In early January, the Wall Street Journal ran a gushing article on how Brazil had managed to wean itself from foreign oil dependence by making a huge bet on sugar-based ethanol. “Flex-fuel” cars that ...

Ethanol has less energy than gasoline, but it can make so much more horsepower! Ethanol contains less energy than gasoline, and yet it can make so much more power! How is that possible? This video ...

Perth-based Mission NewEnergy Ltd has produced first bio-ethanol from non food agricultural waste material, which sets up the company to produce the fuel from a range of low-cost and readily available ...

In attempting to ascertain the reasons behind the genesis of ethanol, which has become an increasing percentage addition to every gallon of gasoline, one must go back to the Energy Tax Act of 1978, ...

Fermentation from sugar-cane, for example, involves the decomposition of glucose into ethanol and carbon dioxide and then heating to distil the ethanol, with the sugar-cane residue typically burnt to ...