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August 28, 2008
The technology is ready, but the (conservative) politicians aren't. When the Bush administration and uberconservative billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens agree that wind can be 20% of US electricity supply, you'd think conservative politicians would jump on board. You'd be...
Posted by Joe Romm at 8:19 AM • 5 Comments •
August 27, 2008
Category: Wind
New York City. Center of the universe. Just imagine: It's 2018 and you stare up at the Brooklyn Bridge's gently revolving turbines. The taxis whir by, roasted nuts scent the crisp afternoon air, and you watch the giant windmill atop...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:05 AM • 11 Comments •
August 26, 2008
Category: Next Generation
Last Tuesday, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas a plan to put windmills atop the city's bridges and skyscrapers, in an effort to generate up to 10% of its electricity...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 7:00 PM • 11 Comments •
August 25, 2008
Category: Next Generation
the sooner we start talking about the real costs of capping our emissions, the better.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 12:00 PM • 5 Comments •
August 23, 2008
Category: Cellulosic Ethanol
Recently the Department of Energy (DOE) announced funding support for two more biorefineries. This makes for a total of nine small-scale refineries recently selected for assistance to develop demonstration scale plants. In total, they have agreed to pay somewhere around...
Posted by Sam Hazen at 5:00 PM • 6 Comments •
August 21, 2008
The fundamentals in the oil market are that we are in the beginning stages of peak oil. Supply can no longer keep up with demand, which keeps soaring even in the face of record. The U.S. Energy Information Administration...
Posted by Joe Romm at 9:50 AM • 11 Comments •
August 20, 2008
Category: Price
Commodities account for the goods that feed us, heat our homes, get our cars cruising, and provide the basic materials we need everyday... and the commodities market recently nearly doubled in price in about a year. So what's up? They...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:14 AM • 14 Comments •
August 19, 2008
Category: Next Generation
When the price of oil plummeted last month from $145.18 a barrel to $134.60 in only two days, consumers wondered whether they were looking at a respite from the surging market that has pushed prices up 35% in the last...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 9:51 PM • 9 Comments •
August 18, 2008
Category: Next Generation
Congress needs to take advantage of the eagerness of the industry to get on with the job of saving us from ourselves
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 12:01 PM • 10 Comments •
August 16, 2008
Category: Biodiesel
Go to most gas stations and there are two separate choices, gasoline and diesel. While your car or truck will run on one or the other, they are both refined from the same substance, crude oil. Biodiesel and bioethanol, however,...
Posted by Sam Hazen at 9:12 AM • 6 Comments •
