Scares over technology aren’t restricted to unsound fears of EMFs emanating from electric lines or automated natural gas meters. Now wind farms are being blamed for making families and children sick because of low-frequency sound waves, harmonics, to the point some famililes in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, abandoned their homes near wind turbines. It prompted a study… Continue reading
Category Archives: Renewable fuel
Wind tax credits extended in fiscal cliff deal
But Xcel Enery (which uses wind for 17% of its electricity, more than four times the national average, according to the Denver Post) is reconsidering its support for the wind industry for not benefiting customers. Continue reading
Posted in Renewable fuel
Energy stories in 2012
The Consumer Energy Alliance lists its top ten energy stories of the year. From gas prices, the war on coal, natural gas production, carbon emissions, to wind power. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Environmentalism, Renewable fuel
What does wind power and the electric car have in common?
As wind energy tax credits, which cover as much as a third of the costs of wind generation, set to expire at the end of the month, the industry has proposed a compromise plan to Congress. Continue reading
Posted in Green jobs, Renewable fuel
Solar industry declining worldwide with a massive supply glut
The solar business continues to plummet world wide. Does anyone see the disconnects in this picture? Continue reading
Posted in EPA, Renewable fuel
Renewable energies and your electric bill
The headline in the Washington Free Beacon was a no brainer, but reminds us that ignoring the downsides to well-intentioned policies can be costly. Continue reading
Posted in Renewable fuel
Another one bites the dust
Just 18 months after opening, another solar company has closed, taking with it another $26 million in taxpayer dollars… Continue reading
Posted in Renewable fuel
Followup: Proposal 3 Failed
Michigan voters rejected Proposal 3 which would have created a constitutional ammendment, the first in the country, requiring utilities to derive at least 25% of their electrical sales from wind, solar, biomass and hydropower by 2025. Continue reading
Posted in Renewable fuel
New Energy Economy — A Complete Flop
Former Colorado Governor, Bill Ritter, coined the term “new energy economy” in 2006 when he hoped Colorado would become a center for renewable energy commerce. It has been a resounding failure. Advocates of renewable energy say government tax credits and loan guarantees are necessary for the wind and solar industries to be competitive against other power sources. Continue reading
Posted in Green jobs, Renewable fuel
Proposal to change Michigan’s Constitution
Michigan voters could make Michigan the first and only state to make renewable energy mandates part of its Constitution if Proposal 3 is passed. Proposal 3 would require 25% of the electricity produced in the state to come from renewable sources — wind, solar, hydro and biomass — by 2025. Continue reading
Posted in Renewable fuel
Scientists genetically modify bacteria to turn household waste into fuel
Researchers at MIT in Boston genetically modified a soil bacterium called Ralstonia eutropha. When stressed, it usually stops growing and put all its energy into making complex carbon compounds. Now scientists at MIT have manipulated its genes to persuade it to make fuel, in the form of, a kind of alcohol called isobutanol that can be directly substituted for, or blended with, petrol. Continue reading
Renewable Fuel Mandates
A few years ago, ethanol was hailed as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce our use of imported oil. Continue reading
EDITORIAL: Getting burned by biofuels
Energy firms are caught in green-credit crossfire Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, Renewable fuel
Tagged energy mandates, gasoline prices, government subsidies
EU Announces Natural Gas will be Eligible for Renewable Energy Subsidies
It is fairly common knowledge that the oil and gas industry holds massive power in world politics, and a recent revelation has illustrated this power quite obviously. Continue reading
Brian McGraw: Fraudulent Renewable Fuel Credits Continue to Surface
When the government introduced the mandates for ethanol and related biofuels, they needed a way in which companies could verify that they were complying with the Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007. For whatever reason, the decided mechanism would require that companies purchase credits to demonstrate that they had complied with the mandate: a renewable identification number (RIN). Continue reading
Standing Up Against ‘Green’ Defense Spending
A release from Senators McCain and Inhofe: Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, Clean energy, Economics, Environmentalism, Renewable fuel
Tagged defense, really dumb idea
Researchers plan to double biofuel yield from a non-food oil seed crop
One of the most promising avenues for reducing our national dependence on imported oil, lowering greenhouse gases and boosting domestic fuel production is biofuel from non-food plant seed oils. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels, Renewable fuel
Palm Oil and Global Warming
Indonesia has formally challenged the recent greenhouse gas analysis of Palm Oil issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying that Palm Oil-based bio-fuel is not qualified to join the renewable fuel program in the World’s energy market, local media reported Saturday. Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, EPA, Renewable fuel
Tagged biodiesel, co2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, palm oil
The unintended consequences of America’s ethanol policy
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) mandated a steep rise in domestic ethanol production. Continue reading
Alex Epstein: Progressive Energy vs. “Renewable” Energy
“Renewable energy” has two fundamental conceptual flaws. It’s not really renewable, and it’s not really energy. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Coal, Renewable fuel
Tagged oil and gas, solar power, Wind power
