[Biofuel] South Portland Votes to Keep Tar Sands Oil Away

2013-12-17 Thread Darryl McMahon
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/25407 [multiple links and graphic in on-line article] 12/17/2013 02:00 PM South Portland Votes to Keep Tar Sands Oil Away SustainableBusiness.com News After a voter referendum to keep tar sands oil out of Portland, Maine failed

[Biofuel] U.S. Oil Production To Grow Faster Than Thought, Threatening Oilsands

2013-12-17 Thread Darryl McMahon
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/17/oil-production-us-canada-keystone_n_4461424.html [multiple images, video, links in on-line article] U.S. Oil Production To Grow Faster Than Thought, Threatening Oilsands The Huffington Post Canada | By Daniel TencerPosted: 12/17/2013 4:00 pm

[Biofuel] Kinder Morgan Application Filed With National Energy Board

2013-12-17 Thread Darryl McMahon
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/16/kinder-morgan-application_n_4454857.html [multiple images and links in on-line article] Kinder Morgan Application Filed With National Energy Board By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press Posted: 12/16/2013 2:52 pm EST | Updated: 12/16/2013 7:24 pm EST

[Biofuel] Why Canada's Oil Sands Look Like a Shaky Investment - Businessweek

2013-12-17 Thread Darryl McMahon
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-03/why-canadas-oil-sands-look-like-a-shaky-investment [multiple graphics and links in on-line article] Why Canada's Oil Sands Look Like a Shaky Investment By Matthew Philips December 03, 2013 A new study examining the economics of Western Canada’s

[Biofuel] Green Car Congress: Converting glycerol from biodiesel production into bio-gasoline

2013-12-17 Thread Darryl McMahon
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2013/12/20131216-mgtg.html Converting glycerol from biodiesel production into bio-gasoline 16 December 2013 A team at the University of Idaho has demonstrated that glycerol, a byproduct from biodiesel production, could be used as a substrate for producing

[Biofuel] Navy Plans to Buy Biofuel in Bulk | NBC 7 San Diego

2013-12-17 Thread Darryl McMahon
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Navy-Plans-to-Buy-Bio-Fuel-in-Bulk-236018511.html Navy Plans to Buy Biofuel in Bulk Businesses like San Diego’s General Atomics, Sapphire Energy Inc. and SG Biofuels have been researching ways to produce fuel from plants or algae. By SDBJ Staff |

[Biofuel] The great biofuels scandal - Telegraph

2013-12-17 Thread Darryl McMahon
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/biofuels/10520736/The-great-biofuels-scandal.html The great biofuels scandal Biofuels are inefficient, cause hunger and air pollution, and cost taxpayers billions By Bjørn Lomborg 7:23PM GMT 16 Dec 2013 Last week, the EU missed an opportunity to end

Re: [Biofuel] The great biofuels scandal - Telegraph

2013-12-17 Thread Zeke Yewdall
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Bjørn Lomborg wrote: The costs of global climate policies is running at about $1billion every day. Wind turbines cost 10 times the estimated benefits in terms of emissions cuts, and solar panels cost close to 100 times the benefits. Yet, with spending on these