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Is There Any “Winter” Left in Winter?
There is a little hope yet for snow-lovers, snowmobilers, and Winter enthusiasts. It looks like the jet stream pattern will change a bit for the next week or two and become more active across the upper...
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Wither the Ethanol Mandate?
And just a little “beating-a-dead-horse” today. It seems the U.S. ethanol mandate is coming under increasing attack from both the left and the right side of the political spectrum. Many...
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More Grain Ethanol Headlines
I have been following the developing ethanol story for a few years now and it has certainly come back into focus with the drought and heat of 2012. In the beginning, about a decade ago, I was...
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Does biofuel have a future? I cover the many different angles of alternative energy, pollution, and climate here in the blog and you probably remember that in the last few years I have soured on most...
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Cold Records & The Snowmelt Contest
I have to post in order to remind everyone to enter the Rib Mountain snowmelt contest (if you haven’t already). The deadline is Tuesday night at midnight. You can’t win and brag to all your friends...
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Bad Incentives
First a little update on the issue I brought up before leaving on vacation, and that is seemingly perverse economic incentives in the U.S. Many policies used to stimulate the economy are often not good...
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Feeding the World
I while back, I heralded Norman Borlaug in the blog for finding a solution to feeding the world’s growing population. Some might argue that creating a new strain of wheat with a higher yield was not...
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Global Forests and Biofuels
While perusing this cool interactive map of global forest change over the last decade or so, the issue of ethanol production once again came to mind. As a possibility for future energy needs of the...
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What is “Progress” in Energy
Due to the increased international focus on energy and climate over the last couple of decades, I have routinely reported on the latest technological developments – things that might allow us to live...
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Peak Oil or Cheap Oil
Time to take a quick look at the energy situation around the world. As blog readers know, I have been periodically updating these pages with news of peak oil and alternative energy production for the...
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RFS and politics
I have written a bit about the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS mandate) for a few years now, as it is an “environmental” issue. Twenty years ago there was hope that renewable fuels would help...
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