Aug
26
Making Some Sense of Biomass
August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
Robert Rapier who writes the R-Squared Blog offered up a useful post yesterday that describes Mr. Rapier’s thinking in two important areas. All of us can use Mr. Rapier’s quick and easy guides in forming thoughts about where to invest, have expectations and judge how to save for future investments in tools that use energy. […]
Jun
18
The Riposte Worth Reading
June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Last month the Wall Street Journal alleged Vinod Khosla was advocating subsidies for food-based ethanol. The WSJ story opined that Mr. Khosla should “take a vow of embarrassed silence,” in that Mr. Khosla has a position of claiming that ethanol is “overblown” in its role to the food price and rice and wheat shortages. Mr. […]
Apr
24
Now Sunlight CO2 and Bacteria Equals Ethanol
April 24, 2008 | 12 Comments
A new bacterium, a cyanobacterium that is energized by sunlight and excretes the sugars glucose and sucrose with some cellulose has been created by Dr. R. Malcolm Brown and Dr. David Nobles at the University of Texas at Austin. The life of the bacteria based in the production of cellulose and the sugars could […]
Apr
11
An Astonishing Innovation in Biofuels
April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments
Wednesday saw Mariam Sticklen, Michigan State University Professor of Crop and Soil Science, present her work to the 235th national American Chemical Society meeting in New Orleans. The presentation, titled “Plant Genetic Engineering for Biofuel Production: Towards Affordable Cellulosic Ethanol” it will appear in the June issue of Nature Review Genetics. All the sit up […]
Apr
10
Will The Little Guys Eat the Big Guys Fuel Market?
April 10, 2008 | 11 Comments
Maybe so. My Dream Fuel LLC in LaBelle Florida is well on its way to getting its share. My Dream Fuel is running a nursery in Hendry County Florida that has about 1 million Jatropha seedlings that will deliver this spring. At about 600 Jatropha trees per acre yielding 10 times the fuel per acre […]
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