Tag Archives: biodiesel
2+2=5: ActionAid maths at work
You probably saw a report and press release by ActionAid the other week, trotting out the familiar NGO message that biofuels cause hunger in the developing world by pushing up food prices. According to the charity, its report, Biofuelling the … Continue reading
Palm Oil producers fight back against US EPA
Back in February, we commented on a ruling by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the suitability (or rather, in this case, the unsuitability) of palm oil as a biodiesel feedstock under new sustainability rules (read it here). Since … Continue reading
Latest bioenergy prices
Want a peak of the price highlights from this morning’s BioenergyWeekly, featuring Friday’s closing market prices for a range of biofuels, feedstocks and energy products? Simple, just click on the image below… Want this information, togher with 20 other pages … Continue reading
Not peak oil, but phosphate peak a limit to algae
We’re familiar with the concept of peak oil, and those working in agriculture know that supplies of certain nutrients, such as those which are mined from the earth, are a limited resource. It’s long been a potential concern for the … Continue reading
American hypocrisy on biofuel requirements
War, what is it good for? went the lyric. We could almost substitute that with, ‘The ASA, what is it good for?’ Seemingly campaigning for the fact that all biofuel produced in the USA from US-grown soybeans is good, no … Continue reading
