Bioroot Energy

Signs we’d really like to see

Jay — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:43:19 +0000

We can’t afford to buy real world billboard advertising yet, so we did the next best thing and hacked a picture to make a point: the future of green energy is just around the corner!

This one sums up our business nicely, but not quite completely. Because our technology can convert much more than household trash to E4™ ENVIROLENE® mixed alcohol fuels. All kinds of unwanted stuff such as excess biomass, sewer sludge, toxic wastes, petroleum byproducts [...]

SACA/E4 Envirolene PBS video

Jay — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:09:43 +0000

This video featuring Standard Alcohol Company of America, Inc., and E4 ENVIROLENE was shot in 2000 by a PBS affiliate. The mixed alcohol fuel story is even more compelling a decade later, yet the first facility has yet to be built.

Greetings and Introductions

Heath — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:43:24 +0000

Greetings world and Bioroot Energy conscientious folk. This is the first post of Bioroot Energy’s Business Development Director, Heath N. Carey.

So who exactly am I? Well, let me give you a brief introduction: I was born and raised in the historically rich area of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I was a pretty normal fellow from the get-go, spending modest amounts of time on my education, and the remainder romping around the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. In 1996 [...]

Understanding Advanced Biofuels

Jay — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:04:11 +0000

Want to better understand the renewable fuels landscape, from algae to biodiesel, corn and cellulosic ethanol, to mixed alcohols? Here’s a fresh look at the confusion regarding renewable fuel subsidies, and why it is in the industry’s best interests for biofuel players to get out of “silo” mode and help the government sort through the questions.

3 paragraphs from the article:

“With their extreme versatility and often complicated nature, it isn’t easy for [...]

Make more than excuses

Jay — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:13:47 +0000

Don’t look to Washington’s finest for credible energy and climate solutions. Legislation, perhaps. Our politicians spend a lot of their time appearing in dignified settings courtesy of the US taxpayer, meeting important (and not so important) people, shaking lots of hands, listening and talking, smiling and chatting amiably with one another like lovable, peaceable Smurfs.

So our politicos are good at face time. But they’re terrible at addressing our biggest problems. Like balancing the federal budget, reducing trade [...]

Delivering the Bioroot Energy message to Washington

Jay — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:09:26 +0000

Senator Max Baucus, Jay Toups, CEO, Bioroot Energy, Senator Jon Tester

Bioroot Energy spent this week in Washington discussing clean energy legislation and meeting with people from all walks of life. It’s safe to say that the Bioroot Energy story is officially on the radar with Montana’s congressional delegation and staffers, as well as key Montana citizens and environmental groups for responsible climate and energy legislation. From the warm reception of our clean [...]

Bioroot Energy goes to Washington May 17-20

Jay — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:08:36 +0000

Bioroot Energy will travel to Washington DC on May 18 to meet with with members of Congress, including Montana’s two senators, Max Baucus and Jon Tester, and Congressman Denny Rehberg, as well as hopefully sharing our story with the world via NPR.

Want to send a strong message to our beloved politicians to get our renewable energy act together and reduce the risks of using, burning and spilling oil all over God’s creation? Here’s a real [...]

An American Tragedy Unfolds

Jay — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:46:13 +0000

What’s happening in the Gulf of Mexico is a growing holocaust of millions of innocent creatures. It’s a failure to innovate, a national disgrace, and a wake up call to all who call planet Earth home. Depending so heavily on oil for our transportation needs, and power generation and industrial use*, is not only environmentally irresponsible, it’s the basis for many of our current energy security issues, and one of our country’s most egregious economic problems. [...]

Twenty Years To Get Renewables Right (Or Else)

Jay — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:50:57 +0000

Why act now to develop clean, renewable liquid fuels made from carbon wastes and biomass at a community or regional level? It’s simple. Your kids’ and grandchildrens’ gas tanks (and wallets, if they still exist) could be empty in twenty years if we don’t.

Look at the graph and be afraid. It did not come from Earth First! It did not come from the Sierra Club. It was not drawn by Socialists or Nazis [...]

Too Good To Be True?

Jay — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:55:14 +0000

A common comment at events where Bioroot Energy has presented is that our business vision to turn municipal waste and biomass into clean, green transportation fuel sounds too good to be true.

Fact is, the core technologies Bioroot Energy seeks to deploy are already proven. It’s a plasma gasifier, connected to a gas to liquid (methanol) plant. Making a proprietary alcohol fuel formula that is already EPA approved but has not yet been commercialized. Making a cleaner, [...]