US Biodiesel Production Reaches Commercial Scale Thanks to Tax Incentives
Enacted in 2004, the current biodiesel tax incentive program helps make the fuel competitive with petroleum based diesel. Unfortunately, the current incentive program will expire on December 31, 2009 at a time when “U.S. biodiesel production has reached commercial scale, and the nation has realized the job creation, environmental and energy security [...][US Biodiesel Production Reaches Commercial Scale Thanks to Tax Incentives from Green Living Ideas]

When Drying Clothes on a Clothesline is Against the Rules
“If my husband has a right to have guns in the house, I have a right to hang laundry,” says Carin Froehlich. Drying clothes outside on a clothesline is an image of a simpler time, not to mention a standard recommendation on lists of ways to reduce the carbon footprint at home. It’s [...][When Drying Clothes on a Clothesline is Against the Rules from Green Living Ideas]

Smart Power Management for EVs Could Revolutionize Electric Vehicle Design
A new research project, ChargeCar, is developing a knowledge base for conversion of gas powered cars to electric vehicles, and the test bed is being prepared by a robotics program. A 2001 Scion xB has been converted to an electric commuter vehicle by Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute to serve as a test [...][Smart Power Management for EVs Could Revolutionize Electric Vehicle Design from Green Living Ideas]

Green Your Thanksgiving by Eliminating Food Waste
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and although this holiday is designed to celebrate the bounty of fall harvests and myths of US history, discarding (or composting) half the meal makes this holiday unsustainable.  You may be planning to green your Thanksgiving by only serving local foods; however, if you waste those [...][Green Your Thanksgiving by Eliminating Food Waste from Green Living Ideas]

Breakthrough Technology Converts CO2 to Ethanol without Biomass
Producing fuel out of thin air sounds like a pipe dream, but a new process from a biofuel company promises to be able to turn CO2 and sunlight into fuel, bypassing the current need for large amounts of agricultural land and water to produce biomass feedstock. Joule Biotechnologies has announced that it can [...][Breakthrough Technology Converts CO2 to Ethanol without Biomass from Green Living Ideas]