Bio-butanol is increasingly being seen as perhaps the next big alternative fuel option for powering vehicles. Its advantages over ethanol are significant. Butanol provides nearly as much energy as gasoline and does not decrease miles per gallon numbers as much as ethanol might. Also, bio-butanol does not appear to cause any damage to metals, allowing…
Is it possible to turn the waste to energy in municipal landfills or other products of value? Yes. Many landfills are now learning about successful alternatives to simple landfilling. They are recycling difficult organics and plastics, and turning food wastes, urban bio-wastes, agricultural or food processing wastes, construction and demolition debris, utility ROW bio waste,…