The Daily Sprout

VeraSun as a Commodity Lesson in Crush Spread: The profitability of ethanol production should be a simple result of the crush spread – “the difference between the value of the ethanol (2.8 gallons worth) that can be extracted from a bushel of corn and the cost of the bushel of corn” – Seeking Alpha.

E85 Super Charges F430 Spider Ferrari: The Italian sports car-maker says that the new biofuel powered prototype can kick out even more power than its high-octane guzzling predecessor – Cleantech Media.

Bush Asks OPEC to Play Nice: President Bush was in Saudi Arabia today and met with King Abdullah and Saudi entrepreneurs. Bush told reporters: “Paying more for gasoline hurts some of the American families” – NYTimes.

Is Dead Tree Publishing Good or Bad for the Climate?: The folks at World Changing dispute Long Tail Chris Anderson’s carbon math around magazine publishing – World Changing.

Solar to Petrol Project to Make Oil from Air: Researchers are looking to use concentrated solar energy to reverse combustion and “reenergize” carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide – Renewable Energy Access.

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