added 2007 Tue Feb 27 18:56:49 by STONERS
President Bush is looking for new ways to encourage the use of alternative energy, and Democratic Party leaders who control Congress appear to be only too ready to comply. That leaves the big oil companies urging government to slow down.
President Bush is looking for new ways to encourage the use of alternative energy, and Democratic Party leaders who control Congress appear to be only too ready to comply. That leaves the big oil companies urging government to slow down.
added 2007 Sun Feb 18 22:00:38 by Neophile
As the Arctic melts, vast deposits of oil and gas may be opened up for exploration. Will an Arctic without ice only prolong our dependence on fossil fuels?
As the Arctic melts, vast deposits of oil and gas may be opened up for exploration. Will an Arctic without ice only prolong our dependence on fossil fuels?
added 2007 Sat Feb 10 22:48:40 by Wil
In The New Atlantis, Robert Zubrin explains why Bush's $6 billion hydrogen-as-energy program is "bad science, bad economics, and bad public policy." [via boingboing]
In The New Atlantis, Robert Zubrin explains why Bush's $6 billion hydrogen-as-energy program is "bad science, bad economics, and bad public policy." [via boingboing]
added 2007 Sat Feb 3 21:53:22 by Wil
Corn can be made into ethanol, so why not kudzu, the non-native weed that grows at will throughout much of the southern U.S.? Tyler Rowland, a high-school senior in Tallahassee, Fla., tells Scott Simon about his bid to turn kudzu into fuel.
Corn can be made into ethanol, so why not kudzu, the non-native weed that grows at will throughout much of the southern U.S.? Tyler Rowland, a high-school senior in Tallahassee, Fla., tells Scott Simon about his bid to turn kudzu into fuel.
added 2007 Wed Jan 31 19:27:47 by STONERS
A major international analysis of climate change due Friday will conclude that humankind's reliance on fossil fuels - coal, fuel oil and natural gas - is to blame for global warming, according to three scientists familiar with the research on which it is based.
A major international analysis of climate change due Friday will conclude that humankind's reliance on fossil fuels - coal, fuel oil and natural gas - is to blame for global warming, according to three scientists familiar with the research on which it is based.
added 2007 Sat Jan 27 19:15:41 by STONERS
President Bush made a big push for alternative fuels in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, calling on Americans to reduce gasoline consumption by 20% over 10 years. And as soon as the sun rose on Wednesday, he set out to tour a DuPont facility in Delaware to tout the virtues of "cellulosic ethanol"
President Bush made a big push for alternative fuels in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, calling on Americans to reduce gasoline consumption by 20% over 10 years. And as soon as the sun rose on Wednesday, he set out to tour a DuPont facility in Delaware to tout the virtues of "cellulosic ethanol"
added 2007 Sun Jan 21 20:55:22 by STONERS
Several winter storms that swept across the country have dealt a sharp blow to many regions' supply of blood, forcing hospitals in some areas to postpone elective surgeries, according to America's Blood Centers (ABC). More than half of ABC member blood centers currently have a two-day supply or less available.
Several winter storms that swept across the country have dealt a sharp blow to many regions' supply of blood, forcing hospitals in some areas to postpone elective surgeries, according to America's Blood Centers (ABC). More than half of ABC member blood centers currently have a two-day supply or less available.
