The changing sources for renewable liquid fuels

While it may be way too early to declare a final winner in the race to find replacement renewable liquid fuels to replace the jet fuel and d...

Another thought on Algae

I occasionally write about the potential advantages that might come from growing algae as a source of biodiesel and other liquid fuels. How...

Cost viability and algae

Robert Rapier recently drew attention to the demise of GreenFuel Technologies , the company founded on ideas from MIT and Harvard and supp...

Jatropha, algae and camelina oils

If you had not gathered this before, then you should know that I have been favorably impressed with the potential of algae as a future sourc...

Can politics be removed from biofuel generation?

The Administration has been praised for its move to rely more on science in the generation of policy, and on Tuesday a new group was announ...

Energy Summit - the second morning

The second day of the Summit began early, but still had all four University Chancellors and the University President in the room at 7:30 am ...

Of hybrids and algae

As I had mentioned in an earlier post, we are thinking of getting a second hybrid in the family, with thoughts turning toward the Ford Fusio...

P46. Pick Points

Half-a-dozen or so stories of interest: I watched a little of the demonstration outside the Capitol Power Plant this afternoon, in a line f...

P43. Pick Points

I mentioned in Monday’s post that I have an interest in algae, and so I will put up a couple of items that caught my attention this weekend....