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Back home now, just trying to catch up on the energy news of note. Four stories that I want to highlight. First was POET's announcement on their progress on cellulosic ethanol: Poet hits 'long shot,' cuts cellulosic ethanol costs WASHINGTON - The head of the world's largest ethanol producer, ...
Energy/Transportation
One of the themes I have been hitting during my recent presentations concerns the oil price risk hanging over our heads. My hypothesis goes something like this. The days of huge supply excesses in the oil production world are over. Those 5 million barrel per day supply cushions of 10 years ago ...
Energy/Transportation
I am hopping on a plane again today, this time bound for the Orlando Energy Conference . The topic I will present is An Overview of Global Energy Issues . Good thing they asked for something easy and non-controversial. :-) This is the last trip I have scheduled for this year, and I am hoping not ...
Energy/Transportation
Oil on the Brain by Lisa Margonelli was recommended by Paul Sankey at the 2009 Energy Information Administration Conference as a book that provided great insight into the oil industry. I have had it on my list of books to read, and recently picked it up to read during my travels. I have been ...
Energy/Transportation
China
ExxonMobil
My presentation is tomorrow, but I have sat through some very interesting presentations over the past couple of days here at the Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy . They have five panels going at once, but I have been sitting in on the cellulosic ethanol, algal fuel, ...
Energy/Transportation
Once again, I am asking for help in placing some of my former engineers who lost jobs in July. As you know, this is a difficult job market across most sectors. A number of stories have noted the grim statistics: College Graduates Face Toughest Job Market in Years According to a survey from ...
Energy/Transportation
Today it was announced that my new company, Merica International, has acquired Shell's stake in Choren Industries . This is something we have been actively pursuing for some time. This transaction gives Merica controlling interest, which gives us a great deal more flexibility than we had ...
Energy/Transportation
The following is a guest post by Paul Winstanley , the Director of Energy Initiatives from the Stevens Institute of Technology. 1. Introduction This paper was written as preparation for the recent Discover and Shell sponsored “Fossil Fuels 2050” event in October 2009 at Stevens Institute of ...
Energy/Transportation
Alternative Energy
Huffington Post
The U.S., that is, in total fossil fuel resources. At least those were the findings of the Congressional Research Service in a report they just released: U.S. Fossil Fuel Resources: Terminology, Reporting, and Summary The primary reason is our huge coal reserves. While we are 12th in oil ...
Energy/Transportation
Coal Mining
The slides I presented on September 27th at the First Nations' Futures Program at Stanford University are available for viewing for anyone interested: Toward a Sustainability Bioenergy Platform To summarize, the purpose of the First Nations' Futures Program is "to establish a world class ...
Energy/Transportation
i-r-squared.blogspot.com - 25 days ago
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So I am finally back home for the
next 10 days, and slowly catching up. I had...
a good trip to Panama and then to Stanford. I had my luggage sniffed by dogs when I connected in El Salvador, and then when connecting in LAX Gwen Stefani and her husband ...
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Interview With an Algae CEO
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I am back in Hawaii, and over the next couple of days I will climb out from under an avalanche of correspondence. I have a couple of essays to get out, including an interview that I conducted with the CEO from an algae company. What he said may surprise you. Until then, the latest energy-related ...
Energy/Transportation
Folks, I know it has been almost a week since I posted anything new, and it will still be a couple more days. I have had a productive trip to Central America, and am at Stanford this morning to give a talk on sustainability. It will be the first time I have presented my new company's plans in ...
