The world needs a new source of energy, an unspillable source.

Inside Biodiesel: Transportation

www.riverwired.com Ever wonder what it would take to turn your car into a green machine? With biodiesel, turns out it’s not as hard as you might think. We’re in Asheville, NC with the folks from Blue Ridge Biofuels, who explain how to make a “seamless” transition to fueling up with biodiesel including where to fill […]

Silence of the Lamps

A mock horror film on conserving electricity. One of four films created at GIFTS by 2007 BC Hydro Off the Grid contest winners.

What has China been planting millions of acres of to use as biofuel??

I remember reading that China (or it may have been Japan??) was planting millions of acres of some type of plant that it was planning to use as fuel. It’s a type of plant that is not edible. And, I believe that the plant isn’t a proven way to actually produce fuel but the Chinese […]

Kenya’s hope that biofuel will reduce poverty – 16 Feb 09

The jatropha tree is being harvested to create biofuel in Kenya. The product can be used to fuel anything from aircrafts to cookers and the new industry is being billed as a way out of poverty for many of the country’s poor. However, a lot of land is needed to create the fuel. Al Jazeera’s […]

Cropping with inter-row grasses for biofuel

Cropping with inter-row grasses for biofuel IN THE quest for more biofuel, American researchers are having success with a version of pasture cropping that uses rows of perennial grass sod between crop rows to maintain soil health. Read more on Queensland Country Life

Which household appliances and electronics use the most electricity?

I live in the New Haven area of Connecticut and our electric bills have absolutely skyrocketed in the past year. What are some good ways to conserve electricity on a daily basis? Which household electronics and appliances use the most electricity? Which will cost more on the electric bill- Using space heaters or leaving the […]

Plant Fueled: Grassroots Biofuel in Pittsburgh (2008) Video

Plant Fueled: Grassroots Biofuel in Pittsburgh (2008). Short Documentary about Biofuels in Pittsburgh. Biofuel (if cultivated, then also called agrofuel or agrifuel) can be broadly defined as solid, liquid, or gas fuel consisting of, or derived from recently dead biological material, most commonly plants. This distinguishes it from fossil fuel, which is derived from long […]

Can woodchips be considered a biofuel or renewable resource?

According to this article I read, a prison in Nevada is using woodchips from surrounding forests to heat and power it. The plus side is that using forest wastes will help the forest thrive instead of thin out. But are woodchips are renewable resource, and can it be considered a biofuel? http://www.biofuelprocessor.com/nevada-renewable-energy-prison/

Conserving Water and Electricity (Infomercial)

Steps to make the world a happier place…easy! Remember: Conserving Electricity and Water = Money saved!! $$$ “Helping the earth is good, but I wouldn’t devote much of my life for it. I would rather get souls saved through Jesus than to save the earth. Then those souls would enjoy a new kingdom of God’ […]

biofuel or electric cars, which is most likely to take over?

What is more likely to happen, a new fuel is found are/or different ways of producing it and piston engined cars are powered by this better fuel similar to the way it is now or electric cars? Obviously both are going to happen but which is going to completely take over the auto industry in […]