Biofuels – Feb 14
Ag economist: Ethanol’s growth and implications for grain producers
Brazil sees biofuel demand as unsustainable
Biofuels will make China, India more thirsty
RFA: Bush’s farm bill not adequate for cellulosic
Renewable Energy
Citizenre: A House of Cards?
In its current incarnation, it is my opinion that Citizenre represents a significant threat to the solar industry. Exaggerated claims, inability to deliver product, sales to areas where they do not intend to install soon, these issues can taint the entire solar industry. Worse, misled customers will delay or not buy products from reputable dealers.
Biofuels – Feb 13
NZ raises Biofuel targets
Life on the Ethanol-Guzzling Prairie
Ethanol may fuel inflation
Dysfunction – Feb 12
Australia ignoring solar power, says pioneer
New Windows Vista: How the net turns code into politics
Rwanda: After so many deaths, too many births
Saudi Arabia: Foreign workers trapped in a gilded cage
U.S. Energy Experts Announce Way to Freeze Global Warming
As scientists sound daily alarms about the dire consequences of global warming, Americans are asking one question: What can we do about it? The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) has an answer: Deploy clean energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies now!
C2C – the Emerging Energy Technologies Summit
The conference was a good place to see what some of the more creative thinkers (the speakers include two Nobel Laureates) see as the technology to get us out of our current mess. (Detailed report)
United States – Feb 9
US seeks ethanol partnership with Brazil to
counter Venezuela
Re-energizing Daily Kos’s Energize America
US moves in on Africa
Poverty shifts to the U.S. suburbs.
Transport – Feb 9
Swiss boat claims first solar Atlantic crossing
A rush-hour tax on urban drivers
EU plans carbon dioxide emissions limits
Oil industry – Feb 9
Exxon Mobil has no more doubts on warming
Aramco chief – make fossil fuels ‘cleaner’
Big Oil cautious about clean-energy spending
Biofuels – Feb 6
US News & World Rpt: Is ethanol the answer?
Indonesia: Massive biofuel program to go ahead despite concerns
NYT: The price of corn
Kudzu a potential fuel source
Food industry wants balanced biofuel policy
Bus Week: Food vs fuel
Environmentalists Need to Help Fight Bush’s Ethanol Surge
Corn-based ethanol has been at the center of a well-funded misinformation campaign launched and
perpetuated by the Bush Administration.
Biofuels – Feb 2
NYT: Palm oil may be an eco-nightmare
TOD on palm oil
Indonesia studies oil palm restriction plan
Thousands march over tortilla crisis in Mexico
Business Week: food vs. fuel
WSJ: Ethanol imports are rising
Berkeley to be hub for study of alternate fuel
