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Air Quality in Wisconsin
First an update on the California “missile” mystery. The Pentagon is now saying that it was a jet contrail. Before being completely convinced, I would like find out what airplanes were scheduled to fly...
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November Recap, Ethanol Mistake
I didn’t have time for the monthly recap yesterday so here it is today. November was another above normal month, which makes it 9 out of 11 months so far this year with above normal temperatures. It...
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Is Ethanol Worth It?
As regular readers know, I write about positive trends occurring in the environment and technology in order to remind people that it is not all doom and gloom in the present day. If you read...
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Biofuel Potential
A couple weeks ago, I mentioned that Peak Oil theory might be more on the ropes than ever, not only because the world is using more alternative energy each year, but also because other forms of fossil...
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Wisconsin Forest Research
When discussing recent weather and climate research, we are most often referencing labs and scientists in other parts of the country and other parts of the world. It is more interesting when some...
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Good and Bad “Green” Energy
In the blog I often discuss the progress of alternative energy, but as regular readers know, I do not value all “green” energy sources as equal. At the top of my list are geo-thermal and solar, wind is...
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Solar Industry Hits Hard Times
I am very positive on alternative energy for the future. Fossil fuels have been a great energy source for humans for centuries, but it is dirty. It does cause a lot of pollution. It would be great to...
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Do Electric Cars Produce Cleaner Air?
As more air pollution has developed in Wisconsin over the last few years, I have become more of an advocate of electric cars. (Aside: on average pollution of all forms in the U.S. is much less than the...
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Warm Acidic Oceans
Yesterday I detailed how economic considerations usually trump environmentalism (and AGW concerns) because of the near-term immediate impact of “economics”. When people are more worried about the next...
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Biofuel and Alternative Energy Developments
To all my bio-fuel supporting friends, sorry, but I still am not convinced that it is an effort we – as a society/economy – should pursue in a significant way (still good for niche areas though, as I...
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Global Forests and Biofuels
While perusing this cool interactive map of global forest change over the last decade or so, the issue of ethanol production once again came to mind. As a possibility for future energy needs of the...
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What is “Progress” in Energy
Due to the increased international focus on energy and climate over the last couple of decades, I have routinely reported on the latest technological developments – things that might allow us to live...
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Biofuel Bites the Dust
Time for a follow-up on some of the biofuel companies that made headlines over the last few years. I mentioned LS9 as a potential player in this field back in 2010. Now LS9 has been sold and the dreams...
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Fuels of the Future
In the hopes of creating a cleaner sustainable energy future, it was once believed that converting grain crops into biofuel (ethanol), would help. That was a long time ago (many times documented in the...
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