I was topping off the rental car at an Aloha gas station near Honolulu Airport when the pump thanked me. Mahalo. It’s such a small thing that most visitors probably don’t even notice anymore. You replace the nozzle, glance at the receipt, and there it is on the screen: Mahalo. Thank you. It may be […]
By Doug Durante, Executive Director Clean Fuels Development Coalition As we celebrate this month the Fourth of July and America’s 250th birthday, it is a time to reflect that one of the great rewards of America’s independence is that we have free choice – free to choose your religion, where you live, who you love, […]
By CJ Evans, Co-Founder, The Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (AFCC) Special to The Digest For over two decades, the United States bioeconomy has possessed the technological ingenuity to replace fossil-derived fuels, chemicals, and products, revitalize rural economies, establish domestic energy independence, and challenge global competitors for energy dominance. Yet, a persistent and formidable barrier […]
“G’day, Brian.” “Hmmm.” “I’ve brought tea.” “Put it down quietly.” “What were you reading?” “The future.” Only then did I notice where I was. It was one of those crisp Australian winter mornings that persuade you walls are an optional extra. Dr. Brian Westlake’s cabin stood somewhere on the Lachlan River. Or perhaps the Little […]
“Coming this summer from Marvel Studios…” The trailer opens in darkness. A steel vault disappears into the bedrock beneath a mountain. Massive blast doors seal shut. Banks of cryogenic pipes hiss into life. Behind reinforced glass stands the world’s most dangerous man: the Winter Soldier. The world has finally captured him. A powerful international coalition […]
Being an account of a curious inquiry into the true nature of renewable octane. The fog had settled heavily over Baker Street, softening the glow of the gas lamps into pale amber halos. The last of the Baker Street Irregulars had departed an hour earlier, their muddy boots and excited chatter leaving behind only silence […]
On July 4, 1826, fifty years after the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died within hours of one another. It was an ending so improbable that generations of Americans have treated it almost as mythology. The two men had spent decades disagreeing about nearly every important question facing the young republic. Jefferson […]
When Thomas Jefferson imagined the future of the American republic, he pictured millions of independent farmers making their own decisions on their own land. Freedom, in Jefferson’s view, depended on dispersing power as widely as possible. Citizens who controlled their own farms could not easily be controlled by anyone else. John Adams, by contrast, understood […]
On July 4, 1826, as Americans celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, two of the republic’s greatest architects lay dying. Thomas Jefferson passed away at Monticello in Virginia. A few hours later, John Adams died in Massachusetts, reportedly unaware that his old friend and longtime rival had preceded him. For more than […]
In the first two installments of this series, we established a compelling chemical and economic reality: the more ethanol blended into a fuel barrel, the less consumers ultimately pay at the pump. This occurs because ethanol is the most affordable large-scale source of high-density octane available to modern refining, as well as an affordable fuel. […]
