An interesting jatropha story in today’s New York Times: Mali’s Farmers Discover a Weed’s Potential Power It will be archived pretty soon, but here are a couple of excerpts to chew on: But now that […]
Notes from the Energy Tour
I have mentioned here before the town halls being conducted by Shell and ConocoPhillips that are designed to capture the concerns of the American public on energy issues. I think these tours are important, because […]
Biodiesel Misconceptions
Sometimes I am astonished at the misconceptions people have. Take this article: Old cars become green machines The story is about a woman who has a number of cars that have been modified to run […]
Where Your Tax Dollars Are Likely Headed
I have said before that a shakeout in the ethanol industry is inevitable. As I wrote here: When a commodity has such incredibly low barriers to entry, it is only a matter of time before […]
The Week in Energy – September 7, 2007
Note: This will be my last time to post in this format (a block of stories in one post). Others have commented, and I agree, that this is a bit unwieldly. Besides that, I have […]
This Week in Petroleum 9-06-07
Another week, another all-time low on gasoline inventories. As I wrote last week: Gasoline inventories were not this low following Hurricane Katrina, and yet we have had an uneventful summer. It is very possible that […]
World’s Smallest Gasoline Engine
While I try to be very careful about posting hype masquerading as a legitimate technology breakthrough, this story is too good to pass up (even though it contains a lot of hype). I don’t know […]
The Good and Bad in the United States’ Energy and Farm Bills
About a month ago I was asked to contribute to the next issue of Subsidy Watch regarding the recently passed energy bill. The issue was just published: Subsidy Watch, Issue 16, September 2007 My comments: […]
Energyville Sneak Preview
Update: The game is now live for all at: http://www.willyoujoinus.com/energyville/ ———————— Chevron is going to unveil a game tomorrow called Energyville. The details are: Chevron, one of the world’s leading energy companies, is launching on […]
World’s Largest Producer of Geothermal Electricity
I would have guessed Iceland, but it’s actually the U.S.: Beyond the sun, a new wave of clean energy As policymakers promote alternative energy sources to reduce the United States’ emissions of greenhouse gases and […]