Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Biofuel: An alternative renewable fuel

Nowadays, oil demands are raising high, therefore the price of nymex crude oil per barrel are up to $108.67 and the nymex heating oil reaching 307.98 cents per gallon (according to http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/ on 8th of April 2008). Saudi Arabia will last their oil reserve in 50 years. So it is very important for the scientist community to search the best solutions for the matters. Therefore we from the Chemistry Department, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia under supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zainudin Ariffin, initiating our research toward Cellulosic bioethanol from paddy straw. Dr. Teoh as the post-doc in the research while Mr. Muhammad Aizuddin as the final year project student. Anyone can post their comment, ideas, criticism, questions, or others that related to this field.

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