Biofuels: The Science of Creating Greener Energy
Biofuels have been creating quite a buzz lately. They are touted as solutions to global warming and our dependence on foreign oil. They gained attention when California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that established a comprehensive program to reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020. In addition, President Bush established a renewable fuels standard as part of his Advanced Energy Initiative. It requires the use of 7.5 billion gallons of biodiesel and ethanol by 2012.
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Robert Cattolica
Professor of Engineering Physics, UCSD
 Renewable Fuel from Biomass Waste (PPT 1 MB)
Steven Briggs
Professor of Biological Sciences, UCSD
Engineering Organisms to Produce Biofuels (PPT 376 KB)
B Greg Mitchell
Research Biologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
Biofuels from the Sea (PPT 2.4 MB)
Justin Stege
Associate Director, Alternative Fuels, Diversa Corporation
Enzyme Discovery and Evolution for Commercial Biofuels Applications (PPT 1.4 MB)
Wood Chips and Algae: Biofuels of the Future 
KPBS Radio - These Days
Biofuels Technology
UC Discovery /West Biofuels Project Research Plan (PDF)
Robert Cattolica, University of California at San Diego, PI
Chemistry of biodiesel production in detail
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Overview of types of biofuels technologies
Oregon Department of Energy
Biofuels glossary
Grist
Biofuels News
Biofuels articles
Biofuel Review
News on biofuels and the U.S.-Brazil partnership
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Biofuels meetings, resources, news
International Energy Agency
Diversa, Celunol become biofuels firm Verenium
San Diego Union Tribune June 22, 2007
Wood Chips in – Biofuel Out
UCSD Press Release
Venture Capitalists Move From Web to Algae
New York Times, March 6, 2007
Science and policy documents and databases
Searchable energy database
U.S. Department of Energy—Information Bridge
Biomass document database
U.S. Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Biofuels agricultural research projects by state
United States Department of Agriculture
Pros and cons of biofuels
Sustainability and equity issues of biofuels development
United Nations report
Ethanol—Is It Worth It?
Chemical and Engineering News January 1, 2007
Fuels Gold: Big Risks of the Biofuel Revolution
New Scientist September 25, 2006
Biofuel Bonanza
Chemical and Engineering News June 25, 2007
Ethanol for a Sustainable Energy Future
Science Magazine, February 9, 2007
Biofuels: A New Approach to Energy Independence
San Diego Union-Tribune editorial
Related materials
Communicating and Learning about Global Climate Change
Project 2061 Teaching Guide
The Rise of Renewable Energy
Scientific American, September 2006
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