The Wall Street Journal delivered some disturbing news yesterday: South Korea “sharply boosted imports of Iranian crude” in April, buying...
You’ll rarely find a business in America—and especially one in the fossil-fuel industry—asking for more regulation. The default mode of industry groups like U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute (API) is that government is always the problem, and that less regulation is always the solution. That’s usually been the position of the [...]
Biofuel Blog War The Ultimate Syndication of BioFuel News BioFuel News What is BioFuel What is BioDiesel about RSS Is Atrazine Settlement Good for Farmers May 30th , 2012 by Foxy Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question , Which group should restaurants consider experts on animal care Recently many folks in agriculture participated in an online thank you campaign for Domino’s Pizza . Why Because the restaurant chain made a decision based on good humane animal practices and did not give in to the demands of the animal activist group HSUS . According to our poll 48 said Farmers , 35 said Veterinarians , 16 said Ag Industry , 1 said Activists and no one selected Government . Sounds like good common sense response to me . So take notice all you restaurant chains . If you need advice and want to
. Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on May 24, 2012 with 12 responses Electric Cars Keystone Impact on Gas Prices R-Squared Energy TV Ep . 23 : Tags climate change electric cars gas prices global warming Keystone Pipeline R-Squared Energy TV Tweet In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV I answer the following : questions What are the chances that electric vehicles will be more than a boutique item , and will make up a noticeable portion of cars on the road by 2020 Do you agree with the recent report from the Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC that building the Keystone Pipeline will raise gasoline prices I will make one additional comment
. Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on May 17, 2012 with 30 responses The Most Important Problem in Renewable Energy R-Squared Energy TV Ep . 22 : Tags artificial leaf artificial photosynthesis daniel nocera energy storage joule biotechnologies R-Squared Energy TV Tweet In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV I answer a question about the artificial leaf being worked on by Daniel Nocera at MIT . I discuss the strengths and weaknesses of various storage schemes , and explain why I believe storage is the most important problem in renewable . energy In the video I discuss the low energy density of batteries relative to liquid fuels . Below is a
This beautiful visualization from NASA shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. Since most of the ocean’s surface currents are shaped by the wind, this visual can give us a sense of what the wind looks like over our oceans and can help students visualize why [...]