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Paul Driessen: Navy declares war on fossil fuel
Tagged biodiesel, burning food, ethanol, really stupid idea
Tim Worstall: Drought, Climate Change, Corn Prices, Ethanol and Biofuels
As we’ve all noticed there’s a drought going on in the American heartland. As many have noted this is leading to soaring prices of three main crops, corn wheat and soya. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels
Tagged biodiesel, ethanol, hatred of humans, misanthropy, really stupid idea
Heat Waves Need ‘Re-purposed’ Climate Research: Reuters Gerard Wynn
“A major heat wave and drought has sent world grain prices sky rocketing for a second of three summers suggesting it is time to address supply through re-purposed climate research.“
No you fools, it means stop burning food in wasteful biofuel scams! Sheesh! Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels
Tagged biodiesel, climate hysteria, ethanol, really stupid idea, weather superstition
Philip E. Lewis and Michael J. Economides: Energy and Transportation
Recent natural gas developments in shale formations around the United States have been touted as “revolutionary”. Similarly, shale oil, while not quite on the massive scale of shale gas, is complementary. These taken together, the hackneyed term revolutionary is, for once, appropriate and accurate. Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, Development, Fracking, Oil and gas
Tagged biodiesel, ethanol, natural gas, shale oil
Sugar cane ethanol biofuel produces 10 times the pollution of gasoline and diesel
Indur Goklany calculated that biofuels policies killed nearly 200,000 people in 2010 alone. That was before this study showed things may be worse than we suspected. Continue reading
Low Carbon Fuel Standards Will Raise Fuel Prices
Recognizing that American motorists will reject any policies that raise fuel prices, the people pushing new regulations on the energy sector are trying to have their cake and eat it too. Continue reading
Navy goes green with new US biofuel deal
THE Royal Australian Navy has taken a major step towards “greening” its warships and aircraft with a new agreement that will give it access to technology being developed in the US to enable the massive American fleets to run on biofuels by 2020. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels
Tagged biodiesel, burning food, ethanol, really stupid idea
‘Green’ fleet exercises sparks debate on biofuels
THE world’s navies are set to clash in the waters around Hawaii – fueled by a mixture of traditional fossil fuels, plant extracts and politics. Continue reading
Senator James Inhofe: The not-so-great ‘Green Fleet’: President Obama’s skewed national defense priorities
As the Department of Defense (DoD) faces drastic budget cuts, the last thing the military needs is to be forced by President Obama to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on an expensive green energy agenda. Continue reading
IER President To Navy Secretary: Get The Facts
IER President Thomas Pyle sent a letter today to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus criticizing the use of experimental biofuels by a carrier strike group in the Pacific ocean. Continue reading
Senator James Inhofe: The not-so-great ‘Green Fleet’: President Obama’s skewed national defense priorities
As the Department of Defense (DoD) faces drastic budget cuts, the last thing the military needs is to be forced by President Obama to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on an expensive green energy agenda. Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels
Tagged biodiesel, burning food, ethanol, government mandates, really stupid idea
Elliot wants some help and it’s not a bad query
Here’s an exercise for anyone with too much time on their hands – from correspondence received: Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, Clean energy
Tagged energy infrastructure, energy subsidies, ethanol, government subsidies, solar power
Marlo Lewis: Rep. Jeff Flake’s Commonsense Fix for Cellulosic Biofuel Folly
In his 2006 State of the Union message, President G.W. Bush famously (and falsely) declared that America is “addicted to oil.” As a solution, Bush proposed to “fund additional research in cutting-edge methods of producing ethanol, not just from corn but from wood chips and stalks or switch grass.” He set a “goal” to ”make this new kind of ethanol [a.k.a. cellulosic] practical and competitive within six years.” Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels
Tagged cellulosic ethanol, ethanol, ethanol mandates, really stupid idea
Robert McFarlane: Flexible fuel to end foreign oil dependence
Um, no. Burning food is a terrible idea. Doesn’t matter though because America has enormous untapped hydrocarbon resources in the form of unconventional oil, gas and of course coal. If you add in methane hydrates you are probably talking a few thousand years of fuel and feedstock. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels, Development, Fracking
Tagged burning food, ethanol, Methane Hydrates, natural gas, shale gas, shale oil, tight gas, unconventional oil
Ethanol-based fuel set to make Indy 500 debut
The Indy 500 will be fueled from the nation’s Heartland this year. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels
Tagged big ag boondoggle, burning food, ethanol, ethanol mandates, really dumb idea
Biofuels On The Brink In Europe
Are biofuels about to become irrelevant in Europe? Continue reading
E15 gas brings conflict to pumps
Drivers are getting mixed messages about ethanol blend. Continue reading
After Backlash, Ethanol Industry Is Thriving
Five years ago, ethanol was seen as the next big thing to wean the U.S. off foreign oil. Then some studies on the corn-based fuel cast doubt on its environmental benefits, and auto companies turned their attention to hybrids and electric cars. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean energy, Renewable fuel
Tagged burning food, ethanol, ethanol mandates
Skeptical judges question EPA’s approval of E15
Federal appeals court judges had tough questions for U.S. EPA today about its decision to allow a blend of gasoline and 15 percent ethanol for cars from model year 2001 and newer. Continue reading
Peter Wilson: Unelected EPA Bureaucrats Approve E15 Ethanol
Last week, “an unelected group of people” over at the Environmental Protection Agency revised our national energy policy, approving a new gasoline blend with up to 15% ethanol, known as E15, which may be available in pumps this summer. Currently, most gasoline sold in the U.S. is E10, containing a maximum of 10% ethanol. Continue reading
