This is the final installment of the green bus series. Read all five parts here. Standing as one of the most memorable and defining experiences of my life, the adventures of our green bus brought us back to Tahoe, right where we had started. From Hannibal, Missouri we continued to make a giant loop around [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bio-fuels’
Not Your Average Bus Trip: How “Green” is that Green Bus? Part 5 (Final)
January 14th, 2012 
Heather Perry Not Your Average Bus Trip: How “Green” is that Green Bus? Part 4
January 7th, 2012 Heather Perry Around the beginning of August, with our bus fully functional again, and about halfway through our adventure, I had ample time to process this whole biofuel phenomenon. As brought to my attention originally by my father, who would send me periodic articles on the topic, in addition to me personally offering explanations to curious people [...]
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Tags: Bio-fuels, Biodiesel, Biomass, Brazil, Green Bus Series, Heather Perry, Lifecycle, United Nations 
No Comments »Last Year Denver International Airport Added Another 1.6 MW of Solar
December 31st, 2011 Eric Wilson Although the project was completed last year, the addition of 1.6 MW of solar panels to the 2 MW system that provides roughly half the energy needed to power the Denver International Airport (DIA) tram system demonstrates the role solar can have in a carbon economy. The large array partially “offset[s] the environmental and monetary [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy Tags: Bio-fuels, Denver, Electricity Generation, Natural Gas, Solar Energy, Xcel Energy No Comments »Not Your Average Bus Trip: How “Green” is that Green Bus? Part 2
December 24th, 2011 Heather Perry This is the second in a series by Heather Perry. All posts in the series will be available here. We drove our bus to our first supplying client, the restaurant where Darcy had been working. Consistent with what we would find throughout the rest of our three-month journey, the owner of the restaurant was encouraging [...]
Pepsi and Coke Aim for Viable 100% Plant-Based Bottles
December 21st, 2011 Eric Wilson Following up on yesterday’s mention of the advances by Coca-Cola in Japan, a recent New York Times article describes the latest efforts by both Coke and Pepsi to use 100% plant based bottles. In reading Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte (the book review is coming soon, I am almost finished), the battle over which beverage company [...]
Keystone Pipeline and the Future of Fuel
December 18th, 2011 Eric Wilson A few weeks ago news came out that President Obama was stalling the decision on the Keystone Pipeline from Alberta, Canada down to Texas. This was no doubt a political move tied to the 2012 election. Apparently, the company that is building the pipeline acquiesced to demands from environmentalists that the pipeline avoid certain areas of Nebraska [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Op-Ed, Policy, President Obama Tags: Bio-fuels, Oil Consumption No Comments »Not Your Average Bus Trip: How “Green” is that Green Bus? Part 1
December 17th, 2011 Heather Perry This is the first in a series by Heather Perry. All posts in the series will be available here. Sometimes I laugh in disbelief when I think back to my first summer after graduating college when I found myself, without really planning for it, living on a short school bus that was running off none [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Transportation Tags: Bio-fuels, Green Bus Series, Heather Perry No Comments »U.S. Navy Makes Largest Government Purchase of Biofuels
December 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson According to a press release from the Department of Defense, the United States Navy recently agreed to purchase 450,000 gallons of domestically produced biofuel. Solazyme (written up here recently) and Dynamic Fuels LLC were jointly awarded the $12 million contract. One of the unique aspects of the blend is that Solazyme’s biofuel is algae-based, while [...]
