The California Air Resources Board formally considered the first 28 proposals for new ways to make low carbon transportation fuels under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). (Earlier post.) Data related to the manufacture and … [Read more...]
California ARB formally considers 28 proposed new lower-carbon transportation fuel pathways
Friday 02/25/ By Leave a Comment
Due Diligence: How to Evaluate a Renewable Energy Technology
Monday 02/21/ By Leave a Comment
Join the forum discussion on this post Doing Due Diligence To people who follow the energy industry closely, it's a common occurrence to come across announcements from companies proclaiming to have developed the key to the ‘next big thing' — for … [Read more...]
Oil Scores a Victory in House, Ethanol Continues Battle
Sunday 02/20/ By Leave a Comment
In an update to a story posted earlier this week, in a late night vote the House of Representatives have approved provisions that would block the Administration from implementing policies that would block the implementation of E15 into the … [Read more...]
Alternative Energy Technologies and the Origin of Specious
Thursday 02/17/ By Leave a Comment
John Petersen Thanks to a recent comment from JLBR, I've found a new hero in Dr. Peter Z. Grossman, an economics professor from Butler University who cogently argues that government attempts to force alternative energy technologies into an R&D … [Read more...]
2011 Emerging Issues Forum Set for April 7th & 8th
Monday 02/14/ By Leave a Comment
Save the date. Nebraska Ethanol Board’s (NEB) 2011 Emerging Issues Forum is set for April 7-8, 2011 in Omaha, Nebraska. The event is being held at the Magnolia hotel. While the agenda is still coming together and registration is not yet open … [Read more...]
Throwing Corn off the Green Bus
Monday 02/07/ By Leave a Comment
Dana Blankenhorn I am a big booster of alternative energy. Harvesting the wind, the Sun, the heat of the Earth, the tides – I'm there and NIMBYs be damned. But I am increasingly having second thoughts about one type of green energy. Corn-based … [Read more...]
Book Review – What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics
Sunday 01/23/ By Leave a Comment
This week I took a stab at learning a little about economics and its role in the various environmental issues including global climate change, air pollution and over fishing. “What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics,” by Jason … [Read more...]
EPA Expands E15 Decree
Sunday 01/23/ By Leave a Comment
Join the forum discussion on this post This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the use of 15% ethanol fuel blends (E15) for 2011-2006 model year cars: EPA Grants E15 Fuel Waiver for Model Years 2001 – 2006 Cars and Light … [Read more...]
Plug-in Vehicle Subsidies; Taxing Peter To Buy Paul’s New Car
Tuesday 01/18/ By Leave a Comment
John Petersen Industrial subsidies have been an important feature of the American economic landscape since the late 19th century for one simple reason – they work. After the steam locomotive proved its ability to quickly and cheaply move people … [Read more...]
Why Energy Storage Investors Must Understand Newton’s Laws
Thursday 12/30/ By Leave a Comment
John Petersen Vinod Khosla, the founder of Sun Microsystems and an icon of cleantech venture capital investing, is famous for bluntly telling audiences that "Economics matters, NOTHING that defies the law of economic gravity can scale." This … [Read more...]