Everyone’s for sustainability, it seems. Who could be against it? But what does it mean, exactly?
In my travels, I have found that no two people define it in the same way. Some companies, such as Hawaiian Electric, have specific guidelines that go far beyond other published standards. Trade groups, such as the Roundtable on Sustainable [...]
The International Herald Tribune published a useful comparison of the energy policies of Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama, including comparisons on offshore drilling, the strategic petroleum reserve, windfall profits tax, alternative energy, speculation on futures markets, nuclear power, gas tax holiday, climate change, oil use, the arctic national wildlife refuge, energy research, vehicle fuel economy and electricity.
Now that the Energy Bill has become the Energy Independence Act of 2007, let’s not forget that there are a lot of people — friends, neighbors, competitors, adversaries — who think that 36 billion gallons is an awful lot of ethanol.
It’s right for them to feel troubled and worried about the journey we have set [...]
