Renewables – May 6
Power station harnesses Sun’s rays
Wind farms may not lower air pollution
Libertarian Stossel:
Sacrificing our children to the ‘Corn God’
The book that oil companies don’t want you to know about: Alcohol Can Be A Gas
Biofuels
De-Fossilizing Ethanol
Discussions of the net energy balance of grain ethanol tend to overlook the quantities of natural gas and electricity consumed at ethanol refineries, which are substantial.
Biofuels – Apr 27
MIT: The case for burying charcoal
Reduce corn stover for ethanol to preserve soil quality?
Transport – Apr 23
Farther, faster? Not anymore (Tainter at work)
Fill ‘er up. But with what? (Making ethanol more efficient)
Biofuels – Apr 20
Strife over biofuel plantations in Uganda
UC, faculty reach deal on biofuels institute
Ethanol policy divides Latin America
Biofuels and the war on oil
Biofuels – Apr 19
Chavez backpedals on ethanol; car buff says ethanol is insanity
Ethanol may cause [slightly] more smog, deaths
Competition between food & fuel, expert warns
U.S. needs to perfect cellulosic ethanol – can it?
Food & agriculture – Apr 17
Preparing for a world without honeybees
GAO: U.S. food aid practices are wasteful
Astyk:
Food security and relocalization
WSJ:
Ethanol helps lift food costs
Peak Soil: Why cellulosic ethanol, biofuels are unsustainable and a threat to America
Biofuels are not sustainable or renewable. Why would we destroy our topsoil, increase global warming, deplete and pollute groundwater, destroy fisheries, and use more energy than what’s gained to make ethanol?
(Detailed analysis)
U.S. energy policy – Apr 12
Rep. Jay Inslee, clean-energy champion
Gingrich goes green in Kerry climate debate
EPA: full speed ahead with ethanol
Calif governor likes LNG despite panel vote
Schwarzenegger exports his brand of ‘green’
Food & agriculture – Apr 9
Britain’s green revolution on the home front
Edible City: Part 2
The fruited plain: corn boom-and-bust
Biofuels – Apr 7
The Economist agrees with Castro on ethanol
City on fire: biodiesel in Thailand
What is the real cost of corn ethanol?
Australia already on the ‘downside’ of Peak Oil
Australia has already peaked as an oil producer, professor John Mathews said today, and Australian companies are missing out on important business opportunities in renewable energies and biofuels.