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A pretty good strategy for winning the Afghan war would be to drop in some ,biodiesal refineries that can produce diesel for "$1.25 to $1.75 per gallon from a variety of feedstocks that ranges from restaurant and ethanol-plant waste oils to non-edible crops and plain old pond scum." Drop those in the poppy valleys, kill the poppy plants and offer to pay the farmers for their dead poppy plants to use as feedstock for the biodiesal refineries. That diesal could be used for ground based vehicles. Interestingly, if you read this article, you'll note that the airline industry is far...

Despite my staunch belief that we do need to alleviate our dependence on fossil fuels, I cannot help but become irritated with the incessant din streaming from the mouths of farmers greenies and congressmen alike. You can't escape it, so why don't we all stop trying? From television commercials, to corporate branding and our elected puppets, everyone is deputizing alternative energy, and more specifically biofuels, as the be all and end all to our energy dilemma. Energy What many fail to realize, however, is the sheer immensity of this task. The amount of energy we collectively produce from fossil fuels...

URBANDALE, Iowa - The Iowa Soybean Association has partnered with Iowa Central Community College, Decker Truck Line Inc., Caterpillar Inc., the National Biodiesel Board and the USDA to conduct a unique field documentation study dubbed the “Two Million Mile Haul.” This is a comprehensive study to examine the benefits of a 20 percent soy biodiesel blend (B20) in an over-the-road trucking company. Iowa Central is responsible for collecting and analyzing engine performance data as well as periodic in-house testing of the petroleum and B20 blend fuels for purity and consistency. Additionally, the study examines the effects of various fuel additives...

Greenhouses For Desalinised Water & Oil. This week, let’s take a more in depth look at using greenhouses to tap oceans or briny aquifers to produce desalinised water and energy.Several weeks back I posted about a British Company that used greenhouses for water desalination to produce high value fruits and vegetables. Another thing those green houses could produce is biocrude/biodiesal from algae. Why?Consider this from Wikipedia. Oil Yield Cultivating Algae for Liquid Fuel Production (http://oakhavenpc.org/cultivating_algae.htm) Gallons of Oil per Acre per Year Corn . . . . . . . 18 Soybeans . . . .48 Safflower. . . ....