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How Germs Can Keep Your Motor Runing

Jason Tetro | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada Impact
Jason Tetro

2012-05-28-GermGuyBanner.jpgThe use of germs to produce biofuels has been in exploration since the mid-1990s, but finding the right organisms is a difficult task. The horse rumen has a vast array of environmental bacteria and ...something else. Could this be the treasure trove scientists are looking for?

Biofuel a Win-Win: Green and Cost-Effective

John Brian Shannon | Posted 04.02.2012 | Canada
John Brian Shannon

The quiet revolution is already well begun in the biofuel industry as it enters it's high-growth stage -- and it is only going to get better from here. Some cities have done the calculations, and surprise! -- it's more cost effective to re-process that oil than to deal with the harm to the environment from toxic used oil. Quite unlike fossil-fuels, which cause a huge net gain to our atmosphere -- the CO2 equation couldn't be better for plant-based diesel.