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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
MSNBC:
Just five years ago, it would have been impossible to envision Brazil as an investment-grade country: The South American nation was strapped with billions in debt, and many investors believed the new, leftist President would ramp up already-high government spending. But President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva — a former firebrand labor unionist elected […]
Outside The Box: Investing In Brazil
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Inside Futures:
To find one of the hottest emerging markets on the planet, you don’t need to look any farther than the country of Brazil. For instance, consider the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (EWZ) surged over 74 percent in 2007 and has posted an average of 56 percent over the past three years. In addition, China’s […]
Embraer Sells Its 50th Ethanol-Powered Ipanema Crop Duster
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Wired News:
The good old Ipanema. It entered service in 1973, and it’s changed with the times.
Neiva, a subsidiary of Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, recently delivered its 50th ethanol-powered Ipanema, a low-wing agricultural monoplane.
Since 1973, Neiva has sold over 1,000 of the crop dusters, most of them in the Latin American market. The company began […]
We Can Still Save From The World Food Crisis
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias:
It does not deal with an apocalyptic prophecy anymore. It is now a reality that concerns everybody: the increase on the prices of staple foods might lead the whole world towards a situation of famine.
In different occasions, president Hugo Chávez has warned about the issue in such a manner that food […]
Ethanol Reduces Food And Fuel Prices
Friday, April 18th, 2008AgWeb:
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) says as consumers throughout the world face record oil and food prices, the impact of ethanol production is being criticized rather than appreciated for helping to keep oil prices lower than they otherwise would be. It is also often overlooked that prices for commodities like wheat and rice have risen […]
Green Options Fuel Future
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Metro Canadá:
Environmentally sound alternative fuel options offer great emissions savings over traditional gasoline, but what are they all about? Here’s a roundup of each:
Battery-electric and hybrid-electric vehicles:
Battery-electric cars draw all their power from an onboard battery, while hybrids use a combination of battery and gas motors to drastically increase fuel efficiency.
Both types produce much lower […]
Future May Be Driven By Ethanol
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Sydney Morning Herald:
From 2010 all standard unleaded petrol could be 10 per cent ethanol, writes Jennie Curtin.
Filling up with ethanol-petrol blends may be the way of the future for NSW motorists, despite figures released today showing the vast majority of drivers are reluctant to do so.
At an ethanol conference in Sydney last week, the Premier, […]
Pump Pain: Companies Try To Cope
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Business Gazette:
Florist Susan Rice remembers paying no more than $600 a month last year to fill up her delivery van at the two gas stations she has used for years.
Rice doled out about $1,000 at those stations last month, as gasoline prices reached soared to new heights. Like the owners of many gasoline-dependent businesses, Rice […]
Cheaper Ethanol Outselling Gasoline In Brazil
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Dallas Morning News:
Car owners in this giant city of 11 million people are giving the oil companies fits. Ethanol outsells gasoline here by a large margin. This year, it became the most popular fuel throughout Brazil.
Petróleos Brasileiro SA, or Petróbras, is trying to hold on to its customers. The Brazilian national oil company has held […]
Garbage-To-Ethanol Plan Worth Pursuing
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Gary Post Tribune:
It has been 10 years since the demise of the proposed Hickory Hills landfill between Lowell and Hebron in Eagle Creek Township.
The landfill was to have been the answer to Lake County’s solid waste concerns for the next 30 years.
Because Hickory Hills never gained state approval, it has been an agonizing 10 years […]
Renewables A Good Bet, Minus Ethanol - Fund Mgr
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008CattleNetwork.com:
Renewable energy is still a good investment for private equity, but high corn prices have taken investors’ eyes off ethanol, said Scott Brown, chief executive of New Energy Capital.
New Energy Capital is a holding company that acquires minority or majority stakes in renewable energy companies.
“Any kind of renewable that generates energy, especially wind and […]
Ultra-Rich Cash In On Global Warming Hoax
Monday, March 31st, 2008By Alan Caruba - USA Daily:
Recently I emailed a gentleman who is highly regarded, nationally and internationally, as one of the top strategic, military and economic long-range thinkers of our times. He is the author of several bestselling books about the way globalization is impacting the lives of the Earth’s population.
In addition to having read […]
Biodiesel Leftovers Heat Up Race For Alternatives
Monday, March 31st, 2008Bizjournals:
With unleaded gas prices topping $3.60 per gallon in U.S. cities, it’s perhaps no surprise that production of biodiesel - an alternative biofuel made from vegetable oil - has more than tripled in the past year.
The problem is what to do with leftovers from biodiesel production like glycerin, an abundant and largely worthless gunk.
In an […]
Biofuel Booster Has A Point
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Toronto Star:
Corn ethanol isn’t sustainable. Corn ethanol is jacking up food prices. Corn ethanol isn’t worth the energy that goes into producing it.
Okay, we get it already. Corn ethanol isn’t a long-term path for making renewable fuels, but does that mean ethanol itself is a bad thing?
“I think there’s a lot of disinformation out there,” […]
Small, Cheap, Safe And Runs On Ethanol? Call It Pompeo
Monday, March 24th, 2008TREND Information:
Some vehicles may choose to use motorcycle engines and concepts in order to have better performances, such as the Cirbin V13R, but there are others that have different objectives, such as the safety and comfort of a car with the running costs of a two-wheeler. One of these will be released this year, in […]
The ‘New Wave’ For Grain Markets
Friday, March 21st, 2008Washington Evening Journal:
The value of the U.S. dollar is declining. Brazil is having a record-setting soybean harvest. China’s soybean purchasing has skyrocketed and has also been suddenly cut short. With all this excitement in the global grain markets, Washington’s Kat’s Grain Inc. is on its toes each day - doing everything it can to keep […]
Car Makers Go Green At New York Auto Show
Friday, March 21st, 2008Chevy Equinox fuel cell car runs toward the future.
MarketWatch:
From the outside, the Chevy Equinox fuel cell vehicle looks a lot like any other sport utility vehicle, but sit behind the wheel, turn the key and the differences abound.
No engine roars to life. Instead, a faint hum comes from the car as its hydrogen tanks feed […]
The Illusion Of A Clean Future With Ethanol
Friday, March 21st, 2008Ethanol produced from corn is hailed by some as a fix-all fuel that is good for the environment and creates jobs in agricultural states. Will writes that ethanol doesn’t live up to the hype.
NewsHour Extra:
Biofuels are everywhere in Iowa right now, with a massive surge in ethanol production and a widespread belief that ethanol use […]
Japanese Refiners To Push Biofuels Use By 2013
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Oil & Gas Journal:
Fumiaki Watari, chairman of the Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ), said Japanese refiners will aim to substitute biofuels for 500,000 kl/year of oil equivalent of fuels by the business year ending in March 2013.
The refiners’ stated aim will more than double the initial target of a cut in refining of 210,000 […]
Global Warming Is Just An Excuse
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008renewamerica.us:
Motivation behind global warming activism has never been about concern for the planet or life on Earth. Aside from using the evidence of a one degree rise in global temperatures over the past 100 years to promote global socialism (which was nothing more than recovery from a one degree drop in temperature over the previous […]