Scientists report breakthrough in seaweed biofuel
Energy experts believe that seaweed holds enormous potential as a biofuel alternative to coal and oil, and US-based scientists say they have unlocked the secret of turning its sugar into energy.
Energy experts believe that seaweed holds enormous potential as a biofuel alternative to coal and oil, and US-based scientists say they have unlocked the secret of turning its sugar into energy.
The Department of Science and Technology said the Arroyo administration should have started small with a project to explore the viability of the jatropha plant as an alternative fuel source, a failed venture that has cost the country around P1 billion in losses.

After surveying the devastation from the air, President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday checked on disaster relief efforts in Cotabato City and vowed more aid for ravaged communities in their “war versus water hyacinths,” a green menace being blamed for one of the worst floods in Mindanao in recent years. Mr. Aquino conducted an aerial [...]