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Luscious Garage - All Green & Sustainable in Bay Area Run by Carolyn Coquillette

Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 posted by posted by Ecacofonix @ 9:29 PM

Bay Area in the USA has more Toyoto Priuses than most states in the US. So it is not surprising that Carolyn Coquillette came up with the idea of Hybrid Specialty Garage called the Luscious Garage. That's right, this garage specialises (and does only) in hybrids. It also offers a nice carrot - it can change your hybrid to all-electic plug-in (or a hybrid plug-in) at a reasonable cost.

While it appears that she has not quite turned the financial corner with her business, it sure is a good beginning for a region that wants to go all-electric.

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Wood into Sugar: A New Source for Biofuels.

Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2008 posted by posted by visa @ 6:00 AM

Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Germany have made a breakthrough by converting wood into sugar molecules, which can then be used to produce ethanol, a biofuel. The new method comes as researchers in Germany are stepping up their efforts to find innovative ways of tapping bioenergy sources to address growing concerns about the merits of using food crops or agricultural land for biofuels because of their impact on food prices and the environment.
Additional research areas include looking for breakthroughs in technology to turn wood into gas or other forms of energy, to use biomass for cooling, and to use old wood to prepare pellets.

For the method of conversion and more

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Jet fuel from using 100 percent renewable feedstock

Posted on posted by posted by visa @ 5:56 AM

Energy & Environmental Research Center of North Dakota says it has produced a sample of a 100 percent renewable jet fuel. The research was funded by U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to meet its requirement for JP-8 jet fuel. The researchers added that they can also make it for Jet A, commercial aviation equipment. They also added that algal-oil-to-fuel projects research is also being conducted.

Source: http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2139

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  In the beginning, there were algae,
but there was no oil Then, from algae came oil.
Now, the algae are still there, but oil is fast depleting
In future, there will be no oil, but there will still be algae  
So, doesn't it make sense to explore if we can again get oil from algae?
This is what we try to do at Oilgae.com - explore the potential of getting oil from algae