Right now, the fossil fuels can set up those partnerships but the green fuels cannot.
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Algae have been touted as the greenest of all green fuels and it's not hard to see why.
To that end, green fuels require back-up generation that kicks in when the wind dies down or the sun ceases to shine.
The latest 2012 data indicates that green fuels now comprise 20 percent of the portfolio there: Wind is at 63 percent while geothermal and solar photovoltaic (PV) are at 17 percent and 11 percent, respectively.
To date, however, alternative fuels and green vehicles require more resources to deliver less energy and transportation at greater cost.
He has even suggested appointing as energy czar his friend Willie Nelson, a green country singer who fuels his tour bus with biodiesel and sells the stuff at petrol stations in Texas.
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To get there, both the UN and global lending institutions such as the World Bank are saying that they will place more emphasis on green technologies than on fossil fuels, which will still remain part of its tool box and loan portfolio.
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The real challenge is to get green energy that is cheaper than fossil fuels.
As long as green energy is more expensive than fossil fuels, growing consumer markets like those in China and India will continue to use them, despite what well-meaning but broke Westerners try to do.
In spite of being one of the world's biggest purveyors of fossil fuels, the firm has made some surprisingly green investments.
The Carbon Club is green slang for the oil companies and other purveyors of hydrocarbon fuels.
Mr. Obama and Democratic congressional leaders talk of creating several million green jobs through tax credits and grants to generate electricity from alternative fuels and encourage energy-efficient vehicles, and to retrofit government buildings and low-income housing to save energy.
The Great Green Fleet demonstration continues our long tradition of energy transformation by powering the Fleet with alternative fuels.
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If they want to make one big green gesture, though, leaders could most usefully agree to phase out the subsidies they pay for the dirtiest fuels, particularly coal.
Algae is one of the great green hopes for creating a biofuels industry that can reach the scale necessary to bring down costs and compete against fossil fuels.
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