Green Daze » corn http://www.greendaze.org Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:54:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How come E85 never took off as an alternative fuel choice? http://www.greendaze.org/how-come-e85-never-took-off-as-an-alternative-fuel-choice/ http://www.greendaze.org/how-come-e85-never-took-off-as-an-alternative-fuel-choice/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:18:31 +0000 admin http://www.greendaze.org/how-come-e85-never-took-off-as-an-alternative-fuel-choice/ E85 is a fuel made out of corn. It is way cheaper than regular gasoline. They sell it at just BP as far as I know. Although you need a car designed for it and it lowers your fuel efficiency by 2-5 mpg, it seems like a smart choice. How come it never took off?

]]> http://www.greendaze.org/how-come-e85-never-took-off-as-an-alternative-fuel-choice/feed/ 7 What are some cheap ways to go green? http://www.greendaze.org/what-are-some-cheap-ways-to-go-green/ http://www.greendaze.org/what-are-some-cheap-ways-to-go-green/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:39:57 +0000 admin http://www.greendaze.org/what-are-some-cheap-ways-to-go-green/ It seems like everything you can do to be a more environmentally-friendly person is expensive: organic food, special cosmetics, gasoline from corn that you have to fix your vehicle to even be able to use. I’m a teenager with no job (yet), and my mom is a teacher, which is obviously not a whole lot of money. I can unplug my computer when I’m not using it, turn off the lights when I leave a room, and take shorter showers. What else can I do to lessen my carbon footprint?

]]> http://www.greendaze.org/what-are-some-cheap-ways-to-go-green/feed/ 11 Best alternative fuel source? http://www.greendaze.org/best-alternative-fuel-source/ http://www.greendaze.org/best-alternative-fuel-source/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:43:37 +0000 admin http://www.greendaze.org/best-alternative-fuel-source/ Since gasoline prices are going to crush the American economy, what would the best alternative fuel source? Hydrogen’s pretty cheap, you’d just get like 5 miles to the gallon. Ethanol would be a NO. That’d just lead to massive corn famines and government regulation on how much gas we could use (or else), which would be communism. Nuclear power would be very effective, but there’s always evil people who would harvest the materials for bombs. I heard fuel cells were very efficient and effective. What’s your opinion?

]]> http://www.greendaze.org/best-alternative-fuel-source/feed/ 11 Grease an as alternative fuel? http://www.greendaze.org/grease-an-as-alternative-fuel/ http://www.greendaze.org/grease-an-as-alternative-fuel/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:54:54 +0000 admin http://www.greendaze.org/grease-an-as-alternative-fuel/ Since we are making some new alternative fuels like ethanol, which is made from corn, and some car companies are making cars that can run on water, do you think it’s possible to take grease, something we have so much of, and turn it into an alternative fuel?

]]> http://www.greendaze.org/grease-an-as-alternative-fuel/feed/ 5 There is this lady on Yahoo Answers that is against using ethenol as an alternative fuel(read details)? http://www.greendaze.org/there-is-this-lady-on-yahoo-answers-that-is-against-using-ethenol-as-an-alternative-fuelread-details/ http://www.greendaze.org/there-is-this-lady-on-yahoo-answers-that-is-against-using-ethenol-as-an-alternative-fuelread-details/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:55:22 +0000 admin http://www.greendaze.org/there-is-this-lady-on-yahoo-answers-that-is-against-using-ethenol-as-an-alternative-fuelread-details/ There is this lady on Yahoo Answers that is against using ethenol as an alternative fuel because she says producing a maximum yield of corn, without allowing the fields to go fallow, will ruin the soil for other crops. Corn is naturally hard on soil as it is, so constant production of corn in one place will drain all of the naturally occurring nutrients in the soil. How true is this?

]]> http://www.greendaze.org/there-is-this-lady-on-yahoo-answers-that-is-against-using-ethenol-as-an-alternative-fuelread-details/feed/ 9 what is most efficient alternative fuel? http://www.greendaze.org/what-is-most-efficient-alternative-fuel/ http://www.greendaze.org/what-is-most-efficient-alternative-fuel/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:18:46 +0000 admin http://www.greendaze.org/what-is-most-efficient-alternative-fuel/ sugarcane? corn? solar?
in terms of take least amount of energy and can be used efficiently as an alternative energy source

]]> http://www.greendaze.org/what-is-most-efficient-alternative-fuel/feed/ 8 Why isn't the US investing in Sugarcane as an alternative fuel source? http://www.greendaze.org/why-isnt-the-us-investing-in-sugarcane-as-an-alternative-fuel-source/ http://www.greendaze.org/why-isnt-the-us-investing-in-sugarcane-as-an-alternative-fuel-source/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:55:09 +0000 admin http://www.greendaze.org/why-isnt-the-us-investing-in-sugarcane-as-an-alternative-fuel-source/ Brazil has been growing and converting sugarcane for over 20 years now. The energy produced from the sugarcane is 7 times greater than that of corn.

Maybe it’s our climate? Brazil and Hawaii are both humid but so is a lot of states. Thoughts?

]]> http://www.greendaze.org/why-isnt-the-us-investing-in-sugarcane-as-an-alternative-fuel-source/feed/ 12 Would hemp work as a source for alternative fuel? http://www.greendaze.org/would-hemp-work-as-a-source-for-alternative-fuel/ http://www.greendaze.org/would-hemp-work-as-a-source-for-alternative-fuel/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:31:29 +0000 admin http://www.greendaze.org/would-hemp-work-as-a-source-for-alternative-fuel/ Corn is not the answer because of the cost. Would hemp work?
Does that mean that no crop could become an alternative fuel?

]]> http://www.greendaze.org/would-hemp-work-as-a-source-for-alternative-fuel/feed/ 6 Why does corn work as an alternative fuel as opposed to any food? What does it have that makes it special? http://www.greendaze.org/why-does-corn-work-as-an-alternative-fuel-as-opposed-to-any-food-what-does-it-have-that-makes-it-special/ http://www.greendaze.org/why-does-corn-work-as-an-alternative-fuel-as-opposed-to-any-food-what-does-it-have-that-makes-it-special/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:46:25 +0000 admin http://www.greendaze.org/why-does-corn-work-as-an-alternative-fuel-as-opposed-to-any-food-what-does-it-have-that-makes-it-special/ I am curious of why corn is used to make ethanol, whereas other foods are not. Could someone please explain this to me?

]]> http://www.greendaze.org/why-does-corn-work-as-an-alternative-fuel-as-opposed-to-any-food-what-does-it-have-that-makes-it-special/feed/ 9 ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCE: Can we use the Algae in Chinese waters to develop carbon-based fuels? http://www.greendaze.org/alternative-fuel-source-can-we-use-the-algae-in-chinese-waters-to-develop-carbon-based-fuels/ http://www.greendaze.org/alternative-fuel-source-can-we-use-the-algae-in-chinese-waters-to-develop-carbon-based-fuels/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:37:16 +0000 admin http://www.greendaze.org/alternative-fuel-source-can-we-use-the-algae-in-chinese-waters-to-develop-carbon-based-fuels/ Has anyone seen the news broadcast about the massive tons of Algae floating in Chinese waters, and how many volunteers are helping to remove it, for the Summer Olympics in Beijing?
I wonder if any of this could be used to develop alternative fuels in addition to ethanol-based gasoline. Some countries are already using sugar-based ethanols and corn-based fuel. Why not this Algae, there is a huge surplus of it?

Is it theoretically and chemically possible?

Jasmine 215

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