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Discount rates: A boring thing you should know about (with otters!)

By PI News Feed on October 22, 2012

How much is it worth to us today to avoid climate disruption later this century? To understand how that question has typically been answered, you need to understand what economists call “discount […]

Scaling a Clean Energy Business: Lessons From the BoP

By PI News Feed on October 22, 2012

While at most conferences onsolar energy, people talk about the BoS (Balance of System), at the SOCAP 12 conference held last week in San Francisco, it was all about the lessons learned from the […]

A new ‘golden age of oil’ in the U.S.? Don’t believe it

By PI News Feed on October 22, 2012

Last winter, fossil-fuel enthusiasts began trumpeting the dawn of a new “golden age of oil” that would kick-start the American economy, generate millions of new jobs, and free this country from its […]

Yes, coal is dying, but no, EPA is not the main culprit

By PI News Feed on October 22, 2012

Imagine my alarm when I read this headline in The Christian Science Monitor: “Study: EPA regulations squelch US coal industry.” This is a very popular attack from conservatives, including Mitt Romney, but […]

Aviation Biofuel: Technology-Ready, Needs Capex Infusion, RIN Reforms

By PI News Feed on October 22, 2012

By all rights, many believe aviation biofuel producers should be attracting deep-pocketed investors ambitious enough to build the infrastructure necessary to meet a clearly burgeoning industrial-sized demand. At the Aviation Biofuels Development […]

BSR Report: Future of Fuels is ‘Efficiency’

By PI News Feed on October 22, 2012

With world energy consumption set to rise by about 40 percent by 2030, the sources and structures of transportation fuel systems will radically change, according to a new BSR report. The Sustainability […]

Bob Lutz: GM Not Losing $49,000 Per Volt

By PI News Feed on October 22, 2012

I was surprised to read Ben Klayman’s piece on alleged astronomical per-unit losses on the Chevrolet “Volt.” Ben is usually a solid professional who checks his facts. The statement that GM “loses” […]

When Will US Offshore Wind Be Cost-Competitive?

By PI News Feed on October 22, 2012

The real question isn’t offshore wind’s potential. A University of Delaware study estimated Eastern seaboard wind from Massachusetts to North Carolina to be big enough to build 330 gigawatts of installed generating […]

World Grain Reserves ‘At A Very Low Level, Leaving No Room’ For Extreme Weather, Warns UN

By PI News Feed on October 22, 2012

World grain reserves are so dangerously low that severe weather in the United States or other food-exporting countries could trigger a major hunger crisis next year, the United Nations has warned. [Guardian] […]

Petroleum refineries vary by level of complexity

By PI News Feed on October 22, 2012

A refinery is an industrial complex that manufactures petroleum products, such as gasoline, from crude oil and other feedstocks. Many different types of refineries exist across the country. What differentiates one refinery […]

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