Thanks to researchers at the Marine Institute and the University of Southampton, we’ll have to seriously rethink our deep-sea fishing practices. You see, when we dip those big fishing trawls into the ocean depths to scoop up all the eatable goodies, we’re inadvertently catching unwanted bottom dwellers that die and get thrown back. This is […]

A secondary level look at biomass feedstock energy costs for production and environmental impact. Example biomass feedstock energy results in kilowatt electricity and feasibility of additional plant concepts.

Some of the most promising feedstocks for biomass energy generation do not affect food crops or the global food supply in any way Alternative energy generation using biomass is becoming more common as technologies advance Alternative energy advantages include less pollution, a renewable source of energy, fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and no damage to the […]

The gasification of biomass can provide an enormous amount of energy that has many benefits. Biomass gasification technologies have become significantly more advanced, making these processes much more efficient and eco-friendly. Biomass renewable energy will play a big part in the future of domestic energy production. We have become too dependent on oil, and much […]

Analysis of the actual costs involved in biomass feedstock energy as an alternative energy source. Comparison to current fossil fuel costs, other alternative energies and return on investment.

Although the budget normally set aside for food is commonly a small percentage of a person’s overall income, that convenient fact runs the risk of changing dramatically in the not-too-distant future. Over 47 million people in the United States alone require food assistance, and 800 million all over the world are hungry and starving. Experts […]

A new study, funded by the Federal government no less, suggests that cellulostic ethanol is not the miraculous alternative to gasoline that it was hyped to be. Big surprise, right? The biofuel, concocted from the byproducts of growing corn, has always been a half-hearted fix. Now, the scientific evidence is there to back it up. […]

A rare overabundance of fish seems to be offsetting the balance of several ecosystems in Asian and North American Pacific waters. Pink salmon have recently surged in number, preying on enough ocean to increase their body masses by 500% in only a four month time period. In addition, over 640 million pink salmon returned to […]

Well, we promised we’d be back with updates on the developing story of declining honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)—the rapid and unexplained loss of worker bees from a colony—and here we are. The story has been gaining more traction in the news, possibly because farmers and grocers are starting to feel the sting of […]

Every morning, almost half of the United States wakes up and eats breakfast. Touted as the most important meal of the day, 44 percent of Americans choose to have breakfast on a daily basis, according to the USDA. In a perfect world, those people would all wake up to the feeling of sunlight and the […]