Biofuels – Nov 1
Biocrude? Algae-to-oil project /
‘WTO must set rules for biofuel trade’ /
Ethanol could corrode pumps, testers say /
Turning forest slash into cash /
Europe set for biodiesel boom -Goldman Sachs
Biofuels
Biofuels: A Disaster in the Making
Why is a union of NGOs, Indigenous Peoples Organizations and farmers’ movements calling for the suspension of biofuel subsidies?
Agriculture – Oct 29
This crop revolution may succeed where GM failed /
The shining promise of ethanol doesn’t add up for farmers
We are living like gods. How to return to earth?
Random snippets from ASPO conference just held in Boston.
Biofuels – Oct 26
Cellulosic ethanol vs. biomass gasification /
Beyond corn: ethanol’s next generation /
Biofuel subsidies cost U.S. billions /
When kitchen waste isn’t wasted
Renewables – Oct 24
Khosla stumps for solar, California ballot initiative /
Ethanol: blessing or bane? /
Wind: discussion of the EROI research /
Outsourcing solar roofs /
Power lunch: Bacteria turn leftovers to energy
Renewables – Oct 18
Standard offer contracts – the future for renewable generation? /
Bush at renewable energy conference /
St Louis Renewable Energy Conference – Day 2
Ethanol & renewables – Oct 12
St Louis renewable energy conference (day 1)
Report: Brazilian ethanol is sustainable
The trouble with ethanol (Patzek)
The ethanol alternative (ABC)
Oil Giants put energy Into other resources
Peak Oil – Oct 5
It starts to look like a plateau
Yet another ‘inconvenient truth’
HK Kunstler – Making Other Arrangements
David Korten: The Great Turning
Ethanol from Brazil and the USA
Brazilian success with its ethanol from sugar cane has been cited as an example of how the USA could get free from its oil imports by substituting ethanol for gasoline. But comparing USA ethanol from corn with Brazilian ethanol from sugar cane is like comparing mangoes and apples.
Renewables – Sept 28
WorldWatch/CAP report on renewables
Schizophrenic biofuels section in otherwise good report
The pied piper of ethanol
The ascent of wind power
Biofuels – Sept 27
Jatropha fuelled car tours Indonesia
France prepares for post-oil fuels
Uganda to make fuel blending compulsory
Close the CAFE loophole