Congressmen Miguel Zubiri and Raul del Mar are working to push the Biofuels Act by December before the House goes on Christmas break. They are working for the reconciliation of the Senate and House versions of the bill by the bicameral committee. Senate President Manny Villar gave assurances that the Senate would also work to pass the Biofuels Act.
Article here from Inq7
It’s going to be a “Green” Christmas for the Senate as Greenpeace has lent them a couple of Solar panels to charge up and run the Christmas lights of their Christmas tree.
The thrust however of Greenpeace is to convince the Senate to pass an even more greener renewable energy bill as they feel that the current bill doesn’t have a well defined target for the Philippines in the terms of usage of Alternative Energy. What they are aiming for is at least 10% of the energy requirement of the country be filled by alternative energy resources.
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I’m a bit late in reporting this, but I decided to post it anyway for posterity’s sake… the “re-discovery” of the property of this compound to break down plant matters could hold the key to making Cellulosic Ethanol Production viable:
that (the) compound could be a way to break down the tough cellulose that forms the structure of a plant’s cell walls. Breaking down the cellulose can release the simple sugars that are fermented into ethanol.
And once again we bear witness to one of the worlds greatest events… that the greatest inventions/discoveries could happen due to a stroke of luck or being at the right place at the right time…*snicker*… This will benefit Mankind greatly if the further testing could prove fruitfull.
Original Article here
Not that it’s meant to power up paper… but rather it’s made out of paper (say what?) And the great thing about it is that its:
Chemically incapable of polluting, releasing toxic ooze or combusting under pressure, the batteries can also be very thin, allowing use in such applications as credit cards and RFID tags.
Original Article here
