I have taken grief from some readers at times for my position on the issue of Climate Change. I have always maintained that I am not an expert, and therefore I accept the scientific consensus […]
Range Fuels’ Number One Critic
That title appears to be reserved for me, even though I did not set out to earn it. It all started with the first story I wrote on Range Fuels in which I pointed out […]
The Cost of Energy Independence
I have noted before that every president since Nixon has talked about the need to get the United States off of foreign oil and moving toward energy independence. Jon Stewart recently captured this theme in […]
Setting the Ethanol Record Straight
Based on my Site Meter, it appears that a lot of new readers are stopping by because of my recent inclusion in the Top 10 list of ethanol enemies. Because the article presents a highly […]
I’m Number 5!
I am still in Europe through the end of the week (today in Germany), but working on several articles and trying to get caught up on correspondence. Today I started getting a lot of e-mails […]
Five Positive Notes on Next-Generation Biofuels
In the previous essay, I discussed some of the challenges that next-generation biofuels face according to a recently released USDA report: Next-Generation Biofuels: Near-Term Challenges and Implications for Agriculture Here are five positive notes from […]
Five Challenges of Next-Generation Biofuels
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has just issued a report detailing the outlook and challenges of next generation biofuels. I provided some input during the drafting of the report, which hopefully was of some […]
Footprint Forum 2010
During the week starting June 6th I will be in Siena, Italy to participate in Footprint Forum 2010, put together by the Global Footprint Network. In fact, when this post goes up I will be […]
Examining Calera Corporation’s Claims
The following is a guest post by Dr. Jerry Unruh. Jerry is a Ph.D. chemist that I had the pleasure of working with for several years. (More on Jerry in A Conversation on Energy Issues). […]
Changing Attitudes on Climate Change
I have long taken a detached view of the climate change debate. As I have explained before, this is not because I don’t view it as a very serious issue, it is simply because I […]