source: wikimedia Readers, as posting is always lighter here during the summertime, I’m switching to a different news format as of today. From here on out, for the summer, you can expect more frequent news posts such as this one, instead of the long list that I’ve been providing on Mondays. Here’s to a fabulous [...]
In the current issue of Scientific American, there is an article with nice multiple graphics to educate people about today’s higher cost of producing energy as measured by the EROI. Energy return on investment (EROI) is the value used to represent the energy obtained per unit of energy spent to obtain it. The article titled, [...]
Corn oil is a new favorite product at ethanol plants. Same song, second verse. The EIA reported earlier this week, that ethanol plants are responding to the difficult market conditions by adding corn oil to their production schemes which improves their margins. “POET Biorefining in Macon, Missouri, and Abengoa in Madison, Illinois, may add corn [...]
