In case it’s been a while since you took a course in literature, allow me to refresh you on the concept of irony- in literature irony can defined as an unexpected twist in the story. In reality we find perhaps the greatest example of irony...
Category - alternative energy
When it comes to traditional oil-based gasoline, there is a factor to consider that often goes overlooked: Distribution. We like to envision biofuels (ethanol in particular) as a more readily abundant resource that will flow along the same rusty...
With the cost of crude oil soaring to record highs, it isn’t too surprising that much of the nation has found a recent resurgence in the premise and promise of biofuel. While it is difficult to argue against the development of any renewable...
There have been many soldiers who have died and many others who have been physically and psychically injured. My thoughts always go out to them, on more days than this one. But I want to remember some others who have died. Every coal miner buried...
Lisa Margonelli, author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum’s Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank wrote about how one firm makes manufacturing plants more efficient, by making sure steam power is being used effectively at The Atlantic Monthly One of...
