P.M. Greenlist: Biofuel madness
>> California's adding more biofuel stations -- specifically those for E85, an alternative fuel made of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. At the moment, only 3 public E85 stations exist in the state.
>> Virgin Airlines flew the first plane that ran on biofuels. The plane was only partly-powered by biofuels -- and environmentalists weren't all that impressed.
>> Biofuels aren't unanimously enviro-friendly. Tom Philpott of Grist points out that biofuels are losing steam in Europe, even though they're gaining popularity in the U.S. His biofuel skepticism is aimed mostly at virgin biofuels made from corn, soy and palm -- not the second-hand stuff like biodiesel made from used veggie oil collected from restaurants.
>> The cleanest green laundry detergent of them all. Grist put seven eco-friendly laundry detergents through a ketchup, balsamic vinaigrette, blueberries, and red wine test. Seventh Generation Free & Clear came out on top. Earlier: Green cleaning week.
>> An online Encyclopedia of Life will attempt to catalog every species on the planet. The first 30,000 pages will go online Thursday, thanks to the work of an international team of scientists, and the other 1.77 million pages will hopefully go up within a decade. (via NY Times)
>> The Svalbard Global Seed Vault will store 4.5 million seeds in case something horrible happens to the world's food crops. The opening ceremony was held in Norway today. (via grist)
Its important that we use more eco-friendly products around the home and I applaud you for bringing this to our attention........I do hope more cities around the US get more biofuel stations in the near future to help save our environment.
Posted by: Vectorpedia (Rick) | February 28, 2008 at 05:10 AM