Biofuels

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/biofuels/

This site is great because it gives a description of what biofuels are defined as, using material from living or dead organisms. It contains several articles relating to the topic that are very informative and other tools such as video links other resources. In addition it covers more than biofuels.

http://www.exxonmobil.com/corporate/energy_climate_con_vehicle_algae.aspx

This site has a nice page describing how algae can be used as a biofuel. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this process and how much we could depend on it as an alternative energy source. It compares the amount of energy that algae can produce compared to other sources like palm oil, sugarcane and corn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel

Although this site is considered to be bad for some, this site provides a great outline of what biofuels are and categorizes different types of biofuels. In addition it gives detail descriptions of the different types of biofuels and what there projected uses will be in our future.

http://www.ethanolfacts.com/

This site gives you a great run down on Ethanol as a biofuel. It covers all the different types of ethanol being used like E-85 and the 10% used in our gasolines. Also it gives insight on how we produce the biofuel and figures showing how much farmland we would need to rely solely on ethanol. It provides a resource that informs you on how your automobile will run on ethanol gas.

http://www.biofuelswatch.com/biofuels-pros-and-cons/

This site tells you what the pros and con’s are of biofuels. From reading this it seems that they both equal out. Although in most cases they give your car worse gas mileage and use the same amount of resources as before.

Articles:

Schrag, Dan. "Coal as a Low-carbon Fuel?" Nature (2009). Macmillian Publishers. Web.

This article describes the process that could be the future of our fuel produced for jets, trucks and trains. This process is making fuel from coal, in which we have a great supply of in the USA. The only thing is that when making this fuel from coal it is the dirtiest process that would not be environmentally viable unless we use some carbon capture to counteract the effects.

Phillips, Matthew. "A Major Alternative-Energy Moment in Texas." Newsweek (2010). Print.

This article describes president Obama’s stance on the switch to other alternative fuels that could be used for transportation and heating of homes. He knows that we need to pursue this technology in order to prosper into the next generation and generations to come.

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