Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The Hill was alive with the sound of finger pointing and hand-wringing yesterday when I testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality about the RFS. (All the testimony including mine is available...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
No sooner had I hit publish on my post Wednesday night about the UN right to food guy calling the use of any arable land for biofuels a "crime against humanity," than two dueling polls poped into my inbox. One was...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Over the weekend there was a spat of articles about slumping ethanol prices and the end to boom days in the ethanol industry (WSJ subscription required). As the articles point out, the slump is caused by explosive growth in production capacity...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
For those of you who don't subject yourself to media overload on all things biofuels, consider yourselves lucky. There's a mounting level of rhetoric and a sliding amount of substance. This can probably to be expected to continue as the House and Senate move...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Interesting posts in two cleantech blogs today. CleanTech Intevesting reports today about a $10 million financing round for a bio-butanol developer. Supported by Khosla Ventures and Virgin fuels, the funding is intended to support a pilot plant stage. This is...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil
An interesting article in Environmental Science and Technology today connecting fertilizer use, water pollution, and agricultural subsidies. Much has been made about how the increased demand for corn to make ethanol will drive increased use of fertilizer and as a...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil
This story about an algae growing system being developed by Solix Biofuels and Colorado State is encouraging. It shows that there is at least one other serious entrant into the algae area other than Green Fuels. Algae as a feedstock...continued→
