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Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog I reported on it last week in How Quickly We Forget, but the Houston Chronicle yesterday reiterated the point the people are reverting to bad habits: GM exec complains ‘nobody wants’ small cars now General Motors Corp. Vice Chairman Robert Lutz said lower fuel prices are discouraging U.S. sales of small cars and gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles. Gasoline …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Every energy expert says there is no single “silver bullet” for solving the global energy crisis. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a bunch of silver bullets, each one of which might solve a part of this crisis, and do so in a way that makes investors a lot of money. EnergyTechStocks.com has loaded up its six-shooters with …

Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog My former CEO Jim Mulva spoke today at the National Summit in Detroit, and had some newsworthy comments. Bloomberg reported on his talk: Conoco Chief Says Replacing Oil May Take a Century June 16 (Bloomberg) — ConocoPhillips, the third-largest U.S. oil company, said it may take a century for the nation to replace fossil fuels with alternative energy sources. …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Lost in the torrent of recent financial news were three news stories about different alternative energy subsectors that serve to point investors in potentially profitable long-term directions. Story #1 – The American Wind Energy Association reported that the U.S. market for small wind turbines grew 78% in 2008, equal to 17.3 megawatts of new installed capacity. Further, an …

Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog I have received a response from Mark Edwards, auther of Green Algae Strategy: End Oil Imports And Engineer Sustainable Food And Fuel. I reviewed the book here recently, and as I indicated in the conclusion of the review I would gladly post any of Mark’s comments. So, here they are in full. I have added clarifications, such as to indicate …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Another important step in the U.S.’s creation of a carbon trading market has been taken not by the federal or any state government but by a local air quality improvement district in California. As this story notes www.enn.com the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has approved the first fees on businesses that emit very high levels of carbon dioxide. …

Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog Those were the words of Helena Chum, a research fellow at NREL on the topic of advanced biofuels. Forbes just published an article on this: Biofuels Battle: Chemistry Versus Biology A lot of the subject matter and the companies discussed will be familiar to regular readers. There are 1,865 biofuels companies out there, and sometimes it seems that …

Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by a website called The Reef Tank about doing an interview with them on Energy and The Marine World. At first I said that this was a bit outside my expertise, but they said that was OK; I could just try to answer the questions to the best of my ability. …

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 Resources Board is …

Submitted by R-Squared Energy Blog Crosby, Stills, and Nash – Our House