that these plants have evolved over billions of years to produce and store energy in the form of oil‚ and they do this more efficiently than any other known natural or engineered process. Some experts believe that algae is set to eclipse all other biofuel feed stocks as the cheapest‚ easiest‚ and most environmentally friendly way to produce liquid fuel. The inputs for algae are simple: the single-celled organisms only need sunlight‚ water‚ and carbon dioxide to grow. They can quadruple in biomass in
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production of renewable energy is being hotly debated globally since it is increasingly understood that first generation biofuels‚ primarily produced from food crops and mostly oil seeds are limited in their ability to achieve targets for biofuel production‚ climate change mitigation and economic growth. These concerns have increased the interest in developing second generation biofuels produced from non-food feedstocks such as microalgae‚ which potentially offer greatest opportunities in the longer
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A biofuel is a source of energy that is made from living things or their products. Biobutanol‚ a four-carbon alcohol‚ is a type of biofuel. It has a higher energy than ethanol and can be used in vehicles without them needing modifications to their engines (1). Biobutanol is related to photosynthesis because the biobutanol can come from plants of biomass feedstocks‚ hence the name‚ biomass butanol (2). Biomass feedstocks are the plant matter that fuels are derived from. Biobutanol can be‚ in its first
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Marketing Audit Report ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Cover Page ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Ashwin S. 1 Marketing Audit Report ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Executive Summary Because many surprises occur during the implementation of marketing plans‚ the marketing department must practice constant marketing control. Marketing control involves
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Thermochemical Biomass Gasification – A Review of Technologies Abstract Gasification (in the context of this paper) is an energy process that produces a gas which can be used to substitute fossil fuels. It is a process which enhances biomass’ usefulness as a renewable resource as the product gas (syngas) can easily be transported along existing gas pipelines‚ and can either be mixed with‚ or used as a replacement for natural gas combustion in gas turbines for power and heat generation. Syngas
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we not Drowning in Algae Biofuel?” oilprice.com. Environmental News Network‚ 16 October‚ 2012. Web. 6 January‚ 2013. . Kunstler‚ James Howard. “The Long Emergency.” New York: Publishers Group West‚ 2009. Print. “Large-scale Biodiesel Production from Algae.” oilgae.com. Oilgae‚ n.d. Web. 16 December‚ 2012. . Newman‚ Stefani. “How Algae Biodiesel Works.” howstuffworks.com. HowStuffWorks‚ 18 June‚ 2008. Web. 15 December‚ 2012. . Stecker‚ Tiffany‚ and ClimateWire. “Algal Biofuel Sustainability Review Highlights
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This documentary narrated by biofuel advocate Josh Tickell looks into the background of America’s dependence on our fossil fuels. In the documentary Tickell interviews and asks questions from all over the spectrum of fuel use in America. Ultimately‚ he looks at how American’s fuel lifestyle and how we can better change our fuel addictive lifestyles in the future. Josh Tickell created a van that traveled around the country for almost 2 years using grease from fast food restaurants to fuel the van
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Global Scenarios for Biofuels: Impacts and Implications Siwa Msangi‚ Timothy Sulser‚ Mark Rosegrant‚ Rowena ValmonteSantos and Claudia Ringler International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Abstract In recent years‚ bioenergy has drawn attention as a sustainable energy source that may help cope with rising energy prices‚ but also maybe provide income to poor farmers and rural communities around the globe. Rising fuel prices‚ growing energy demand‚ concerns over global
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Cited: “7 Next-Gen Biofuels to Drive Beyond Gasoline”. popularmechanics‚com. n.p. 10 Aug. 2008. Web. 16 Sept. 2012. “Biodiesel.”cyberlipid.org. n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2012. Deffeys‚ Kenneth S. Beyond Oil. New York: Hill and Wang‚ 2005. Print. “E85 Vehicles.” e85vehicles.com
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living organisms. As an energy source‚ biomass can either be used directly‚ or converted into other energy products such as Biofuels. Biomass is carbon‚ hydrogen and oxygen based. Biomass energy is derived from five distinct energy sources: garbage‚ wood‚ waste‚ landfill gases‚ and alcohol fuels. Wood energy is derived by using lignocellulosic biomass second generation Biofuels as fuel. This is either using harvested wood directly as a fuel‚ or collecting from wood waste streams. The largest source
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