Biofuels

Cleaner energy, warmer climate?MIT researchers explore the possible consequences of expanding biofuels.

The case of the missing gas taxMIT researchers find vehicle efficiency standards are at least six times more costly than a tax on fuel.

Engineering cells for more efficient biofuel productionYeast research takes a step toward production of alternatives to gasoline.

Converting plant waste into biofuelsPromising advances using yeast and fungi.

Teaching a microbe to make fuelGenetically modified organism could turn carbon dioxide or waste products into a gasoline-compatible transportation fuel.

Seeing Green: Saving Forests or Food Prices?A growing population and rapid development will put a strain on land used to grow food over the next century. But if reforestation is used to avoid climate change it will create further strain, says a new MIT study.

Our gasoline-free future and how to get thereToyota’s Tom Stricker shares his view with the MIT community.

Studying the effects of coconuts being made into biofuelDivya Agarwal travels to Fiji as part of an independent study project.

Our complex food future and how to respondToday’s global challenges will significantly affect how we grow our food. But these challenges are so complex and intertwined that response measures require collaboration and a broad, integrated lens.

Powering our cars, economy and climate policy

Using wheels to reduce a carbon footprintFacilities' new electric vehicle is powered by a battery and generates no emissions.

Major global increase in energy use, emissions predicted at MITEI colloquium

Harnessing the Earth, the atom and the leafThere are many sources that can make a contribution to our energy supply, but likely not at a major scale in the near future.

It’s not easy flying greenA new analysis emphasizes the large variability in greenhouse gas emissions from alternative fuels.

Squeezing more production out of bacteriaMIT chemical engineers demonstrate a new way to dramatically boost bacteria’s manufacturing abilities.