The Oil Drum | Updated Corn Ethanol Economics
This by Ropbert Rapier, who is generally pretty sharp, and helpful in trying to understand what the heck is happening in the ethanol market
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Green Car Congress: Study Concludes That Reducing US Transportation Oil Consumption and GHG Will Require a Package of Policies
Couldn't agree more with the headline and the study apparently points out that renewable fuel policies need to look at the lifecycle GHG emissions.
2008 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and Luis Yanza Battle the Oil Giants : TreeHugger
Texaco (later bought by Chevron) allegedly dumped nearly 17 million gallons of crude oil and 20 billion gallons of drilling wastewater directly into the Ecuadorian Amazon between 1964 and 1990. Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and Luis Yanza fought back.
Map of the world with countries scaled by their oil reserves
A picture/map can say a thousand words.
The Oil Drum | Tar Sands: The Oil Junkie's Last Fix, Part 2
This is the second part in a great 2 part article on tar sands. It's a good and substantive discussion of the economic, energy and environmental impacts of this crazy source of oil. Hats off to author Chris Nelder.
The Oil Drum | Mythbusters: Ethanol and Foreign Oil Displacement
More from Robert Rapier on ethanol. This is part of a FAQ he's putting together. It provides some good discussion of important issues but also wanders into ideology at points.
The Oil Drum | DrumBeat: August 5, 2007
Just a general shout-out to the DrumBeat. It's a consistently useful summary of energy and especially related news.
The Cost of Energy » Blog Archive » New toy: Energy clock v1.0
This is addictive! Description from the blog: it’s a Windows application that displays the US and world consumption of coal, oil, and natural gas, and emission of CO2, in real time, for the current day as well as the current year.
At L.A. Auto Show, Carmakers Vie for the Green - Newsweek: Tip Sheet Environment - MSNBC.com
"Within the next year or so, expect to see a growing number of alternative-fuel cars on the load: autos that run on a blend of ethanol and gasoline, hybrids that use diesel instead of gas, even cars powered by cooking oil from your pantry."
YouTube - Robert Redford on Saving the Arctic Refuge
Watch Robert Redford discuss the importance of saving the Arctic Refuge in this NRDC Action Fund video on YouTube.
globeandmail.com : Alberta's gift to culture
alberta sends a dump truck to the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival to tell the story of oil sands. how picturesque.
