Today the shareholders at Exxon Mobile meet to discuss the future of their investments into the development of alternative energy sources. Of course, company management does not think it to be a profitable endeavor and will discourage shareholders...
Category - fuels
Since it is Memorial Day weekend, I have gone on a trip. I drove for about 200 miles or so on rural roads. Everywhere I look, there is corn just starting to pop up. In fields where there were soybeans last year and the year before, there is...
I love fora.tv. This website has all the boring think tank talks on it that they sometimes show on the c-span channels. I recently watched one about plug-in hybrid electric cars. Fascinating. A plug-in hybrid car plugs in at night and uses the...
I have been skeptical about electric cars. Battery technology is behind the times and they end up making the car’s production and sales costs very high. They are unable to operate for many hours without recharging. I had thought that the...
Ethanol, at one time the savior of America’s energy needs, has a darker side. Production uses approximately 3 gallons of water to create 1 gallon of ethanol. With concerns about local reductions in drinkable and agricultural water (Some...
