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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Convential energy sources: the obvious future
In my October 2011 post “Future Energy Supply: breakthroughs needed” I included an Energy Information Administration (EIA) energy supply forecast from now through 2035, which showed how difficult it would be for wind, solar, new hydro, geothermal etc to change the fact that the U.S. will, for … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Industry
Tagged Alternative energy, coal, Forecast, natural gas, petroleum
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Candidates’ Energy Policy: Differences Explained
The main take-away from the debate is that both candidates see the rapidly increasing domestic crude oil and natural gas production as the key to American energy independence. When Romney cited areas where in his view Obama was not doing enough to … Continue reading
Cuomo extends fracking moratorium: Not a bad idea!
Natural gas production from the Marcellus shale in upstate New York through the use of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) was halted in 2008 when Governor Patterson, using New York’s Generic Impact Statement (GEIS) established a moratorium as a result of complaints regarding chemicals found … Continue reading
Renewable Feedstocks Update: Industrial Biotech Advances
Industrial biotechnology, when defined as large scale production of fuels and chemicals from biomass (i.e. renewable feedstocks) has been around for a long time, though in a limited way compared to production from hydrocarbon feedstocks. Ethanol (from sugar cane, molasses, … Continue reading
Posted in Chemical Industry
Tagged Alternative chemical feedstocks, biochemicals, bioplastics
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