From marc at theforestfoundation.org Thu Aug 12 16:41:55 2010 From: marc at theforestfoundation.org (The Forest Foundation) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:41:55 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels_Interest_Group] What's Holding Biofuels Back? Message-ID: <4C645C93.3000700@theforestfoundation.org> Startups say reduced mandates for oil companies make it difficult to finance biorefineries. http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/25939/ In an interview guaranteed to hurt somebody's feelings, Deutsche Bank's Kevin Parker said that his employer has given up on investing in alternative energy in the U.S.: "You just throw your hands up and say ... we're going to take our money elsewhere," said Kevin Parker in an interview with Reuters. "They're asleep at the wheel on climate change, asleep at the wheel on job growth, asleep at the wheel on this industrial revolution taking place in the energy industry." From symonjim at gmail.com Fri Aug 20 18:33:15 2010 From: symonjim at gmail.com (Jim Symon) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:33:15 -0400 Subject: [Biofuels_Interest_Group] locavores, energy, and sustainability Message-ID: Interesting assertions about transportation energy costs: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/opinion/20budiansky.html