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Replacing Oil With, Uh, More Oil National Petroleum Council pictures life after conventional crude		17 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Replacing Oil With, Uh, More Oil National Petroleum Council pictures life after conventional crude There's a new voice in the crowd shrieking about waning oil supplies: the National Petroleum Council. OK, they're not actually shrieking. But in a draft report released this week, the group -- headed by former Exxon CEO Lee Raymond -- confirms that conventional crude oil supplies ...
Topics: Big Oil, biofuels, coal, energy, energy efficiency, natural gas, news, oil (all these topics)

When it rains, it pours -- out the energy Using molten salt to store solar energy	JMG	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
We've gone round and round on various ways to store energy from intermittent suppliers like solar and wind before ... The always excellent Robert Rapier has this interesting squib on using molten salt to store thermal energy from solar in his R-Squared Energy Blog.* (While you're there you should check out his terrific posts on ethanol and biodiesel. He is in the interesting position of being a real advocate who can't ignore how oversold they are.)Engineer 'humor' alert ...*
Topics: biofuels, energy, ethanol, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Sushi powered Japan experiments with seaweed as biofuel	Jerome Woody	13 Jul 2007	Gristmill
As birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, Japan is one of the pioneering countries in climate change policy and research. In 1990, Japan pledged to reduce carbon emissions by 6 percent by 2012. One of their proposed stratagems for meeting this goal is to replace the 132 million gallons of gasoline that Japan car drivers use with a biofuel option. Domestic biofuel production has always been difficult in land-lacking Japan, which in the past had to consider importing bi ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, ethanol, innovation, Japan (all these topics)

Britain's new McFleet McDonald's trucks to use french fry grease as fuel	Jessica Tzerman	11 Jul 2007	Gristmill
On July 2, McDonald's announced plans to convert its entire British fleet of 155 delivery trucks, which consume about 6 million liters (a little less than 1.6 million gallons) of diesel per year, to run on cooking oil from Britain's 1,200 McDonald's restaurants. The company pledged to make the switch within the next twelve months. In an apparently unintentionally ironic statement, VP John Howe said the fuel wouldn't smell like french fries -- though, he remarked, the ...
Topics: biofuels, business, energy, greening biz operations, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Cheap biofuels, or dear pasta? Globalization of the fuel vs. fuel debate	Ron Steenblik	10 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Last Thursday, Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, announced substantial subsidies to boost Canada's production of biofuels. Under its 'ecoENERGY for Biofuels' program, the government will provide up to C$ 1.5 billion (US$ 1.4 billion) in the form of incentives over nine years to producers of renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuel. 'With leading-edge technology and abundant supplies of grains, oilseeds, and other feedstocks, Canada is uniquely pos ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, Canada, energy, food, Italy (all these topics)

We Always Thought It Was Industrial Strength McDonald's to power U.K. delivery fleet with its own grease		02 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
We Always Thought It Was Industrial Strength McDonald's to power U.K. delivery fleet with its own grease Proving once again that everything's cooler in Europe, McDonald's has announced that it will run all its U.K. delivery vehicles on biodiesel -- from its own greasy grills! The chain will convert the 155-lorry fleet to a mix of 85 percent fry grease and 15 percent rapeseed oil by next year, a ...
Topics: biofuels, business, energy, food, greenish companies, news (all these topics)

Big Al succumbs to ethanomania Predicts rabbit out of hat in three years, too	JMG	30 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Here's a film clip of Al Gore making a firm prediction that 'next generation ethanol' not dependent on corn or food crops will move out of the lab in 'three years.' He discusses the energy balance question, fails to question the use of coal for process heat, and suggests that there is some sort of 'distribution network' that's going to be built. Sad.
Topics: Al Gore, biofuels, energy, ethanol, renewable energy (all these topics)

Mongabay highlights for June '07 Some good news and some bad news	biodiversivist	29 Jun 2007	Gristmill
First up is an interview with Jack Ewing, owner of an eco-lodge in Costa Rica. I must admit that writing checks to conservation organizations is about as pleasurable as a trip to the dentist. Spending a week in a place like Hacienda Bar� also supports conservation and is a hell of a lot more fun. I managed to photograph about half of the wildlife I saw while staying less than a week in Costa Rica. Best vacation I've ever had. I might put the video (much more interesti ...
Topics: agriculture, biodiversity, biofuels, Brazil, Costa Rica, endangered species, energy, extinction (all these topics)

