Driving away from fossil fuels: fields of rapeseed which is used in biofuels, many of which are under development in Australia and abroad.
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In 300 BC, the Syrian city of Antioch had public street lighting fuelled by olive oil. At the 1900 Paris World Fair, German inventor Rudolph Diesel demonstrated his engine powered by peanut oil.
Biofuels…
There are dark days ahead for Australian forests if renewable energy plan gets the nod.
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We are poised at a pivotal moment for native forests, the wood products industry and climate change. Australia is moving away from a damaging native forestry industry – and a damaging conflict over its…
Australia’s forest conflict gets easier to solve as every day passes. In reality, the conflict will solve itself if the government can just resist reviving the environmentally and economically inferior…
India's power needs are growing at a staggering rate and coal won't do the job.
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As the Australian Labor Party changes its stance on trading uranium with India, a pertinent question arises: why is India so keen to buy this controversial fuel? And what do India’s energy resources look…
Microbial fuel cells: a bit of mud or sewage, a few bacteria and, bingo: electricity.
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When you read the word “bacteria” you probably think about illness, advertisements for “probiotic” food supplements, and maybe about brushing your teeth.
Chances are, you probably don’t think about electricity…
Developing sustainable energy sources needs some of the country's best and brightest.
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Project: Develop hydrogen-based sustainable energyCost: $20 millionTimeframe: Seven years
Finding real green energy is a vital area of research. Is there an energy that meets the needs of its users…
Future fuels will be made from a range of raw materials, including algae.
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By Ian O'Hara, Queensland University of Technology
It’s one of the key challenges of our generation: transforming our global energy use from emissions-intensive, non-renewable fossil fuels to low-carbon, sustainable energy technologies.
The challenge…
American public transport employs biofuels instead of petrol .
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“We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats…
FOOD SECURITY – The World Bank has warned rising food prices have risen 36% in the last year, reaching dangerous levels and pushing millions into poverty.
The unrest in the Middle East, Africa and Haiti…
