Archive for the 'Biofuel' Category

Investors are filling up with biofuels

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Several young firms have plans for growth, but food companies and oil giants will dominate, reports Dominic O’Connell
HENRY FORD dubbed ethanol “the fuel of the future” and planned to run his ubiquitous Model T car on it. Unfortunately, the discovery of cheap petrol and the prohibition of alcohol in America in 1920 put the […]

First biodiesel pump in SW suburbs

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

StarOilco announced in September that they have launched the first B99 cardlock pump in Tigard.
This fuel produces 78 percent less carbon dioxide than petroleum diesel and is locally produced by SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel in Salem. The new B99 pump is located at 8185 SW Hunziker.
Biodiesel, a cleaner burning diesel fuel made from vegetable […]