The frenzy over biofuels has often ended with unhappy results.  Corn-based ethanol in the US served to only increase food prices and cause even more pollution in the Gulf of Mexico.  The quest for palm-oil based fuels has deforested way too much of Indonesia’s forest.  The future does not look pretty if more folks around [...]

I’ve already discussed DME (dimethyl ether), as a huge potential fuel source.  Most renewable energy advocates have never heard of it, but there’s vast potential for it.  DME burns cleanly, gives off no particulates, and is readily available since it is a byproduct of coal extraction, natural gas production, and can be poached from biomass. [...]