Archive for April, 2006

College Students Use French Fries To Fuel Tractors

Friday, April 21st, 2006

This is just too cool! A Canadian agricultural college has setup a program to use BioDiesel in the teaching environment, and the dividend will be paid as the students take this technology to their own farms. This was reported in the Edmonton Journal. (more…)

Biogas from Garbage - European Technology in Canada

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Here is an interesting article in regards to Biogas. That is producing fuel from garbage. There are many sources for this and this once happens to come from municipal garbage collection. (more…)

Solar-heated subdivision’s first residents move in

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

How well do you know 78 of your closest neighbors. It sounds like this is a first of it’s kind. But the government had to kick in 1.1 million to cover the cost overrun of this experiment. It will be interesting to see if this type of cost sharing will be effective in the long run to knock the implementation cost down. This project takes place just outside Calgary, Alberta, Canada. And here’s the details. (more…)