Risk Assessments I spend a lot of time playing “What if?” We all do this. I do this when I am driving – “What if that car at the next intersection pulls out in front […]
Tariffs in the Climate Bill
A number of people have written to ask why I haven’t commented on the climate bill. There are two reasons. First, the House and Senate versions are very different, so the final form may not […]
Geothermal’s Earthquake Problem
In a recent post – It’s Always Something – I argued that for seemingly every renewable option, there is a trade-off. In that particular essay I was discussing a recent report that suggested that jatropha […]
Wood Gasification Plant Opens
Been really tied up, but saw this story yesterday and wanted to bring attention to it. I think it is significant, and a sign of things to come. Not much time to comment, but some […]
John Benemann Responds to Green Algae Strategy Review
I recently published a review of Mark Edward’s book Green Algae Strategy: End Oil Imports And Engineer Sustainable Food And Fuel. Following this review, I published a response from Mark Edwards. In that response, Professor […]
U.S. Ramping Up Wind Power Programs Even As Concerns Surface About Possible Declines In U.S. Wind Strength
Once again at DFW Airport, about to make my way back to Europe. So I will be offline for just a bit, but wanted to post the latest from Money Morning, which as I recently […]
ExxonMobil in the Electric Car Business?
An interesting link from a reader this morning:The Maya 300: An Exxon-Assisted Electric Car If you’ve picked up a magazine in the last year, you’ve likely seen ads touting ExxonMobil’s (XOM) research into lithium-ion batteries. […]
How Much Natural Gas to Replace Gasoline?
I Took This Picture of a CNG Bus on a Recent Trip to D.C. You may have seen the news this week that a report by the Potential Gas Committee says natural gas reserves in […]
Oil Companies Acquire More Ethanol Plants
As I noted in my essay Big Oil Buys Big Ethanol, I expected that we would see more oil companies buying up troubled ethanol assets. Per the Houston Chronicle, Sunoco has become the latest: Oil […]
POET Sets the Standard
In a recent post (but certainly not the first time I mentioned this), I wrote: Corn ethanol producers have to move away from fossil fuel inputs – or they need to otherwise find inputs that […]