The green issue

It seems a poisonous nut may be an effective way to reduce the aviation industry’s enormous carbon footprint. The Jatropha plant, as it is officially known, is one of several substances that can be used to create new carbon reducing biofuels suitable for use in aircraft. At present, the aviation industry produces 670 million tonnes of CO2 per year, 2% of the world’s total manmade carbon emissions.
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Future Oil

The latest crop of biofuel pioneers are looking past corn and french fry grease to microscopic organisms which they hope to coax into producing fuels to power planes, trains, and automobiles. At first, biofuel experts focused their attention on ethanol from the sugars in corn kernels; next, heads turned to second generation biofuels, such as ethanol from the cellulose in non-food plant parts. Now the next, or third, generation is here.
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10 Next Generation Green Technologies

Last year, renewable energy technologies like wind and solar were the fastest growing new sources of electricity in the U.S. — and though the recession has slowed down expansion, green power is still set to take off under President Barack Obama. But if America is ever going to truly run on renewable energy — less than 12% of U.S. electricity currently comes from alternatives sources, and most of that from older types like nuclear and hydro — we'll need to embrace next-generation technologies.
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