Because Encouraging Efficiency Is Too Hard Department of Energy creates cellulosic ethanol research centers		27 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Because Encouraging Efficiency Is Too Hard Department of Energy creates cellulosic ethanol research centers Cellulosic ethanol continues inching toward its time in the sun: the U.S. Department of Energy announced plans yesterday for three bioenergy research centers to open by the fall of 2009. Hoping to market new technologies within five years, the centers will focus on identifying microbe ...
Topics: biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, energy, news, scientific research (all these topics)

Ethanol: the drunkard's scourge	David Roberts	26 Jun 2007	Gristmill
OK, ethanol, come on! You effed up the tortillas, you effed up the beer ... now you're effing up the tequila? Is nothing sacred?
Topics: biofuels, energy, ethanol (all these topics)

Be Still Our Beating Hearts Senate-approved energy bill calls for fuel-economy increase		22 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Be Still Our Beating Hearts Senate-approved energy bill calls for fuel-economy increase First, the good news: the U.S. Senate has passed an energy bill containing the first significant fuel-economy increase in years. The bill requires cars and light trucks to get an average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020, up from the current 22.2 mpg for l ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, energy, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, Harry Reid, legislation, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Orange You Glad We Didn't Say Switchgrass? Fruit may be the latest source for biofuel madness		21 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Orange You Glad We Didn't Say Switchgrass? Fruit may be the latest source for biofuel madness Could your kumquat power your Kia? A team of U.S. scientists has made a low-carbon fuel from fructose, the sugar in many fruits. It could be a better bet than ethanol, with 40 percent more energy, less vulnerability to water, and more stability; since it can also be made from plant cellulose, it could also skirt the foo ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, energy, food, news (all these topics)

The most powerful force in nature Johnny jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge ... must ... jump ...	JMG	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The most powerful force in nature isn't the nuclear force, or anything wimpy like that; it's the force of a bad idea whose moment has arrived. Whenever I wanted to do something stupid and argued that my friends had done it, Mom would always say, 'If Johnny jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do that too?' From The Oregonian:A bill backed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski to give a big boost to biofuels use and production in Oregon passed the Senate Revenue Committee unanimously ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, legislation, Oregon, politics (all these topics)

Thirty years to hone an argument Arguments supporting government subsidies of agrofuels are getting polished	biodiversivist	19 Jun 2007	Gristmill
This is my formal rebuttal to David Morris's 'case for corn-based fuel.' I'm using my access to the bully pulpit to pull it out of the comments field. How did the use of ethanol end up alongside tyranny and torture as an evil to be conquered? That's easy. A whole lot of real smart people have been giving corn ethanol a lot of thought and have found that 'an evil to be conquered' isn't a bad description. In smaller quantities, it does smaller amounts of damage, b ...
Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, biofuels, energy, ethanol, food, industrial ag (all these topics)

Give ethanol a chance: The case for corn-based fuel With the right rules in place, it could work	David Morris	17 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Working Assets is my long-distance phone company. I love it dearly for its combination of business efficiency, social responsibility and progressive politics. Each month, my phone bill carries alerts that urge me to take action on a specific issue or two. Recent Citizen Actions suggest the gravity of the issues chosen: "Save Our Constitution," "Impeach Dick Cheney," "Close Guantanamo." This month Workin ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, ethanol, greenhouse-gas emissions, renewable energy (all these topics)

The geopolitics of 'energy independence' More than meets the eye	Jon Rynn	15 Jun 2007	Gristmill
If you think that the current governmental and corporate interest in ethanol has something to do with global warming, think again. It is dawning on the U.S. government that (1) most of the remaining supplies of oil are in unfriendly hands, and (2) that there isn't enough oil remaining to feed a constantly growing global demand. With oil production plateauing, governments can turn to three main strategies to maintain fuel supplies: (1) consume what's left of the planet by ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, ethanol, international politics, oil (all these topics)

