A couple of years ago I was thinking about the possible fates of various nations in a world in which depleting oil reserves begin to have a very strong impact on oil prices. I had visions of $100+ oil and eventually $5-10 gasoline, which would place ... [more]

I just read an interesting story from Reuters courtesy of a reader:UK technology could turn U.S. ethanol industry greenDUNSFOLD PARK, England (Reuters) - A compost bacteria bred by a British company could be set to transform both the profitability an... [more]

I received a two-week reprieve on the book chapter deadline, as some of the other contributors aren't finished. So I now have time to pick a few other things back up. I have ended up really reworking the structure of the chapter to discuss the size o... [more]

Calling All Wood ExpertsIn 2007, I wrote the renewable diesel chapter for a book called Biofuels, Solar and Wind as Renewable Energy Systems. One thing I did when I was working on the book chapter was to solicit feedback from readers on what I might ... [more]

This is the final installment of a three-part series that examines some of the renewable energy options that are presenting themselves as possible contenders to step up as petroleum steps down the depletion curve. The previous installments were:Biofu... [more]

IntroductionI got quite a few interesting e-mails and comments following my previous essay: Biofuel Pretenders. I probably should have mentioned - but I thought it went without saying - that pretenders usually don't think they are pretenders and will... [more]

I am just finishing up Biofuel Contenders, and should have that up later today or first thing tomorrow. Until then, a topical post from the latest from Money Morning, which as I previously explained will be featured here whenever they have relevant m... [more]

NoteThis article was initially titled Pretenders, Contenders, and Niches. However, the section on pretenders grew to the point that I have decided to split the essay up into three parts. The first part, Biofuel Pretenders, will cover many of the cu... [more]

I am working on a story inspired by last week's Wall Street Journal article:U.S. Biofuel Boom Running on EmptyIt is taking longer than anticipated, but hopefully I will have something up tonight or early tomorrow. Until then, I thought I would share ... [more]

After publishing the previous story, I went back and searched through my Gmail to see when I had first heard about the E-Fuel MicroFueler. It turns out that about a year ago a regular reader of my blog - and someone I had exchanged a number of e-mail... [more]