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Biofuels threaten food security
UN Food Specialist Jean Ziegler has warned that the use of agricultural products to produce biofuels to replace oil will make the world less food and even consider it a
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Use cooking oil removed to produce bio-oil
Oil prices rose as high as $ 90 a barrel, making the District Police Department of Bangkok, Thailand, self-produced bio-oil from discarded cooking oil for use in fleets.…
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Planting sesame oil to collect biofuel
A research group of Plant Cell Technology Department - Institute of Tropical Biology (HCMC) is experimenting with planting jatropha to produce biofuel. Each hectare of j…
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Microorganisms: 'Senior expert' handles environmental pollution
Microbial technology has been the most effective and inexpensive tool to support people in the battle of orange: environmental protection.
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Hydro: a new energy source to replace oil and gas in the future
LTS: It is no wonder that Australian Prime Minister John Howard of the host of the APEC summit this year raised the issue of climate change (from emissions) as the main…
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Seaweed energy of the future
The oil crisis in the early 70s of the last century alerted all humanity to the depletion of non-renewable resources such as oil. And for decades, we are trying to find…
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The detergent has the ability to turn on - off
Australian researchers have developed a detergent capable of
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Microalgae - Future biofuel
French scientists at Villefrance-sur-Mer Oceanic Laboratory have been studying since December 2006 a strange product that creates energy. With the ability to spin an eng…
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America develops biofuels from wood chips
According to a study published in Energy and Fuels magazine, US researchers have developed a new biofuel from shavings mixed with biodiesel and kerosene for classic engi…
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Cars run on ... coconut oil!
People on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea have found a
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Extract essential oil
A group of scientists from the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Chemical Technology has researched and perfected the technological process of extracting frankincense essent…
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Palm oil - future fuel or ecological disaster?
Considered to be one of the best biofuels to help limit the effects of global warming, palm oil is the cause of deforestation. Forests every day
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Biofuels boom and world food shortages
In the face of high oil prices while reserves are limited, biofuels emerge as an ideal alternative energy source, while meeting environmental protection goals. Meanwhile…
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Fuel made from coconut oil helps limit emissions
Limiting emissions is a measure recommended by experts to address global warming. While countries are discussing the direction to do this, an Australian entrepreneur int…
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China promotes the development of biodiesel from rapeseed
In an effort to reduce dependence on oil while the demand for fuel is constantly increasing, while limiting pollution, Chinese scientists are focusing on studying many n…