When the Biofuels Digest launched in July 2007, the industry was rocking along at high speed. Sure, the Energy Bill was stalled, but everyone thought it would get moving before the end of the year, and biofuels continued to inspire widespread admiration for the potential to improve farm incomes, achieve energy security and reduce greenhouse [...]
There has been some understandable grumbling about the decision to publish a story about a World Bank “secret study,” obtained by the Guardian in the UK, and according to the Guardian story killed by senior management at the Bank to avoid embarrassing US President George W. Bush. The story had a bullet: a finding by [...]
Sen. McCain has proposed a $300 million prize for a breakthrough in automotive electric battery technology. Here are some other disruptive technologies that could move the needle in terms of a national energy solution:
1. A diesel electric hybrid engine.
2. A spark ignition engine that takes full advantage of ethanol’s higher octane rating.
3. A breakhthrough in [...]
