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Top 5 Plants that inspire technology

Betsy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:49:04 +0000

CleanTechnica, a blog about the latest trends in Clean Tech from renewable energy sources to less toxic electronics, posted the Top 5 Plants that Inspire New Technology today and guayule made the cut. It says guayule is one of the five plants with surprising super powers and is providing a boost to technological innovation with a green lining.

Other crops that made the cut are: algae and its production of biofuels, corn and its ability to produce plastic, cockleburs and velcro derived from the plant, and the lotus plant the Lotus Effect.

Guayule mentioned as new energy source in Phoenix Business Journal

Betsy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:25:39 +0000

U.S. states are implementing mandates that require utility companies to use power from alternative means. For example, utilities regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission in Arizona will have to get 1.7 percent of their power from alternative means in 2008. By 2025, 15 percent of power needs to be supplied by alternative means. See the recent article on the mandates and how guayule could be a source for Arizona utility companies here.

$10-million prize for small-scale biofuels system

Julie — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:20:35 +0000

Prize Capitalhas announced that it’s developing an innovation contest called the Biofuels Prize for small-scale decentralized renewable energy: “The Biofuels Prize will encourage innovators to develop the new technologies necessary to produce biofuels in methods that do not compete with food crops for land and water, do not encourage deforestation and do not exclude small holders, developing and rural economies.”

You can register for details and updates on the contest at www.prizecapital.net.

World needs alternatives to biofuels from food crops

Julie — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:18:18 +0000

Time Magazine takes on ethanol in this week’s cover story: The Clean Energy Scam. The article opens with a bird’s eye view over the Amazon rain forest as ranchers and farmers are doubling deforestation this year because biofuels have jacked up global crop prices. But, the Amazon is a storehouse for carbon and deforestation only accelerates global warming. Experts are calling it the ’savannization’ of the Amazon. It’s sad, but in this environment–no pun intended–the case for biofuels from an arid desert crop, guayule, is only made more compelling and urgent. Check out this story here:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1725975,00.html