Archive for March, 2007
Seeing Red
Posted by Sandy 15 March 2007No doubt you have heard complaints before about the impediments to efficient and competitive business created by bureaucratic red tape. Likely then that this story wont surprise you. I do wonder though, with all the amazing technology that now exists, that there cant be more streamlined processes with savings for all concerned. In terms of simple [...]
Cellulosic Ethanol
Posted by Paul 4 March 2007The US Department of Energy has announced that six companies in the US will receive up to US$385 million to help build six new cellulosic ethanol plants (cellulosic ethanol is where ethanol is made from biomass such as wood chips, corn plants, wheat straw, and specific energy crops such as woody switchgrass rather than sugar [...]
Climate Change Action
Posted by Sandy 2 March 2007… Moving Beyond Litany
There are a number of positive actions emerging for greenhouse gas emission reductions around the country. Two of these, the Earth Hour lights-out initiative for Sydney planned for 31 March, and COOL AID – The National Carbon Test about to be run on Sunday 4 March, are highly media-driven (Sydney Morning [...]