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 […]

Coal and Ethanol

A Lightbulb Uses a Lot of Coal Just a very quick post today while still on vacation in the U.S. I was browsing around the other day, and I ran across this: How much coal […]

Oil from Montana Coal

I have been kicking around the idea of writing an essay on the coal-to-liquids (CTL) dream of Montana governor Brian Schweitzer. However, a story just appeared in the Billings Gazette that emphasizes many of the […]

Improving the Prospects for Grain Ethanol

In my previous essay, you probably gathered that I am not enamored with grain-derived ethanol. I consider it to be a kind of fool’s gold that looks nice and shiny to the general public. Considering […]