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Global climate change has driven home the need to find alternative energy sources. Fossil fuels have been killing our environment for some time. The global community is now realizing that change cannot wait…we must find alternative energy sources now. Not any source will do. We must find green energy sources that heal rather than hurt the environment. Biofuels are one such energy source.

One form of biofuel is liquid biofuel. Liquid biofuel is nontoxic, biodegradeable, and does not use one drop of petroleum. This type of can be used to fuel any type of automobile. Making liquid biofuel only requires vegetable oil and soy.

Switching from petroleum based fuel to liquid biofuel reduces the amount of pollutants are cars give off. Biofuels burn clean. They do not give off any harmful by products. Several government agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) have already tested and approved biofuels.

Biofuels can be made from many different products. The most common method involves alcohol. Alcohols such as methanol. Methanol is combined with glycerine and methyl. Do not let the chemical names throw you. These chemicals are found in everyday items such as vegetable oil. Corn and sugarcane have also been used to make biofuels.

Glycerine is used in normal household goods. Glycerine can be found in both toothpaste and soap. Currently, it is very expensive to convert glycerine for biofuels. However, people have reported being able to build a setup to make biofuels for under $200. You would just need a source of raw materials.

Imagine having a fuel that burns cleaner, does not spew cancer causing chemicals into the environment, and is cheaper than gas. Your pocketbook would thank you, our world would thank you, your kids would thank you. You could be an environmental hero just for doing things to save money.

Biodiesel has been proven, on the road. It has offered the same amount of power to efficiency as petroleum based fuels when climbing and hauling. Biodiesel can be used in its pure form or mixed with petroleum based fuels. Several varieties are commercially available. B20 is a mix of 20% biodiesel to 80% petroleum based fuel. E85 uses 85% biodiesel and 15% petroleum based fuel.

The best part about using biodiesel is that you only have to make a few changes in your engine to be able to use it. Aside from making the car run, it also helps clean the engine. If you are concerned that this will void the warranty of your vehicle should there be a problem, dont worry because it doesnt.

We have not run out of time. There is still time to change our habits and move to renewable energy sources.

Begin generating your own homemade energy today. You can build items such as solar panel, electricity generators, and alternative fuel with as little as $200 in materials. Check out Carl’s website Home Made Energy Today for reviews of home made energy plans.

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Hi, Chris from Solar Kits here just thought I would share this article with you that I found in the San Francisco Chronicle looks interesting for the future,

Barack Obama’s election has members of the alternative energy world sounding positively giddy, an enthusiasm not shared by their competitors in the oil industry.

Obama’s energy plans read like a wish list for the companies that make solar cells, wind turbines or alternative fuels.

He wants to pump money into energy research and force all electric utilities to use renewable power. He has proposed creating a cap-and-trade system that would put a price on the greenhouse gas emissions that come from burning fossil fuels.

“This is a gift,” said Lyndon Rive, president of SolarCity, a Foster City company that designs, installs and operates solar power systems. “We could not ask for a president who’s more focused on energy independence and renewable power.”

Oil executives, on the other hand, are feeling far more cautious.

They’re not sure what to expect. Some wonder if Obama will reinstate the federal ban on offshore drilling that ended this fall. During the campaign, he expressed support for oil drilling in America’s coastal waters, but it was tepid at best. And Obama has called for a windfall-profits tax on oil companies. Even though oil and gasoline prices are tumbling, he may follow through.

“It’s clear that with the budget situation, they’re going to be looking for money from somewhere, and there’s been a lot of talk about taxing the industry,” said John Felmy, chief economist for the American Petroleum Institute. “We tried that under (President) Jimmy Carter, and it didn’t work.”

Few people expect energy to be the first issue Obama tackles when he takes office in January. The financial crisis will almost certainly command most of his attention.

The economy’s meltdown has hurt alternative energy companies by cutting off their access to capital. But many entrepreneurs in the field still see the crisis as an opportunity, for the new president and for them. Obama, they say, should use his energy proposals as tools to stimulate the economy and create jobs. Someone needs to build America’s wind farms, solar arrays and biofuel plants, and those jobs can’t be shipped overseas.

“If the issues are not linked, they should be,” said John Woolard, chief executive officer of BrightSource Energy, an Oakland company planning large solar power plants in the California desert. “The build-out of infrastructure and power plants puts people to work.”

Obama may put off tackling some of the thornier energy issues until well after his first 100 days, said former Sacramento Rep. Vic Fazio, a Democrat. Creating a cap-and-trade system may have to wait until later in the first term. Such systems, in which companies buy and sell the right to emit specific amounts of greenhouse gases, are fiendishly complex and can’t be created in a rush. Many Republicans remain leery of them.

“I can’t say we’re going to deal with broader climate change legislation in that time frame,” said Fazio, now a senior adviser on government issues at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. “I think they’re going to focus more on issues that are likely to gain bipartisan support.”

Obama’s plans to boost the use of renewable power might fit that bill. He wants 10 percent of the nation’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2012. Many states already have such standards, with California law requiring 20 percent by the end of 2010. A national standard would guarantee that developers of wind farms and large solar arrays would have a large market for their electricity.

“If it’s well crafted, it’s a fabulous idea,” said Steve Taber, chief executive officer of Nordic Windpower, which builds wind turbines. “It really creates a stable investment climate for renewable energy, and that’s what’s really needed.”

Even if energy isn’t the first issue on Obama’s agenda, there are signs that he plans to give it high priority. Rumors are circulating that he wants to create an energy security council within the White House, steering energy and climate change policy in much the way that the National Security Council handles security.

“Maybe it’s 50 percent belief and 50 percent hope, but I really think this is going to be a first-100-day issue,” said Arnie Klann, president of BlueFire Ethanol in Irvine.

Energy

Key issues: Expanding use of renewable power, creating a cap-and-trade system to limit greenhouse gas emissions

Expected change: Alternative energy advocates hope Obama will use renewable power as a kind of economic stimulus because building wind farms, solar arrays and biofuel factories generates construction jobs.

Written by David R Baker SF Chronicle

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In his State of the Union Address for 2007, President George W. Bush called for a 22% increase in federal grants for research and development of alternative energy. However, in a speech he gave soon after, he said to those assembled, I recognize that there has been some interesting mixed signals when it comes to funding.

Where the mixed signals were coming from concerned the fact that at the same time the President was calling on more government backing for alternative energy research and development, the NREL—the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of Golden, Colardo—was laying off workers and contractors left and right. Apparently, the Laboratory got the hint, because soon after the State of the Union Address, everyone was re-hired. The second speech of the President’s was actually given at the NREL. There is almost unanimous public support for the federal backing through research grants, tax breaks, and other financial incentives of research and development of alternative energy sources. Click Here to read full article….

Our congratulations go out to Barack Obama on his sensational win in the US Elections last night now lets hope once he has sorted the financial crisis that has hit the USA,he can go on to help people turn to alternative fuels and save our planet.

Cheers

Chris

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