Biofuel Blog War

Two biodiesel powered sojourns kick off this weekend:

Earthrace - the biodiesel powered boat we’ve written about before kicks off their second attempt at breaking the world circumnavigation record. This time they are leaving from Spain, heading West through the Straits of Gibraltar, to the Panama Canal etc. They hope to beat the current record of 74 days, 23 hours and 53 minutes. We wish them a safe journey!
The Dirty Hands Caravan, a string of biodiesel powered buses, leaves from the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, CA with plans to arrive on May 4th at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Volunteers can register to take part in the caravan and will volunteer at local organizations along the way. Safe travels to these participants also!

A Department of Labor report will probably add fuel, so to speak, to the continuing discussion over the effect that biofuels growth has on food prices. The new data released April 16 showed that domestic food prices rose 5.1% in…

Amid rising fuel prices and anxiety as to whether the higher blend level could be run in German car engines, the country’s Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Friday that plans to raise the ethanol level from 5% to 10% had…

The airline industry hasn’t always been the most forward looking in solving systemic efficiency problems, but a new effort appears to be taking hold. Following closely on the coat tails of Virgin’s publicity stunt in January, Continental is now to…

Margin squeeze ahead. U.S. farmers are expected to switch significantly more acres back from corn to soybeans to cut down on costs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week. According to the latest Prospective Plantings Report, farmers intend to…

PetroSun commenced operations yesterday at what is believed to be the first-ever commercial algae-to-biodiesel facility. The Rio Hondo, Texas plant won’t be making fuel immediately, but operations at the algae farm, comprising about 1,100 acres of saltwater pond, have begun….