(Natural News) A new study has found that corn-based ethanol, the main source of supposedly green ethanol fuel in the United States, may actually be worse for the environment than regular gasoline. The new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), contradicts previous research, including one study commissioned by the U.S. Department […]

(Natural News) A team led by Argonne National Laboratory researchers has found a new way to convert carbon dioxide into methanol, an alcohol commonly used as an alternative fuel. In a paper published in the journal Nature Energy, the researchers described how they used sunlight and a copper-based catalyst to trigger carbon dioxide conversion. Using photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide […]

(Natural News) An announcement by the U.K. government that it would double the amount of ethanol that can be blended into gasoline from 5 percent to 10 percent could cause as much harm as good. The claim comes from the non-governmental organization Transport & Environment (T&E) who says that it flies in the face of overwhelming […]

(Natural News) There are numerous economic and environmental benefits to running your car on biodiesel like vegetable oil. Biodiesel is a good alternative to gasoline because it burns cleaner and is more efficient. Vegetable oil doesn’t emit greenhouse gases and is a renewable energy source, unlike fossil fuels. Most importantly, vegetable oil is, at the very least, […]

(Natural News) Antioxidants have become one of the most popular buzzwords when it comes to human health, and for good reason: They protect the body from aging and inflammation, and can even help us with weight loss. However, a study published in the Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences indicates that they could soon be used […]

(Natural News) The world’s first biofuel flight between the U.S. and Australia was achieved with great success by the teams behind it — Qantas and Agricoma Biosciences rejoiced publicly as they both announced the completion of their historic flight. However, while the benefits of switching from conventional fossil fuels to biofuels for cross-country flights might […]

(Natural News) From littering walkways and streets to illuminating them, dog poop may soon be fueling streetlamps across the United Kingdom. That’s already happening in Malvern Hills, an iconic landscape in England and home of the United Kingdom’s first dog poop-powered street lamp. The brainchild of Brian Harper, a member of the environmental group Transition […]

(Natural News) Beer could soon replace diesel and gasoline as a promising source of sustainable motor fuel by 2022, thanks to chemists who developed a method for converting the alcoholic beverage into a new type of fuel without the need to alter the vehicles. Scientists from the University of Bristol have managed to create fuel from beer […]

(Natural News) Researchers at the Cardiff University in the U.K. recently discovered a cheaper and cleaner way of producing methanol from methane using oxygen from the air. Methanol was traditionally manufactured by converting methane into hydrogen and carbon monoxide at high temperatures, and then undergoing a second highly pressurized process to reassemble the chemicals in a different […]