Posted on 13 May 2008
UPDATE: In thinking about this more, let’s kill several birds with one barrel. Or more specifically, how about we (the government) sell the oil to the oil companies at below market rates instead. After all, this was an investment the government made with our money, and for once it actually had a return. Unlike almost [...]
Tags: consumption, energy, gas prices, oil
Posted on 12 May 2008
An excellent article about the Brazilian Biofuel industry. They are far ahead of almost all countries with the production of biofuel from sugar as opposed to our idiotic pursuit using corn. They produce close to 4.7 billion gallons a year and are looking for the US as a market to supply. Of course, our policies [...]
Tags: biofuel, brazil, ethanol, sugar
Posted on 09 May 2008
Driving down the Mass Pike every morning, by myself, in my hybrid, I always wondered why wouldn’t someone build a Disney style monorail down the middle of the Turnpike. Thinking about it, I guess it is not much different from current rail systems in town. How about a more flexible approach, where you can travel [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy, city, congestion, transit
Posted on 09 May 2008
Again, politicians are playing around the edges and not dealing head on with the issues. We have the resources now to reduce the price of Oil. See article below http://mygreensuit.com/2008/04/25/reduce-oil-prices/ What we do not have is the political will. Recent cable news chatter is starting to focus on the limitations we put on oil companies [...]
Tags: oil imports, oil prices, solar energy
Posted on 02 May 2008
This is government information from the Energy Information Administration.http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html In summary, this is where our imports come from; Country CANADA 21% SAUDI ARABIA 15% MEXICO 16% NIGERIA 12% VENEZUELA 11% IRAQ 5% ANGOLA 6% KUWAIT 2% COLOMBIA 1% ALGERIA 5% ECUADOR 3% BRAZIL 2% CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 1% CHAD 1% RUSSIA 0% Obviously we have some [...]
Tags: country, oil, oil imports, oil politics
Posted on 02 May 2008
hey have several projects underway utilizing the technology shown below, some in Canada and several on the US west coast. They seem to be running into some resistance and concern from government officials and it looks like it is a slow process to get things approved.
Tags: hydro, power, wave technology