Google Australia is back up

January 31, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

google is hacked on web search…

google is hacked on web searches but not news, images etc

January 31, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

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January 31, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

a couple of minutes ago any se…

a couple of minutes ago any search result from Google started being flagged as malware

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Japan Airlines biofuels flight test a success; camelina, algae, jatropha used in B50 biofuel mix; fuel economy higher than Jet-A

In Japan, Japan Airlines became the fourth airline to successfully flight test biofuels in the past year, and the first to successfully demonstrate camelina as a biofuel feedstock.
The airline conducted a one-hour 747-300 flight test using a B50 blend of camelina, jatropha and algae based biofuel in the number 3 engine.
The jatropha was supplied by [...]

January 30, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 6

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Corn ethanol was our first attempt at a biofuel. And once it was given serious scholarship, serious analysis, we realized it has some major flaws.”

David Tilman, University of Minnesota, on the PBS NewsHour: “I think it was started with the best of intentions, but the problem with corn ethanol is that it turns out it takes a lot of energy just to grow corn, which we hadn’t thought about. The fertilizer, the pesticides, all those things require energy. Corn [...]

January 30, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

UK researchers hone in on four-spotted gribbles for clues for enzymes, genes to break down wood cellulose

In the UK, researchers at the Sustainable Bioenergy Center says that they are searching for the enzymes and genes used by four-spotted gribbles — marine bugs that eat boat and pier wood — for developing a more robust process to break down woods, wheat husks, straw and miscanthus. The researchers says that, among many marine [...]

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Biofuels Digest Index falls 2.55 percent to 51.14 on large-cap retreat

The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 2.55 percent to close at 51.14 on large-cap retreat. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 2.35 percent to $27.43, while The Andersons (ANDE) fell 6.09 percent to $16.34. Among small caps, Global Energy Holdings (GNH) fell 7.69 percent to $0.24. Overall, declines led advances [...]

January 30, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

KIT, Lurgi to develop pyrolysis, gasification pilot plant, with goal of $2.49 renewable diesel

In Germany, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a new method of producing a drop in biofuel for $2.49 per gallon by using pyrolysis to generate what they have termed bioliq, from wood waste and straw. The bioliq, produced by heating plant material in a vacuum at 500 degrees C, is then gasified, [...]

January 30, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Sector-9 skateboards converts taco shop oil to fuel: “they fill up on Friday, surf all weekend and re-fuel.”

In California, the Sector-9 skateboard company has converted to biodiesel and straight vegetable oil (SVO) for its diesel-based vehicle fleet. The company indicated that it is using the Greasecar Vegetable Oil Conversion System, an auxiliary fuel modification system that allows diesel vehicles to run on straight vegetable oil (SVO) in any climate. An unusual aspect [...]

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