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Giving biodiesel a bad name: killling fish with glycerin in Missouri

Biodiesel proponents do a lot of work to make people see the biofuel as an environmentally friendly alternative. But then James Raulerson pretty much gave them the finger. The southeast Missouri man was sentenced this week to two years probation and given a $10,000 fine for violating the Clean Water Act. How did he violate the Act? By dumping biodiesel waste from Natural Biodiesel Plant LLC into a local ditch back in 2007. The waste, mostly glycerin but also other biodiesel byproducts, was pumped out of a tanker truck and killed at least ... Read more →

GlycosBio says it can make ethanol cheaper, months away from commercialization

Glycos Biotechnologies Inc, a company started by two Rice University researchers, say they can make cheap ethanol from glycerin. Glycos' process and the feedstock for making ethanol from glycerin (a ...

Giving biodiesel a bad name: killling fish with glycerin in Missouri 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Biodiesel proponents do a lot of work to make people see the biofuel as an environmentally friendly alternative. But then James Raulerson pretty much gave them the finger. The southeast Missouri man was sentenced this week to two years probation and given a $10,000 fine for violating the Clean ...

GlycosBio says it can make ethanol cheaper, months away from commercialization 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Glycos Biotechnologies Inc, a company started by two Rice University researchers, say they can make cheap ethanol from glycerin. Glycos' process and the feedstock for making ethanol from glycerin (a byproduct of biodiesel production) is about half the cost of making ethanol from corn. The ...



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