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The Got Grease Difference
Dubai makes big biodiesel investment in Malaysia
Posted Apr 10th 2008 11:50AM by David
As we noted when Dubai announced a test of GM Hybrids for taxi and limo service, just because the Emirate has a lot of oil doesn't mean it isn't interested in checking out alternatives. News is out today that the Dubai Group has made a large ($49.5 million U.S.) investment in Malaysian biodiesel company GBD and now has a 30 percent stake in that company. The emirate-owned Dubai Investment Group's CEO, Abdulhakeem Kamkar, said that renewable energy and biofuels are the "preferred industry focus" for the DIG (the DIG is a subsidiary of Dubai Group). By the end of the year, GBD's huge biodiesel plant should be able to produce up to 500,000 metric tons of biodiesel a year from palm oil (d'oh) and jathropha.
Source: Cleantech
Energy Activists Want Wind, Sun, Trash
Posted Apr 9th 2008 5:18PM by David
Jane Gramlich takes steps to conserve energy whenever possible.
She and her partner, Steven Sloan, have switched to a high-efficiency heating system in their home in the Southwest Garden neighborhood. They've switched to compact fluorescent light bulbs. They even hold potluck dinners at their home to engage friends in discussions of energy conservation.
Read Full Story: renewableenergyworld.com
Common Sense on Biofuels
Posted Apr 10th 2008 3:55PM by David
The future of the Earth could well hinge on the future of earth, the soil beneath our feet.
One statistic makes clear why soils and plants growing on them contain 2.7 times more carbon than the atmosphere. Outside the oceans they represent the Earth's largest store of biological carbon. Using soils and plants in ways that release carbon intensifies climate change. This is the second greatest source of climate-disrupting greenhouse gases after fossil-fuel burning.
On the other hand, employing the land to soak up atmospheric carbon increasingly appears central to averting global climate meltdown, quite literally. Carbon levels in the atmosphere may have already reached a point where simply stopping the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations may not be enough to stop the worst climate change impacts. Whether massive loss of polar ice and sea level rises measured in the tens of feet can be prevented may very well depend on the skill of farmers and foresters in growing soil carbon.
Read Full Story: renewableenergyworld.com