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Shell announced that this blended fuel includes 10% biofuel made from wheat stalks – known as cellulosic ethanol. Continue reading Fuel from wheat straw at the pumps in Ottawa 
Researchers in Nevada have found that used coffee grounds can be turned into a source of cheap, environmentally friendly fuel for cars and trucks. Continue reading Coffee for cars? Guelph Mercury, August 01, 2008 The global food crisis is starting to hit home. Even here in Ontario where a strong farming sector produces an abundance of top quality food and exports much of it to other countries, higher food prices are becoming a fact of life. The growth of renewable fuels — especially ethanol whose main ingredient is corn — and the concept of growing plants for fuel instead of food are being pegged as the number 1 reason behind the rising food costs. This corn, the argument goes, is corn that should be going to feed people and not cars. |   | ||||
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A gas station in Ottawa is the first in the world to sell fuel made with wheat straw, says a major petroleum company.
We may soon no longer be the only big consumers of coffee.