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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Hawaii Reporter:
In the November 26, 2007 issue of Forbes, authors Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren turned the U.S. nuclear energy situation into a superficial mishmash (http://tinyurl.com/223nl2).
Their thesis is that what they perceive as heavy subsidies of the U.S. nuclear energy system should be an impetus for conservatives to join leftists such as […]
Bush Threatens Veto Of Spending Bill
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Smartmoney:
While scolding Congress for its meager accomplishments, President George W. Bush on Monday threatened to veto any spending bill not to his liking.
“If they send me an irresponsible spending bill, I will veto it,” Bush said.
Bush insisted that Congress pass his war-funding request; he is expected to devote much of December to attacking Democrats for […]
Failed Nevada Experimental Energy Plant Costs Millions
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Arizona Daily Star:
A major Nevada utility got more than $200 million in taxpayer and ratepayer dollars for an experimental clean-coal generating plant that wouldn’t run reliably and was mothballed. Now, Sierra Pacific Power Co. wants $42 million more from its customers.
More than half of the funding targeted for the Pinon Pine gasified coal project came […]
Negotiators Nearing Energy Bill Compromise
Friday, November 30th, 2007United Press International:
U.S. congressional negotiators reportedly are nearing agreement on an energy bill that would boost vehicle efficiency standards and increase biofuel use.
The auto industry and its advocate, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell, D-Mich., accepted achieving a targeted average of 35 miles a gallon for each carmaker’s fleet of new U.S. […]
Experts Look To Forests For Alternative Fuel
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Business Wire:
As oil prices rise and the debate over ethanol intensifies, trees are emerging as a better source for alternative fuel than corn, an expert in the forest products industry said Wednesday.
“The future of ethanol resides in the organic feedstock used to produce the fuel, and Southern forests are positioned to be a key […]
Will Biofriendly Fuel Cells Power Future Cars?
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007The Open Press:
At the November 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show, Honda unveiled its new biofriendly FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle (FCV). Honda plans to lease a limited number of them in the summer of 2008. First developed in 1999, the 2008 model has many improvements, such as a 30% increase in driving range and a […]
Fuel For Thought: Students Look For Alternative Power
Monday, November 26th, 2007Gloucester County Times:
Imagine if Americans could power their cars with recycled office paper and grass clippings.
A group of Rowan University students and professors are treading their way through the corn maze of alternative fuels as they try to find a way to turn these biodegradable resources into fuel.
The United States uses around 150 billion gallons […]
Microbial Hydrogen Production Threatens Extinction For The Ethanol Dinosaur
Thursday, November 15th, 2007DailyTech:
Hydrogen fuel may soon be nearly as plentiful and cheap due to record setting efficiency
Hydrogen is the optimal fuel in terms of the cleanliness of its burn reaction. It burns cleanly; producing only water, unlike carbon based fossil fuels which also produce CO2 and other hydrocarbon derivatives. However, hydrogen has suffered from 2 key […]
The New Ethanol Mantra: American As Apple Pie?
Thursday, November 15th, 2007CNET News:
In the battle for congressional funding, sounding the national security alarm is a proven winner.
So it is that the Renewable Fuels Association–yes, there’s a trade group for everything under the sun, folks–is arguing that renewable fuel is “critical to reducing dangers associated to increasing foreign oil dependence.”
That’s the headline of a press release which […]
Switchgrass Is Better Source For Ethanol
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Post-Bulletin:
A matter that has slipped down from government officials to schools is now in my hands in the economics class: ethanol.
Is it safe? Is it more efficient than oil-based fuel? The answer is yes. Ethanol produces less pollution and decreases greenhouse emissions by 50 percent compared to gasoline. With that being said, it would hurt […]
Dousing Ethanol With Truth
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Brock Press:
For many years, the environment was simply a political non-issue.
Environmentalists, on the whole, were seen as fringe interest groups, with little to no public support behind their proposed initiatives. In the past two years, thanks in part to inclement weather shifts, environmental disasters and Al Gore, environmental degradation has finally burst into the political […]
Clean-Tech Start-Ups Swing For The Fences
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007CNET News:
While the 2007 Boston Red Sox celebrated their recent World Series victory outside, entrepreneurs and investors met here on Tuesday to plot the future of energy at the third annual Conference on Clean Energy.
The New England area is vying to become a major center for clean-technology industries, along with Silicon Valley in California. At […]
Want Alternative Energy? Conserve And Get Ready To Pay Up
Friday, October 26th, 2007Lancaster Farming:
Conservation will be a key to solving this country’s thirst for foreign oil. But you may want to open up those pocketbooks as well.
At least that was the view expressed Oct. 17 by a leading expert on biofuels and ag economics.
Otto Doering, a professor of ag economics at Purdue University and a public policy […]
The Corn Supremacy
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Grist Magazine:
The productivity of U.S. corn farmers should inspire awe.
According to the U.S. Grains Council, the U.S. produces about 44 percent of the globe’s corn crop — that’s more than China, the European Union, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico combined. Iowa alone, which produces a sixth of U.S. corn, produces about as much as the European […]
Ethanol At Crossroads?
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007*******
Dakota Farmer:
“Ethanol, and America’s energy future, is at a crossroads,” says Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association. He spoke at the the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit held in Washington, D.C. and issued the followed statement:
“Either we will continue on a path toward greater energy diversity and security by expanding the current Renewable Fuel Standard […]
Better Chances For Movement On Energy Bill This Week
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Hoosier Ag Today:
Ethanol industry officials are optimistic about the chances of getting an agreement to move forward with a bipartisan, bicameral conference on the energy bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unsuccessfully tried to go to conference last week - but American Coalition for Ethanol Executive Vice President Brian Jennings says Reid will try again […]
Hydrogen Energy - Our Savior? - Replacing One Hydrocarbon For Another?
Thursday, October 18th, 2007TransWorldNews:
IS ALL OF THE WORLD STUPID? - THERE IS A BETTER - HISTORICALLY PERFECT - WAY - AND IT’S HERE NOW!
Does anyone see the stupidity in this? Replacing hydrocarbon based energies like coal, natural gas, oil etc, with hydrogen or ethanol?
ONEGIFT4POWER has been telling the World they own the means to deliver the […]
Approved Application For Ethanol Regularity
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007Chicago Board of Trade Notices:
The Exchange has approved the application of Cornhusker Energy Lexington, LLC for a declaration of ethanol regularity at the firm’s Lexington, NE facility. The approved daily rate of loading is 119,968 gallons, which will allow for the issuance of up to 78 shipping certificates.
Cornhusker Energy Lexington, LLC has designated […]
Biorefining Signs Licensing Deal
Friday, October 5th, 2007Washington Business Journal:
Biorefining Inc., a firm that has developed technology to tackle the food-vs.-fuel dilemma facing the ethanol industry, has inked its first licensing deal, forming a joint venture with a North Dakota engineering and construction firm.
The Golden Valley company has developed a “biomilling” process that allows ethanol producers to separate the portions of corn […]
School Sidelines Corn Boiler As Price Rises
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007Yankton Daily Press:
When the Mitchell School District bought a boiler that burns corn to help heat Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary School, corn sold for $1.67 a bushel.
But now corn costs almost twice that much, so the boiler probably won’t be used this heating season, according to Superintendent Joe Graves.
The district bought the corn boiler two […]