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September 14, 2008
This map depicts the world's relative geography. As I was researching the biodiesel crop Jatropha for this post I ran across the recent news regarding Maoist rebels that raided a biofuel plantation in the Philippines. I read on to...
Posted by Sam Hazen at 1:34 AM • 5 Comments •
September 10, 2008
Category: geothermal
Since I'm a closet classicist, let's start by breaking down geothermal from the Greek, Gus Portokalos style: Okay. Geothermal comes from the Greek word geo, meaning earth, and therme, meaning heat. So, what do you energize your house with? You...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:04 AM • 9 Comments •
September 9, 2008
Category: Next Generation
Energy stored in the Earth's interior is appealing as a source of power for many reasons. It is clean, renewable, requires relatively little land for development, and is inexpensive to maintain. By tapping into pockets of heat deep under the...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 1:56 PM • 3 Comments •
September 8, 2008
Category: Next Generation
It's unclear whether Obama has the courage to lead us where we need to go, as quickly as we need to get there.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 11:59 AM • 10 Comments •
September 7, 2008
Category: Cellulosic Ethanol
Biofuels have definitely diminishing in political popularity. Not long ago, it seemed that it was all any politician could do to talk about biofuels. While Barak Obama did support "next generation of biofuels" in his speech at his nominating convention,...
Posted by Sam Hazen at 12:01 AM • 4 Comments •
September 3, 2008
I think that with the VP choice of Alaska Governor and oil industry super-shill Sarah Palin, McCain has essentially cast his lot with the big polluters and the global warming deniers. This is one case where I strongly agree with...
Posted by Joe Romm at 5:39 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Next Generation
Okay ladies and gentlemen............. Let's get ready to rumble! Two candidates. Two possible administrations. Energy policy. Doesn't get much more relevant than that.
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:52 AM • 12 Comments •
September 2, 2008
Category: Next Generation
In his most recent post on the potential for wind energy to become a dominant player in the emerging clean energy market, Joe Romm wrote: Clean energy shouldn't be a partisan issue. But it is. And that means those who...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 2:14 PM • 5 Comments •
September 1, 2008
Category: Next Generation
Thanks to the second laws of thermodynamic, every power-generating technology comes at a price. Even wind has its costs. Though some have killed a few hours calculating what millions of wind turbines would do to local and planetary weather patterns,...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 12:01 PM • 8 Comments •
