A conversation with a spokesperson for the National Corn Growers Association and his friend from the American Farmland Trust | By Tom Philpott | Grist | Victual Reality | 25 Oct 2007
Very interesting.
NetNow Linkblog: What we're reading today at NRDC
Nathanael Greene's Links
New EcoFarm: Are We all Together in the Bioeconomy
A good opinion piece about the need to move away from the "us vs them" mentality that has dominated ag-environmentalist relations through a marriage of global and local in the bioeconomy.
Can lignin hold roads together?
On the one hand using lignin from cellulosic ethanol plants to stabalize roads has a nice geewiz factor. On the other hand, using lignin to make better roads so that we can drive more and use more ethanol seems a little circular.
Cape Wind's latest hurdle a breeze? | Cleantech.com
The bad news: the Cape Cod Commission is likely to reject Cape Wind's electric cable. The good news: the MA Energy Facility Siting Board will almost certainly overrule the Commission and the permitting process will continue.
Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Debunking Shellenberger & Nordhaus — Part II, Breaking the technology breakthrough myth
Interesting post on the potential role for technological breakthroughs in the energy sector and why policy and deploying what we have now is more important.
Growing Biofuels: The Sustainability Opportunity
Good post by Patrick Mazza from Climate Solutions about how the backlash against biofuels is getting some in the industry (at least at one conference) to think about sustainability.
American Superconductor, Teco in wind generator project | Cleantech.com
These companies are working on 10MW (!!) trubines for offshore wind farms. Interestingly they would also be ultra-low-speed generators spinning at just 11 revolutions per minute. Still the tip speed of the blades would be fast enough to knock you silly.
Chevy Volt to be built in US in 2010 - WSJ.com
According to this article the recently signed contract with the UAW states that Chevy will start building the Volt electric hybrid here in the US in 2010.
The Silicon Shake-Up Solar Companies That Dealt With Shortage Early Prosper - WSJ.com
Subscription required... but this is a good article about the silicon market and solar power.
Green Dreams - National Geographic Magazine
This is a good article, but it over emphasizes technology and misses the importance of policy. Look for my blog post on it shortly.
FT.com / Solar power looks to brighter future (subscription required)
Good news in this article that world polysilicon production is expanding quickly. As noted in the article: "In recent years, solar power growth has been strangled by established polysilicon makers' unwillingness to expand capacity rapidly."
Going Green to Save Some Green - WSJ.com
Lenders taking a little off closing costs for energy efficient home and loans to install energy efficiency measures. A good, if tentitive, step.
BLDGBLOG: Hot-Mapping the UK, or: Spy Planes Over Haringey
Putting aside the privacy issues, which are important but strike me as overblown, using this technology to identify inefficient homes looks pretty cool.
Green Car Congress: Study: Petrodiesel PM More Damaging to Human Health Than Biodiesel PM
If this proves true, it should not be assumed that biofuels will clean up the air, but rather that we can make our air quality standards stricter.
CapeCodTimes.com - Opponent of Cape Wind unapologetic about connection to coal
Love the quote from Cape Wind's PR guy: "Is this really the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound or the alliance to protect coal and oil?"
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