All the resources you need to hop on the biofuels bandwagon

Once upon a time, we were going to make a beautiful map for you, showing all the available biofuel pumps in the country. Then we realized: hey, there are already beautiful maps out there. Not to mention books. And articles. And organizations working their tails off on this stuff. So why reinvent the wheel? Instead, we compiled this list o' links. Then we went out for a heaping plate of French fries -- because they smell just like biodiesel.

An introduction to Grist's special series on biofuels.

Can My Car Do That? Find out which cars can run on ethanol and biodiesel.

The Big Three. The numbers behind ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, and biodiesel in the U.S.

What About the Land? A look at the impacts of biofuels production, in the U.S. and the world.

Give Green, Go Yellow. How cash and corporate pressure pushed ethanol to the fore.

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More potentially useful biofuels links that have crossed our desks this week:

A story from Wired about turning animal fat into biodiesel.

And a snazzy new service that lets you find biodiesel locations from your cell phone.

Ah, life in the 21st century!

by Katharine Wroth at 8:28 AM on 08 Dec 2006

Interested in production?

Ethanol Producer Magazine http://www.ethanolproducer.com/ and Biodiesel Magazin... are trade journals for the production side of the industries. They track technology, policy and other hot topics for the industry. A subscription is required to read the most recent 3 months of articles on the web, but the archives and web exclusives are free. The company also publishes maps of all commercial production facilities, plant development handbooks and industry directories.

by anduin at 12:11 PM on 15 Dec 2006

Biodiesel Magazine link

My second link did not get listed. Biodiesel Magazine can be found at http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/.

by anduin at 12:17 PM on 15 Dec 2006

Piedmont Biofuels

I would be remiss if I didn't mention Piedmont Biofuels, a serious source of community-owned biodiesel in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro/Raliegh/Durham area. Anybody in that area thinking of going diesel should contact those folks.

Victual Reality

by Tom Philpott at 12:31 PM on 15 Dec 2006

BIO Blogs

There are 4 BIO blogs relevant to biomass conversion to biofuels -

BIOstock - an exploration of the broad range of biomass feedstock for conversion to biofuels.

BIOconversion - clean conversion technology processes and the struggle in California to deploy them.

BIOoutput - biofuels, electricity, bioplastics, green chemicals - with reference to new vehicles to run them.

BIOpact - consortium between European nations to promote the development of Southern Hemisphere countries' industry in biostock and bioconversion - to build their economy and energy self-reliance.

-- C. Scott Miller BIOconversion Blog

by millercs at 10:54 PM on 15 Dec 2006

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