Archive for April, 2009

Implications of the CARB Ethanol Ruling

Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
A number of people have written or commented regarding the California Air Resources Board (CARB) ruling that is expected on ethanol later this week. Treehugger had the story:
Corn Ethanol Worse than Oil? California Rules Yes
In what would certainly be a huge blow to the US’ formidable corn-ethanol industry, the California Air [...]

Beyond Fossil Fuels

Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
Through at least this week, my posting will continue to be sporadic. I have been traveling a lot the past couple of weeks, and this week (Thursday April 23rd) I head to Kansas City to give a talk that will be partially about biofuels and partially about acetylated wood:
Economic Forum - [...]

Are You Ready to Live (and Invest) in the ‘ZigBee’ World that’s Almost Upon Us?

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
To improve the rate at which healthcare workers wash their hands, researchers at the University of Iowa recently conducted a test in which workers wore small, pager-sized badges that wirelessly recorded their use of hand hygiene dispensers, with the data stored in the badges. Patients’ rooms were outfitted with small beacons that detected [...]

Another Helicopter Down in Scotland

Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
It has been a very bad year so far for helicopters ferrying passengers to and from offshore oil platforms. Today comes word of another tragedy involving BP workers:
Sixteen people feared dead in North Sea helicopter crash
Sixteen people were feared to have been killed today when a helicopter crashed into the sea [...]

Dueling Price Predictions

Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog
I have seen a flurry of recent predictions on oil and gas prices going forward, so I thought I would share some. Most of them support the thesis I recently put forward that we are setting the stage for another run on prices over the next 3-5 years. But with [...]