Obama's Chief of Staff Says to Prepare for Major Reforms in Energy, Health Care, Economy, written 3 days ago, Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Institute President-elect Barack Obama's incoming Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, called for major reforms to our nation's health care, financial, and energ...

An Introduction to Nuclear Fuel for David McKay, written 3 days ago, David McKay made what I would categorize as a blunder in his new book, "Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air". McKay asks, Could nuclear power be “sustainable”? Then he asks a two more questions How great are the ...

Feedstock 101, written 1 day ago, Today Matt Rudolf is giving a speech in Charlotte to a bunch of NC farmers.  I think it is an excellent overview that reads like “Feedstock 101.”  Here is what he is going to say: When I talk to the public about biodiesel a common question I get is:  When wi...

Renewables Energized by Obama, Announce 2009 Agenda, written 6 days ago, On Thursday I was invited to a call-in news conference hosted by the leaders of the major renewable energy trade associations in the U.S.: Randall Swisher, Executive Director, American Wind Energy AssociationKarl Gawell, Execut...

Polywell Gets Another Crack?, written 3 weeks ago, A couple contracts would make it appear that the Navy has decided to pursue Robert Bussard's Polywell design. M. Simon has more at Power And Control. Update: Apparently stay-alive funding until the Navy decides what to do.

Wind to Power Texas Wal-Marts, written 2 days ago, In one of the largest investments of wind energy by a U.S. retailer, mega-seller Wal-Mart has announced it will buy 226 kilowatt-hours of wind power from Duke Energy for about 360 stores and distribution centers in Texas… around 15 percent of the ...

Scotland Passes Renewable Energy Barrier, written 3 weeks ago, Scottish Green Energy Day - Good News Story In the midst of the rather difficult times of recent months its great to have a positive green energy story to write about, particularly when it has a Scottish slant. The BBC reported on Tuesda...

Another biofuel startup & sea current energy, written 5 days ago, It’s not carbon neutral, it’s just a oil with a different origin, and growing plants for food should have priority over growing plants for fuel.. But it still might be an alternative if oil runs out, and the other more green t...

Latest news about Biodiesel and other Alternative Energy Sources

food production or distribution..., written 1 week ago, ...which are we talking about changing? If you’re new to the hot topic of food and farming and how our agricultural system works and your spending any time at all catching up you’re bound to run across lots of occasions of food industry g...

The U.S. EPA has published a compliance assistance manual for biodiesel producers., written 3 days ago, Published by the EPA’s Region 7 Biofuels Work Group, the manual titled “Environmental Laws Applicable to Construction and Operation of Biodiesel Production Facilities” provides information a...

Episode 59: (Pickens Plan - Wind)+ Nuclear = Success, written 1 month ago, Listen to the podcast here. There is an awful lot going on in the world today that will have a big impact on all of our lives and those of future generations for decades to come. The growing financial turmoil around the glo...

Hey, I'm Back..., written 1 week ago,

Economic turmoil may slow wind projects, written 1 week ago, By MICHAEL TUTTON The Canadian Press Independent wind producers are facing big hikes in debt costs, raising doubt on whether ambitious construction goals will be met over the next few years, say financing experts. Chris Gifford, a vice-...

Inference of future production from an oil production profile. The theory underlying graphoilogy is that production profile is an expression of limited oil reserves; hence, a systematic analysis of the way production profiles are shaped can reveal traits

The Rat Race, written 2 weeks ago, Half-time score: Rats: 1 African Ingenuity: 6 That's right, no less than six Rats trapped. Hopefully that's cleared out the Colony That Ate The Beans. I don't like having to set these traps, but it's a must-do. After all, we're talking about the carriers of Buboni...

New Survey from Green Mountain Energy, written 3 weeks ago, A new survey by Green Mountain Energy and Harris Interactive®  details some interesting statistics on whether Americans are willing to change certain habits in order to conserve energy. Notably, 88 percent of those surveyed were willing t...

Prototype GM Business Plan for Congress, written 2 days ago, I have written many business plans in my days, but writing one that will meet the requirements of 500 egotists, many of whom are totally clueless about business plans, would be way above my pay grade.?If I were the CEO of GM here's what I ...

A blog about alternative fuels.

Environmentally Friendly Electric Cars - Magic is in the Batteries, written 1 week ago, Mankind has never stopped to explore better technology that drives our cars. Within a short span of less than a century, we have seen auto developments from steam powered automobiles to gasoline guzzlers to hybri...