Alternative Fuels

Corn can be grown for a variety of purposes, only some of which have to do with food for humans or animals. As the price of gasoline and related products rises, corn is increasingly being grown to...

Fuel is derived from corn crops by breaking the starch of the corn down into simple sugars. Yeast is then added to these simple sugars and fermentation takes place, which produces ethanol, an...

Everything looks good, is on schedule and it looks like Ethanol fuel is well on its way to eventually replacing gasoline as a fuel source for our present automobile engines. What we must all...

In the U.S., ethanol is being produced from much of our corn crop, at least for the initial supply. Brazil converts its sugar cane crop into this "moonshine fuel".The question might...

Ethanol, which is a biomass fuel, is usually made from corn, which is controversial to some groups; however, ethanol can be made from biomass leftover waste products. Find out how public opinion...

Everything looks good, is on schedule and it looks like Ethanol fuel is well on its way to eventually replacing gasoline as a fuel source for our present automobile engines. What we must all...

The federal government subsidized the corn ethanol market to the tune of over $8 billion in 2006 alone. Despite the fact that corn is not the most efficient source of cellulosic ethanol, a...

As gasoline prices flirt with $4 a gallon it’s time to consider using biofuels harvested from crops as an alternative to fossil fuels. In evaluating a biofuel, it’s important to not only consider...