Archive for the 'Energy Policy' Category

Aug 29 2008

The Ethanol Fuel Boondoggle, Part IV: Driving Cars, Killing Fish

It’s been a long, hot week here, preparing for a month-long business trip to India. With Gustav bearing down on the oil-producing region of the Gulf, I’m quickly reminded that the recent drop in gasoline prices is reversible. More “pressure” to consider ethanol in the renewable energy mix that candidate Obama spoke about as he accepted [...]
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Aug 17 2008

The Ethanol Fuel Boondoggle, Part II: Economic Havoc is Assured

Table of Contents for Ethanol BoondoggleThe Great Ethanol Fuel Boondoggle, Part I: IntroductionThe Ethanol Fuel Boondoggle, Part II: Economic Havoc is AssuredThe Ethanol Fuel Boondoggle, Part III: Corn Can’t Fix Our Oil Dependency Turning corn into auto fuel is driving inflation up, and the effect is accelerating. While that may be obvious to some, [...]
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Aug 07 2008

Run Your Car on Corn Squeezin’s

Published by Slack under Automotive, Energy Policy, The Economy

Table of Contents for Ethanol's OkayRun Your Car on Corn Squeezin’sWe Got Plenty of Corn, and We Need the Jobs and Stuff Aw, come on, Slick! Get a grip. Making alcohol from corn is good for us. We’re going to get completely away from them money-sucking OPEC thieves! Haven’t you ever heard of the War [...]
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Aug 07 2008

The Great Ethanol Fuel Boondoggle, Part I: Introduction

Table of Contents for Ethanol BoondoggleThe Great Ethanol Fuel Boondoggle, Part I: IntroductionThe Ethanol Fuel Boondoggle, Part II: Economic Havoc is AssuredThe Ethanol Fuel Boondoggle, Part III: Corn Can’t Fix Our Oil Dependency Before I get more hate mail than the server can deliver, let me be clear: I’m in favor of alternatives to [...]
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Jul 02 2008

A New Beginning for Truth, Justice, and the American Way (Maybe) …

Hello and Welcome! This site is a sounding board for two fellows who have a lot to say from other perspectives than the “same ol’ nonsense” we are pummeled with every day, all day long. By that I mean, the nonsensical blatherings that we hear and see in the entrenched media, who are usually passing themselves [...]
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