Posts Tagged ‘opinion’
Carbon tax isn’t the answer – Kansas City Star
Carbon tax isn't the answer Kansas City Star The Star's editorial advocating a carbon tax over the cap-and-trade system being considered by Congress (8/30, Opinion) misses the point. ... [Read More]
Property Tax Increase Proposal – KWQC 6
Property Tax Increase Proposal KWQC 6 In his opinion, the solution is to install a $1.2 million geothermal heating and cooling system. "One of the goals for everyone is to be more energy ... [Read More]
Biomass plant in PSJ? Many locals in favor – The News Herald
Biomass plant in PSJ? Many locals in favor The News Herald JOE — Opinion at Wednesday night's public meeting on a proposed biomass plant was divided largely along geographic lines. While many Gulf County residents ... New proposed biomass plant meeting in Port St. Joe [Read More]
Biomass plant in PSJ? Many locals in favor – The News Herald
Biomass plant in PSJ? Many locals in favor The News Herald JOE — Opinion at Wednesday night's public meeting on a proposed biomass plant was divided largely along geographic lines. While many Gulf County residents ... New proposed biomass plant meeting in Port St. Joe [Read More]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “They have reached the limit of what the corn plant can produce.”
Matt McKinney in the Star Tribune : “ So reliable is corn’s growth of about 2 extra bushels per acre per year that government analysts folded it into their forecasts for this year’s 12.1 billion bushel crop . It’s just expected. And yet it’s [Read More]
EPA responds to Grassley’s invitation to visit a farm: “they would like to try and work something out”.
The Woodstock Festival of 1969 - three days of positive engagement that left a mark on the times. Readers of the Digest will remember that last Friday, we ran an exclusive interview with Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa in which the Senator invited the Director of the [Read More]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Without access to sustainable energy – predictable, abundant, affordable and environmentally sound energy – the entire travel and tourism industry will continue to be battered by volatile fuel prices.”
Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa on indirect land use change : “ First of all, there’s no science behind it and EPA ought to only be making their decisions based on science . And then you get into the ridiculous situation that somewhere around the world somebody’s [Read More]
Verbio biodiesel production falls 18 percent; company says German demand has collapsed on high feedstock costs, low diesel prices and higher taxes
In Germany, Verbio said that its biodiesel production has fallen from 93,907 in the first quarter of 2009 to 78,866 tonnes in Q1 2009 , compared to a production capacity of 112,000 tonnes per quarter. The company said that high feedstock prices and falling prices for fossil [Read More]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “There are 1,865 biofuels companies out there, and sometimes it seems that there are at least 1,865 different ways.”
From Forbes : “ There are 1,865 biofuels companies out there, and sometimes it seems that there are at least 1,865 different ways of turning every manner of biological material into fuel for a car, truck, train or plane…Helena Chum, a research fellow at the [Read More]
Prize Capital announces $10 million prize for algae-related biofuels development
In California, Prize Capital announced that it will offer a $10 million Algae Prize to spur development of new ideas in the production of algal fuels. The San Diego-based firm said that the prize is expected to be awarded later this year and said that San Diego companies [Read More]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “With the prospect of cap and trade, biofuels offer a cost-competitive business model to petroleum based fuels.”
Rick Gilmore of GIC Group, at the Advanced Biofuels Development Summit : “ With the prospect of cap and trade, biofuels offer a cost-competitive business model to petroleum based fuels. The conventional wisdom on ethanol prices is that margins are lock-step in line [Read More]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Sadly the [jatropha] blunders have taken place largely because promoters and growers didn’t bother to RTFM.”
Biofuels Digest special correspondent Joelle Brink : “Sadly the blunders have taken place largely because promoters and growers didn’t bother to RTFM, in this case Heller’s pioneering work on sustainable jatropha culture and use “ The Jatropha [Read More]
No diesel price cut for now (rediff.com)
Home minister P Chidambaram, who briefed reporters on the Cabinet decisions, said in his opinion there was no bar on the government from announcing a price cut even after polls are announced. State-owned fuel retailers Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan [Read More]
That Dog Wonât Hunt. Anymore.
That Dog Wonât Hunt. Anymore. Snoopy, victim of friendly fire Fresh off of criticizing Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, Urkel Christ struck back at last night’s press conference as if to say, “Hey, I’ve got a fatso radio blowhard of my own” by [Read More]
Residential Wind Turbines – Home Power now in Vogue
People also care about the environment and like the idea of renewable energy. From a site called newenergytips.com comes a report covering the advantages of something that is becoming more common today - residential wind turbines . ... Build your own Home Solar Panel. [Read More]
