Recent Posts Tagged With 'ethanol'

• Tech Watch

  Posted on Tuesday July 28th, 2009 at 16:18 in resources, ethanol, solutions, alternative fuels, peak oil, fuel prices, bio-fuels

  Joule Biotechnologies has announced what could be quite a revolution in 3rd generation biofuels. They claim to have created a process using engineered microorganisms that can convert CO2 and sunlight directly into fuel.This eco-friendly, direct-to-f...

• Why Ethanol - Not Electric Cars and Hybrids - Is the Answer

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 16:43 in ethanol, economics, alternative fuels, bio-fuels

  Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures explains why biofuels are the answer for fossil fuel replacement for personal transportation in the near term. As I have said before, liquid fuels are key to providing economical tran...

• Ethanol Petition

  Posted on Monday April 27th, 2009 at 16:22 in resources, ethanol, solutions, alternative fuels, fuel prices, bio-fuels

  If you'd like the option to buy E15 rather than just E10, please sign the petition at ethanol.org:http://www.ethanol.org/petition/I believe we should be allowed to choose more clean, American-made renewable fuel for our cars. The federal government a...

• America's First Biofuels Corridor

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 21:11 in ethanol, solutions, alternative fuels, fuel prices, bio-fuels

  Interstate 65 is now America's first biofuels corridor. E85 Ethanol and B20 Biodiesel blends are available the entire length of the Interstate, from Gary, Indiana to Mobile, Alabama. A driver is now no more than a quarter-tank's drive from a fuel ret...

• Strategies for the Energy Crisis

  Posted on Saturday September 27th, 2008 at 03:37 in environment, society, Fuel Economy, resources, ethanol, solutions, alternative fuels, fuel prices, bio-fuels

  Here's an interesting interview examining energy policy and greenhouse emissions.After nearly 30 years at Caltech as a professor of theoretical physics and, eventually, provost, Steven Koonin took a leave of absence in 2004 to become BP's chief scien...

• Newspeak?

  Posted on Wednesday August 6th, 2008 at 20:11 in society, ethanol

  Begin rant...Why does everything have to be black or white, one or zero, good or evil?In the infinite wisdom of Forrest Gump contemplating the true meaning of life, "I, I think maybe it's both".This has manifested itself to me in many current subject...

• Is Ethanol Getting a Bum Rap?

  Posted on Tuesday July 15th, 2008 at 05:08 in society, Fuel Economy, ethanol, solutions, agriculture, alternative fuels, fuel prices, bio-fuels, food prices

  Here's a Business Week article from May '08 that provides a level and even tempered report on the present state of ethanol.Ethanol is taking a tumble. Once hyped as a magic brew for reducing both oil addiction and global warming, alcohol made from co...

• Bio-fuels, Mandates and Energy Policy

  Posted on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 at 21:20 in society, ethanol, solutions, alternative fuels, fuel prices, bio-fuels

  Here is an article from the spring of 2007 that investigates bio-fuels and public policies that affect their development and production.The fact that current policy increases energy security and reduces greenhouse gas emissions does not imply, howeve...

• Ethanol is an "Ugly Baby"

  Posted on Saturday June 14th, 2008 at 03:03 in ethanol, solutions, alternative fuels, bio-fuels

  Ethanol is “an ugly baby but it’s ours and it will move cars,” according to billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens.Even some oilmen are on board...I bet Mr. Pickens has diversified his portfolio a bit....