Although corn is a renewable resource, it has a far lower yield relative to the energy used to produce it than either biodiesel or ethanol from other plants. Lower-cost biomass ethanol for example, from rice straw (a byproduct of harvesting rice) or switch grass would make far more economic sense, but large volumes of ethanol from biomass will not be commercially viable for many years. Brazil and other major sugar cane-producing nations enjoy significant advantages over the US in producing...

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May 26th, 2007 Driving on starch? Posted by Roland Piquepaille @ 9:25 am Categories: Energy & Environment, Engineering & Innovation Tags: Fuel Cell, Kilogram, Hydrogen, Roland Piquepaille +0 0 votes Worthwhile? Using sugar contained in corn or potatoes to build hydrogen-powered fuel cells has already been done. May 26th, 2007 Driving on starch? Posted by Roland Piquepaille @ 9:25 am Categories: Energy & Environment, Engineering & Innovation Tags: Fuel Cell, Kilogram, Hydrogen, Roland...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expects exports of textiles, which account for two-third overseas sales, to increase 25 percent next year as planned lower taxes encourage companies to boost output and expand into new markets. Taxes on raw material used by textile producers will be "rationalized" in the coming budget and Russia, Turkey and Central Asian nations will be approached to buy more, private TV news channel reported. Pakistan's textile manufacturers have invested about $6 billion in the past...

More than two months after the USA began a massive pet-food recall, since linked to contaminated ingredients imported from China, business and government officials in China are investigating what went wrong and promising improvement in a country where mass poisonings from tainted foods have been common. More than two months after the USA began a massive pet-food recall, since linked to contaminated ingredients imported from China, business and government officials in China are...

Developing countries with greenhouse gas-emissions projects and credits to sell, and developed countries who buy them to fulfil their Kyoto Protocol targets. SINGAPORE: Singapore wants to be clean and green in more ways than one it is now aiming to be a spot trading centre for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and emissions or carbon trading. The government announced on Thursday a special tax rate of five per cent for LNG trading income for the next 10 years, and concessionary tax for emissions...