Peak Oil News >Major progress in technology needed for 25 % affordable renewable energy target

posted by Nathanael Greene on June 26, 2008

tags:

renewables, innovation, economics

This looks interesting. Argues for using the carbon allowances and auction revenues from a cap and trade system carefully to drive this type of innovation.

The Oil Drum | Updated Corn Ethanol Economics

posted by Nathanael Greene on June 26, 2008

tags:

ethanol, economics, biofuels, corn, oil, prices

This by Ropbert Rapier, who is generally pretty sharp, and helpful in trying to understand what the heck is happening in the ethanol market

Yale Environment 360: Global Commodities Boom Fuels New Assault on Amazon

posted by Nathanael Greene on June 25, 2008

tags:

biofuels, amazon, land, economics, rainforests

The economics of supply and demand are impossible to deny. As a result we need to regulate biofuels so that their feedstocks don't drive these impacts.

U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices

posted by Nathanael Greene on April 28, 2006

tags:

gasoline, oil, economics, energy