.
Envion has found a way to cheaply, and safely, convert low grade plastic into something resembling oil. This compound can be mixed with other chemical components and sold as gasoline or diesel. Many companies have tried this approach before, but the process has always been so costly and made quite a mess inside the machine used to melt the plastic that would require major clean up. But Envion has perfected the science of converting plastic into fuel.
They utilize infra-red energy to heat the plastic to a very carefully controlled temperature range. The machine can convert everything from large plastic McDonald’s cups to the actual blue recycling bins themselves! The process is said to cost about $10 per barrel of the converted substance and many gasoline companies have already expressed interest in buying.
Envion recently set up their first conversion station at a waste transfer plant in Montgomery County, just north of Washington, D.C. They are set to unveil the station and more about how it works today with a speech by Gov. Martin O’Malley to follow.
Alright I’m not going to lie, The united states navy and algae really don’t go together, but after you realize that the Navy is researching alternative fuels it all comes together. You see the Navy is trying to develop a new type of oil to help power their cars and ships, They call this algae oil.
Now this research is really about the Us putting alternative fuel mandates on the navy, but they are sure that this is about creating better cleaner fuels for the military use. Plus who doesn’t want the government working to help create new fuels. I mean something like this can only help the situation that the world is in.
But what exactly is this algae oil? well, the navy hopes that it will be a substitute for regular oil, They also believe that it will behave just like regular oil. So in reality, its just regular oil that isn’t from the ground. But who knows, maybe the navy could be onto something and we could be on step away from filling our cars with oil from a plant.
That’s right, if a new fuel cell idea takes off you could be refueling your car with sugar rather then with gas. Now i know that this idea seems a little out there, but it is for real with designers and big companies with big interests.
Now the idea that we are talking about here solves a big problem with fuel cells. If you travel any lengthy distance you will need a big heavy tank under pressure which never really worked.
Now this new idea uses glucose (which is a fancy name for sugar) and a platinum catalyst to produce hydrogen to run the car. This a huge breakthrough for fuel cells because most other ideas similar to this have operating temps of over 1000 degrees, where the sugar tank works around a more comfortable 400.
This idea has even caught the attention of Chrysler. While they are interested, they clam that the amount of corn needed to run all of Americas fleet of cars would be a lot, but if a business like Chrysler is interested and will invest, then sooner or later sugar will be fueling our cars, and ourselves.
The honda FCX clarity, the name doesn’t really ring a bell does it? It might be because Hondas new alternitve fuel powerd car is only available in californa. But putting this aside, I belive that the Claritty is the one of the worlds most importaint car ever invented sicne the car was.
This isn’t because it has space thrusters, or a warp drive, or something crazy that you might find on other alterntive powerd cars. No, i Belive that the clarity is importaint because it looks and runs like a car.Now this might not seem like anything importaint, but for a car that runs on hydrogen its a big deal. Just think about all of the other alternitve fuel cars. Most are plugings that take forever to charge and take forever to go anywhere. This is where the Clarity shines. when ever you run out of gas, you just pull up to the Hydrogen filling staion, and fill the car up like you would with a gas powered one.
Now thats a big deal for everone who supports alternitve fuels, and drives. You see, we have built our lives around the car as we know it. And sadly we will run out of gasoline one day, so we need something else to get us from point a to point b. And if this replacement is something that can only go 40 miles and takes a day to charge, we would have gone backwords. That is why the clarity is so improtanit, not because its the car of tommorow, but becasue its just like the car of today.
Gasohol is a blend of gasoline and ethanol. You are probably putting it in your car without realizing it. The most common blend of ethanol is called E10, which is about 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent ethanol by volume. All modern non diesel cars are certified to run on a blend of up to 10 percent. Now what is a modern non diesel car? That is not something I could get cleared up. Is my old bronco going to be damaged if I put gasohol in it? My bet is yes. Check your gas to see if you are getting more ethanol than gasoline, it should be posted where you purchase your gas. the standard ethanol content is 10 percent but it can be as high as 89! Just be aware of what kind of fuel you are putting into your car and whether or not it is the right fuel for you.
