According to Wired magazine, Coskata, a start-up in Illinois, backed by General Motors, claims it can make ethanol for US $ 1 per gallon, and using any bio-matter, not just corn.
But let us hope the move to transform natural landscapes into biofuel farms does not make our carbon emission position worse, as this report suggests.
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Google is planning to put some of its vast fortune behind alternative energy technologies, according to this Reuters report.

“The Internet search giant, which has said it will invest in researching green technologies and renewable-energy companies, is eager to help promising technologies amass scale to help drive the cost of alternative energy below the cost of [...]

According to this report, engineers at the French Atomic Energy Commission have developed a method to harnass energy from rain. The technology is still very immature yet, however.
“Engineers have developed a way of harnessing the force of rain storms to generate power.
Although the technology produces only tiny amounts of energy, researchers believe it [...]

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that he is backing the proposals to increase targets for UK emissions reductions with full force. The new Climate Change Committee is expected to report on whether the current target of 60% reduction in emissions should be increased to 80% by 2050.
Today he gave his first speech on the environment, [...]

A revolutionary alternative to mini wind powered generators has been introduced in this year’s Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Conference. Ecogeek.org has reported on the “wind belt”, which works differently to conventional turbine wind-powered generator. Instead of a turbine, the new approach consists of a birdge made out of a taut kite fabric which vibrates in the [...]