It’s hard to pin down exactly what the Tea Party movement stands for. What I hear most often are these two main themes: 1. We need to take our country back 2. We need to cut the deficit Three time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman has an idea that would finally give the tea […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Years ago when moved to Bangkok I used to marvel at how cheap taxis were. A few years later I bought a small Corolla with a modest 1.6 liter engine. I realized that the price my very efficient Toyota per km was just a bit higher than what it cost to be chauffeured around in a taxi […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The renewable fuels association (RFA) and Protec Fuel have announced the opening of an Ethanol 85 (E85) station in Norfolk, Virginia. What makes this particular station so special? It will provide E85 to the largest fleet of Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFV) in the United States. This publicly accessible station will be just one of over 2,300 gas […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
America’s first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant will begin prodiction soon. The Abengoa Bioenergy Plant in Hugoton, Kan.; POET Energy’s Project Liberty Plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa; and Great River Energy’s plant, Dakota Spirit Ag Energy, in Spiritwood, N.D. all reported at the Biomass ’10 conference in Grand Forks North Dakota. Although the plants are in various […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every time I see the opening of a new E85 station I imagine Henry Ford flipping the bird to Standard Oil in the afterlife. The Model T was originally built to run on ethanol but prohibition made it impossible to continue to manufacture cars for anything but gasoline and diesel. Sadly, there are still entire […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Olivera Egg Ranch has a lot of chicken poop to deal with and they use a lot of electricity. Could a biogas fuel cell kill two birds with one stone? If you’re familiar with the term “Fuel Cell” you’ve probably only ever seen it preceded by the word “Hydrogen” and that’s a shame. One […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Being reminded that it took 30 years to get back to a White House that sets an example for using renewable energy touches a nerve. Please read a far more level headed account of the event at the excellent energy collective. Similarities between Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama are numerous, but lets hope it stops […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A great deal of CO2 is released to the atmosphere during the manufacturing of traditional cement. The team at Novacem has developed a carbon neutral solution to the problem. By incorportating magnesium oxide (MgO) and hydrated magnesium carbonates into their cement the team at Novacem claims they can compete in both terms of cost and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The USDA has released the results of an on-farm renewable energy production survey today and the numbers are promising. Solar panels, wind turbines, and methane digesters are now in operation on 8,569 farms and ranches across the country according to the survey conducted by the USDA’s National Statistics Service. Farmers and ranchers across the country […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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