Progress Doesn't Pay North Carolina fines driver for not paying taxes on vegetable-oil fuel		12 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Progress Doesn't Pay North Carolina fines driver for not paying taxes on vegetable-oil fuel A kerfuffle in North Carolina shows what might be in store for users of DIY fuel: the state fined a veggie-oil-burning driver $1,000 for not paying fuel taxes, told him to expect a $1,000 fine from the feds, and informed him that he'd have to post a $2,500 bond to be allowed to use veggie oil. "With the high cost of fuel ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, news, North Carolina (all these topics)

Don't worry about biofuels Say the developed countries to OPEC	David Roberts	08 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Biofuels will provide only a small proportion of the world's demand for fuel in the next decade, the developed countries' energy watchdog has said in an attempt to reassure OPEC that the need for oil will continue to grow.Well I feel reassured.
Topics: biofuels, energy, oil (all these topics)

Biofuels vs. orangutans A short, powerful video	David Roberts	08 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Greenpeace UK passes along this short, powerful video drawing attention to the dangers of biofuels:
Topics: biofuels, energy, Greenpeace (all these topics)

Turkey-waste powered plant goes on line Great idea or load of crap?	Maywa Montenegro	06 Jun 2007	Gristmill
In Minnesota, a state that produces more turkeys than any other (some 44.5 million birds per year), a new power plant that burns turkey litter just began operations. According to the article in today's NYT, operators of the plant, which is the first in the country to run on animal waste, is environmentally friendly. But critics say the manure is more valuable 'just as it is, useful as a rich, organic fertilizer at a time when demand is growing for all things org ...
Topics: biofuels, energy (all these topics)

OPEC threatens cut in investment because of biofuels Agrifuels creating insecurity of demand for their oil	Ron Steenblik	06 Jun 2007	Gristmill
According to an article by Javier Blas and Ed Crooks in the Financial Times (London), the Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Abdalla El-Badri, warned Western countries yesterday that their efforts to develop biofuels as an alternative energy source risked driving the price of oil 'through the roof'. Oh, the irony of it all.One of the main arguments used by proponents of the U.S. Government's heavily subsidized drive to d ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, international politics, oil (all these topics)

That's It, No More Toothpaste For Us Growing palm-oil plantations put orangutans in peril		31 May 2007	Daily Grist
That's It, No More Toothpaste For Us Growing palm-oil plantations put orangutans in peril Thank your lucky stars you evolved, because it's not a great time to be an ape. In Indonesia and Malaysia, forests are being converted lickety-split into lucrative palm-oil plantations, and orangutans that leave their rapidly diminishing habitat to sneak in for a palmy snack are often tortured or killed. As if habita ...
Topics: biofuels, deforestation, energy, Indonesia, news (all these topics)

Is corn ethanol a climate solution? Depends on how it's made	Joseph Romm	30 May 2007	Gristmill
It depends on the fuel used to drive the conversion process -- according to a new study: In particular, greenhouse gas emission impacts can vary significantly -- from a 3% increase if coal is the process fuel to a 52% reduction if wood chips are used. These results come from the energy life-cycle wizards of Argonne Lab, who have published a new study, "Life-cycle energy and greenhouse gas emission impacts of different corn ethanol plant types," in t ...
Topics: biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, climate, energy, ethanol (all these topics)

Mongabay highlights for May '07 Good reading on Mongabay	biodiversivist	23 May 2007	Gristmill
There is so much good stuff over there I hardly know where to start. You might consider subscribing to the weekly email. Top of the list is an interview with Luke Hunter (the same biologist I pissed off with my pincushion post). Coincidentally, roughly a fifth of the interview dealt with that topic: ... does conservation of the species require radio-tagging? There are many, many cases where it does not. I often read proposals by graduate students who are wishing to ...
Topics: agriculture, biodiversity, biofuels, endangered species, energy, ethanol, wildlife (all these topics)

Biofuels and the poor The former: Not good for the latter	Maywa Montenegro	22 May 2007	Gristmill
How climate change will disproportionately affect the world's poor is a message making the rounds of late, after the publication of the second IPCC report earlier this year. How climate change policies, such as carbon taxes, will either help or hurt the poor is also a topic we've been discussing of late. Now researchers at the University of Minnesota have assessed the impact of an increased dependence on biofuels on the developing world ... and the outlook isn't ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, carbon tax, climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, energy, IPCC (all these topics)

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