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Chocoholic biodiesel gets truck to Timbuktu
As we settle back into the working week, Christmas already seems impossibly long ago: for most households only a few stubborn pine needles serve to remind us of all the recent shopping, feasting and clearing up.
That, and the mountain of chocolate in the fridge.
Biofuels compared
The October issue of National Geographic has an in-depth feature on biofuels. We’ve written a fair bit about corn ethanol and biodiesel, but the magazine goes to town with a comparison of various fuels and the crops from which they’re made.
Life in the ocean waves
The BBC reports that a boat powered by biodiesel has arrived in Bristol. That might not sound too interesting, but this particular boat has two 540hp engines that can push it along at nearly 60mph. Oh, and it travels through waves.
The fat of the land
It seems there’s no getting away from the biofuel debate. The BBC recently reported how demand for oil crops was affecting agricultural markets, and on the ‘wonder plant’ jatropha, which could soon be powering Indian cars and buses.
