My new company, Accsys Technologies PLC, made this year’s Top 20 list at SustainableBusiness.com: SB20: The World’s Top Sustainable Business Stocks 2008 marks the seventh year for the SB20, which is presented in our sustainable […]
The World’s Top Sustainable Business Stocks
My new company, Accsys Technologies PLC, made this year’s Top 20 list at SustainableBusiness.com: SB20: The World’s Top Sustainable Business Stocks 2008 marks the seventh year for the SB20, which is presented in our sustainable […]
More Signs of Demand Destruction
This time, the news comes from the API: U.S. oil demand drops in first half of 2008 WASHINGTON – U.S. oil demand was significantly down for the first six months of 2008, API said today […]
The Consensus on Global Warming Weakens?
Update: Or maybe not. There is a lot of controversy surrounding this story. Climate Progress reports on the controversy: Physicists forced to reaffirm that human-caused global warming is “incontrovertible” First off, I like Joseph Romm, […]
Clarifying the Ethanol Blending Requirement
I have seen the question frequently arise as to whether the ethanol blending mandate is based on rigid numbers (e.g., 9 billion gallons in 2008) or whether it is actually a percentage requirement, and the […]
More SPR Nonsense
I must say that I find it amazing that the same people can argue 1). We are too dependent upon fossil fuels; 2). We must find alternatives; 3). Carbon emissions are too high; 4). We […]
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Rahm Emanuel Proposal
Update I see from some of the comments following this story that my position needs to be clarified. There are several reasons that I think this is an important step forward. First, I have long […]
America’s Energy IQ 2008
Update: I was on the call, asked the first question (about the disconnect in the EIA projections for ethanol usage of less than 10% in 2030 versus the mandate of 36 billion gallons by 2022) […]
What an Outraged Barbara Boxer Thinks
For reasons unknown to me, I am on an e-mail distribution list from Senator Barbara Boxer. Here’s what she had to say about Bush’s lifting of the federal ban on offshore drilling. (No comments from […]