Archive for March, 2006


Coal Gasification Plan Proposed for Arctic Canada

Ever wonder how coal can be gasified? The following article published in the Edmonton Journal has a layman’s definition of the procedure and the resulting byproducts. Considering that there is a 900 year supply of coal in Alberta, Canada alone, is this a good alternative energy source? It certainly isn’t a renewable resource, but it [...]

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World’s Largest BioDiesel Plant To Be Built

Claypool, Indiana / Indiana Governer Mitch Daniels announced this week the world’s largest biodiesel plant, capable of making 250,000 gallons a day of the fuel using Indiana-grown soybeans. The plant, to be built in Claypool, Indiana, by a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Corp., will be the third biodiesel facility in the state. Indiana also has [...]

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