Check out this alternative to corn-produced ethanol. It is not as widely publicized in the news, but may be a more economical and productive way to reduce energy costs in the future!

Founded by MIT chemist Isaac Berzin in 2001, GreenFuel Technologies of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a process that:

“uses a portfolio of technologies to profitably recycle CO₂ from smokestack, fermentation, and geothermal gases via naturally occurring species of algae.”

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Everyone with a mobile phone has either read or seen news casts about their negative impact on our health. Many independent sources claim that it’s a big and growing danger but those that are usually sponsored by the multi-billion dollar telecommunications industry tell us that the impact is almost harmless. The fact is, many people and businesses nowadays are very dependent on this technology and for some there is simply no way to function in today’s society without them. We have become a culture of communication convenience. Perhaps a recent article on The Daily Telegraph will make you think twice about getting extremely chatty the next time your cell phone rings and you go to pick it up. (more…)