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Highlights On A Few Reputable Biodiesel Makers
Biodiesel has recently been recognized as a viable alternative energy source and fuel additive by several international groups. Its many advantages over conventional petroleum based diesels include being environmentally friendly due to causing no harmful emissions, as well as being readily biodegradable. Biodiesel also enjoys a certain amount of sponsorship from environmental groups because certain types of biodiesel are made from waste cooking oils, allowing easy recycling of something that would otherwise go to waste after use.
Hybrid Cars
A regular car uses an internal combustion engine with a fuel-air mixture powering it. A hybrid car on the other hand powers itself not only using the conventional means but it also uses a variety of alternate means like fuel-cells and solar-energy to turn the wheels. That makes it more environment friendly and increases its mileage.
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A Midwest Ethanol plant reaped the rewards when they installed a Ronningen-Petter self-cleaning filter on their caustic based CIP (clean in place) system. Due to an increase in production, the customer saw soaring caustic usage costs. To make matters worse, in late 2005 caustic costs had increased 60 – 70% over what they were when the system was installed. Clearly, the customer had to find a way to reuse the caustic to bring their costs down to a manageable level.
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With the gas prices being so high, more and more people are becoming aware of how valuable energy is in our daily lives. Hybrid cars show how energy can be conserved and pollution reduced. The cleanest non hybrid car can put about 90 percent smog pollution in the air versus the hybrid.
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President Bush Launches New Ethanol Boom
JUPITER, FL (PRWeb) March 7, 2007 -- "In just three days, Air Force One will touch down at Brasilia's Juscelino Kubitschek airport, President Bush will sign a land-breaking ethanol deal with President Lula, and the ethanol profit explosion will be off the launch pad," says Martin Weiss, Ph.D.
The advantages of ethanol are overwhelming. Unlike crude oil, the supply of ethanol is renewable and is not depleted. And unlike gasoline, the refining and consumption of the fuel can be relatively clean. Long term, ethanol is a partial answer to global warming and could be a very substantial answer to America's over-reliance on supply chains from the Middle East and Persian Gulf. Shorter term, the U.S.-Brazil ethanol alliance can even help reduce the growing influence of Hugo Chavez, the president of oil-rich Venezuela.
At the turn of the new millennium, two things happened: The U.S. government and industry began to push ethanol more forcefully. And Brazil, still the world's leading producer despite the earlier decline, took off. Result: Worldwide ethanol production has nearly doubled in five years; the surge in volume has triggered the development of new, more efficient technologies; and a new mega-industry has been born.
Right now, the only country with cars running on pure ethanol is Brazil. But a mix of ethanol and gasoline is used in the U.S., the European Union, Mexico, India, Argentina, Columbia and, now, Japan.
Investors are starting to pile in. Overall, investments in Brazil's ethanol industry are surging. In 2005, they were about $6 billion, including new plants, acquisitions and expansions. In 2006, they've surged to nearly $10 billion. And by 2010, even if there's a recession in the U.S., they should hit at least $15 billion.
The main attraction: Ethanol is transforming Brazil's economy and, propelled by the upcoming deal between the U.S. and Brazil, Brazil's ethanol technology is about to transform the world.
Until recently, Japan was the world's largest sleeping giant with respect to biofuels. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to increase consumption of biofuel for transportation to 3.15 million barrels by the end of 2010. He will boost the ethanol content of regular gasoline to as much as 10 percent. And as a result, Japan's purchases of ethanol will rise to as much as 44 million barrels per year. Nippon Oil and other Japanese refiners have set their goals even higher. They want to replace 20 percent of Japan's gasoline and diesel consumption with biofuels.
Brazil's ethanol opportunity is just one of many. Today Brazil's inflation monster has been tamed. Twelve years ago, Brazil stopped rampant inflation in its tracks by introducing a new currency, the real. Ten years ago, it passed a law preventing federal and local governments from spending beyond their means. And starting four years ago, Brazil's president has transformed the country from one of the world's most fiscally shaky nations into a model for fiscal responsibility.
"Brazil is best known for its production of agricultural commodities -- first coffee, then sugar, then soybeans, and, now, ethanol. But Brazil is also among the leading exporters of aircraft, mineral ores, metals and steel. And Brazil makes more automobiles than the U.K., Italy, Mexico or India and it is the world's largest maker of cars with flex engines (that can run on either gasoline or ethanol). No investment is without risks, and Brazil certainly comes with its fair share. But after a normal correction, consider some of Brazil's leading companies traded on U.S. exchanges: Embraer (ERJ), Petrobras (PBR), Petrobras (PBR) and Brazil's banks," advises Dr. Weiss.
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