Jan 4, 2012 – How does Mitt Romney’s win in Iowa affect green energy? How is green energy affected by the showings of Santorum, Gingrich & Paul affect the future of green energy? Please leave your comments here.
Jan 2, 2012 – The Federal Tax Credit for ethanol lapsed on December 31, 2012. Did you notice? How will this affect the use of ethanol in gasoline fuel? Probably not too much. Federal mandates for increasing the amount of ethanol used are still in place. Please leave your comments here.
Dec 18, 2011 – New building codes will force energy savings. Unfortunately, new construction is way down from its peak due to the housing implosion. Residential housing and commercial buildings make up about 40% of energy usage. Some new state codes are expected to bring about a 15% reduction in energy usage. Some cities go [...]
Dec 12, 2011 – The solar industry is undergoing rapid change in the US, Europe and China and not all as projected. Several companies including Solyndra and Evergreen Solar have gone bankrupt. Two German firms, Solon and SolarWorld, have closed US manufacturing sites. Meanwhile, Steven Chu, head of the Department of Energy, has announced new [...]
Dec 12, 2011 – The Renewable Fuel Standard laid out cellulosic ethanol production mandates. The National Research Council says the US is not going to meet those targets. Didn’t the Soviet Union try central planning in the 2oth century without success? Some of the mandates: 4 billion gallons of advanced [?] biofuels, 15 billion gallons [...]
Dec 12, 2011 – The international United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban concluded after generating mostly hot air! The expression we hear many times with the politicians with regard to fixing the economy is that they are kicking the can down the road. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol is being extended for several [...]
Dec 9, 2011 – Siemens and Shanghai Electric intend to set up two new joint ventures to form a strategic alliance for the Chinese wind power market. Corresponding agreements were signed on December 8, 2011, in Shanghai by the two companies. The aim of this alliance is to better serve China as the world’s largest [...]
Dec 9, 2011 – Daimler AG handed over ten Mercedes-Benz Atego BlueTec Hybrid vehicles to DP Fleet GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL, at the manufacturer’s Wörth plant today. The vehicles will be deployed throughout Germany in the mail and freight segments. The trucks assigned to DHL’s freight operations will operate in Wustermark and [...]
Dec 7, 2011 – The US EPA is scheduled to propose regulations in mid-December 2011 to limit greenhouse gases. It is not going to meet the deadline. This is the same government agency that later will penalize corporations that do not meet the EPA deadlines. Please leave your comments here.
Dec 5, 2011 – Arthur Max of the Associated Press, reports, ” DURBAN, South Africa—Brighten clouds with sea water? Spray aerosols high in the stratosphere? Paint roofs white and plant light-colored crops? How about positioning “sun shades” over the Earth? At a time of deep concern over global warming, a group of scientists, philosophers and [...]
Dec 5, 2011 – Are you at the UN Climate Conference in Durban, South Africa. Please write your comments here.
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Dec 1, 2011 – Nothing is ever easy. It seems like a no-brainer. Wireless meters in California [the land of all new wireless technology!] are being installed by PG&E. Being California, there are some groups that oppose the meters claiming that they are a health threat. Now, customers will be able to opt out, but [...]
Dec 1, 2011 – Mortimer Zuckerman reported recently in The Wall Street Journal, “… that our soaring natural-gas production has helped cut the share of oil consumption met by imports to 47% last year from 60% in 2005. Shale gas production is an important part of this. Government regulators are however concerned about wastewater from [...]
Nov 17, 2011 – The city of Lantana got a green energy grant of $341,000 from the state which got the money from the federal stimulus money. Lantana will start a “property-assessed clean energy” program. Businesses pay back loans through their tax bills. In the meantime, they reduce their drain on the globe, cut energy [...]
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