May 2009
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Biomass 81% More Efficient than Ethanol for Transportation, Study Finds
Electric vehicle powered by biomass will travel an average of 81% farther than an internal-combustion vehicle powered by cellulosic ethanol if both are produced from the same area of cropland.
Obama’s Unprecedented Commitment to Science
President Barack Obama has reiterated his administration’s focus on science by promising a new level of commitment—one with the same intensity and urgency as that which put Americans on the moon—and stressing that “the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over.”
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-23
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-16 http://tinyurl.com/px9w59 # RT @brainpicker: The economic ecosystem of food and poverty, visualized http://is.gd/Arvz # Wind Energizer Boosts Wind Turbine Output 30% http://tinyurl.com/of4wja # Just finished being interviewed by a Northwestern journalism student; refreshing to be on the other end of an interview for a change. # RT @ejgertz: Activists Criticize [...]
![Energy Secretary Chu Says US Needs to Move Slow on Cap and Trade [video]](http://ecopolitology.org/files/2009/05/chu-150x150.jpg)
Energy Secretary Chu Says US Needs to Move Slow on Cap and Trade [video]
Though a scientist, Energy Secretary Steven Chu recognizes the political pragmatism required to pass cap and trade (or other climate/carbon policy) in the U.S.
Clear Coal: Not the Same as Clean Coal
I don’t know anything about the process described below, nor do I endorse it. But, as is the case with other liquid coal technologies, my concern is that the process all but ignores the carbon content of coal, while emphasizing the cleaning of sulfur and mercury from the product.
