Biofuels – March 19
Ethanol’s growing list of enemies
Ecuador petition – Palmoil firms robbing Indian land
Jakarta: Alternative energy needs to focus on waste recycling
Renewable Energy
Warmer, warmer
I don’t think I can be the only person who finds in myself a strong degree of psychological resistance to the whole subject of climate change. I just don’t want to think about it. Part of the problem is one of scale. Global warming is as a subject so much more important than almost anything else that it is difficult to frame or discuss. [Excerpts]
Renewables – March 17
Abu Dhabi: Turning to the sun in the land of oil
Green energy enthusiasts also bet on fossil fuels
Can renewable energies be turned to a source of advantage by developing countries?
Renewables – Mar 15
Shell & BP plunge into the wind business
Start-Up Fervor Shifts to Energy in Silicon Valley
Towards Renewables in the UAE
Suburban Solar Retrofit
White House Seeks to Cut Geothermal Research Funds
Biofuels – March 15
NPR: Biofuel threatening food supplies?
Energy solution is growing on trees in Sweden & N. Europe
Ethanol wrong biofuel option say US experts
Biofuels – Mar 13
Ethanol-driven feed costs cut U.S. meat output
Thailand studies ethanol to biodiesel
State taxes local couple’s vegetable oil car
U.S. seen short of Bush’s ethanol plan
Biodiesel from palm oil not be as ‘green’ as hoped
The DESERTEC concept
Got a plan? TREC do, it involves concentrated solar power and high voltage DC transmission, and they want your help to get it into public view.
Biofuels – Mar 10
Gore Urged to Put Brake on Biofuel Production
Demand for corn driving up meat prices
Livestock Industry Testifies Before Congress In Food Vs. Fuel Debate
Success derails biofuels bandwagon
Biofuels & Latin America – Mar 9
Bush hails biofuels pact in Brazil
Brazil’s ethanol slaves
US looks to Brazil to fuel energy revolution
Cuba-Venezuela: Making biofuels without wasting food
Tortillas spark inflation, drive down Mexico’s peso
Renewables – Mar 8
What’s So Bad About Big?
PG&E sees power in North Coast waves
Analysis: Nile Basin energy future
Green energy deals ‘mislead customers’
Biofuels – Mar 6
The Big Green Fuel Lie
A switch to biofuels will not save the planet
Oil giant Chevron bets on biodiesel
Success Derails Biofuels Bandwagon
Japan to receive bulk of Brazil’s ethanol exports
Biofuels – March 5
UK Independent: The big green fuel lie
Brazil accused of growing biofuel under conditions like slave labor
Gasification may be key to U.S. ethanol
A moral solution to our energy problem
‘We’ve got to have more corn,’ expert says
