Feeling a chill? Let’s burn some bunnies for warmth

How low have we sunken in our quest for new energy sources? Low enough, apparently, to burn dead bunnies for fuel. The city of Stockholm, apparently, has an ongoing problem with too many rabbits that gnaw on greenery in city parks and get together to make even more rabbits. Blamed in part on pet-owners who tire…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 16, 20090Comments

Smart Cities

Flesh-eating biofuel crops – return of the Triffids…

Greenbang's a happy bunny today. Not only is it almost the weekend but the BBC has revealed it is to remake the sci-fi classic The Day of the Triffids. For those unaware of the Triffids, this tale of man-eating plants scared the hell out of UK telly audiences in the early 1980s. TV special effects being what…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 28, 20081Comment

Energy

Boeing plans ‘green’ jet biofuel test flight

Air New Zealand, Boeing and Rolls-Royce will use biofuel made from the oil of jatropha plants on a commercial airline demonstration flight in December. The 'green' jet fuel will be mixed 50/50 with Jet A1 kerosene jet fuel and will power one of the Boeing 747-400's Rolls-Royce engines. The technology used to convert the jatropha plant oil…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 14, 20080Comments

Energy

UK launches world’s largest algae biofuel research project

Algae is one of the real hot spots in biofuels and the Carbon Trust has launched a research and development initiative aimed at commercialising the use of algae biofuel by 2020. Forecasts claim algae-based biofuel has the potential to replace a significant proportion of fossil fuel - more than 70 billion litres by 2030 - used…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 24, 20081Comment

Energy

Rubbish power cleans streets of London

London’s first biogas fuelling station has been installed at Camden council's York Way Depot. As part of a commercial trial between Gasrec, Veolia Environmental Services and Iveco, a CBM (compressed biomethane) powered street cleansing vehicle will now roam the streets of Camden. The fuelling station will be able to provide the trial vehicle with fuel for its…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 21, 20081Comment

Energy

Enterprise Rent-A-Car invests in algae biofuel research

Following on from Greenbang's article yesterday about the call for biofuel subsidies to be scrapped because they are a 'waste of money', this piece of news caught our eye about the future direction of biofuel research. Enterprise Rent-A-Car - which owns the well known car hire firms Enterprise, National and Alamo and has a fleet of…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 27, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Japan Airlines readies second-gen biofuels test flight

What do Air New Zealand, KLM, Continental and Virgin got in common? If you said they're all airlines, you'd be right. If you said they're all international airlines, you'd be right too. If you said they all have vowels in their name, you'd be wrong - KLM doesn't. But if you said they're all going planning…

ByThe Global ViewJune 24, 20080Comments

Energy

Lufthansa ups biofuel quota to 10 percent

Lufthansa, if you listen to the press release it's just put out, has ambitious goals. Greenbang hoped that such goals included flying underground in an aircraft the size of a mango: a very ambitious goal, you might say, and one that would shut up those axiom spouting numbskulls that claim there's no such word as…

ByThe Global ViewJune 18, 20081Comment

Smart Cities

Fast food fryer fat thefts strike US

According to the New York Times, there's a terrible new scourge attacking America's beloved fast food restaurants. While you sleep, they're out there prowling - on the hunt for yellow gold. Oh yes - the fat hunters are striking. The New York Times says that miscreants, driven by higher oil prices, are raiding the bins of fast…

ByThe Global ViewJune 6, 20081Comment

Energy

Neste Oil: now with 10 percent added biofuel

Biofuels are starting to remind Greenbang a bit of Britney Spears at the moment. The biofuels fall from grace has been somewhat marked: first everyone loved it, like Britney, then the wheels came off as supporters changed their minds about biofuels brilliance and started slating them, again much like Britney, and now all those involved…

ByThe Global ViewMay 8, 20080Comments

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Feeling a chill? Let’s burn some bunnies for warmth

Flesh-eating biofuel crops – return of the Triffids…

Boeing plans ‘green’ jet biofuel test flight

UK launches world’s largest algae biofuel research project

Rubbish power cleans streets of London

Enterprise Rent-A-Car invests in algae biofuel research

Japan Airlines readies second-gen biofuels test flight

Lufthansa ups biofuel quota to 10 percent

Fast food fryer fat thefts strike US

Neste Oil: now with 10 percent added biofuel

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