Unbiased opinion about issues surrounding the green-energy industry today http://www.ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/BlogId/1/Default.aspx en-US pomomoh@ethanolplug.com postmaster@ethanolplug.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:23:24 GMT Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:23:24 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.5.0.35082 <p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 10pt"><font face="Verdana"><img align="left" width="280" height="157" alt="" src="/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/6/coal_ash_0107.jpg" />Not much attention has been paid by major media outlets to the paradoxical use of the phrase, "Clean Coal." Many of us "greenies" have been shouting in the wilderness but in the society we live in today, only two things bring attention to serious issues: highly capitalized lobbying and disasters. The latter apparently got the attention of TIME and CNN. Just last month, there was a major spill of toxic coal ash in Harriman, Tennessee. This disaster is estimated to be 100 times worse than the Exxon Valdez disaster. </font></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 10pt"><font face="Verdana"><br /> I have included the TIME/CNN article</font></span></p><a href=http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/15/It-Takes-a-Catastrophe-for-the-Media-to-Come-to-Their-Senses.aspx>More...</a> http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/15/It-Takes-a-Catastrophe-for-the-Media-to-Come-to-Their-Senses.aspx Current State of the Biofuel and Green-Energy Industry pomomoh@ethanolplug.com http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/15/It-Takes-a-Catastrophe-for-the-Media-to-Come-to-Their-Senses.aspx#Comments http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/15/It-Takes-a-Catastrophe-for-the-Media-to-Come-to-Their-Senses.aspx Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:57:00 GMT 0 http://www.ethanolplug.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=15 <p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 10pt"><font face="Verdana"><img align="left" width="280" height="157" alt="" src="/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/6/coal_ash_0107.jpg" />Not much attention has been paid by major media outlets to the paradoxical use of the phrase, "Clean Coal." Many of us "greenies" have been shouting in the wilderness but in the society we live in today, only two things bring attention to serious issues: highly capitalized lobbying and disasters. The latter apparently got the attention of TIME and CNN. Just last month, there was a major spill of toxic coal ash in Harriman, Tennessee. This disaster is estimated to be 100 times worse than the Exxon Valdez disaster. </font></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 10pt"><font face="Verdana"><br /> I have included the TIME/CNN article</font></span></p><a href=http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/6/It-Takes-a-Catastrophe-for-the-Media-to-Come-to-Their-Senses.aspx>More...</a> http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/6/It-Takes-a-Catastrophe-for-the-Media-to-Come-to-Their-Senses.aspx pomomoh@ethanolplug.com http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/6/It-Takes-a-Catastrophe-for-the-Media-to-Come-to-Their-Senses.aspx#Comments http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/6/It-Takes-a-Catastrophe-for-the-Media-to-Come-to-Their-Senses.aspx Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:57:00 GMT 0 http://www.ethanolplug.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=6 <p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 10pt"><font face="Verdana"><img border="0" align="left" width="280" height="187" alt="" src="/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/5/coal power plant_photo_corbis2.jpg" />Over the summer, we all bore witness to one of the most elaborate marketing fabrications of 2008-the spin campaign by the American coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) to paint coal as “clean.” ACCCE is sponsored by 48 coal and utility companies with obvious interest in the sustained use of coal. I bet you all remember the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_5OrJVR_Vc">“I believe” ads.</a> aired on major television and cable stations. Even president-elect Obama used the phrase, “clean coal,” throughout his campaign. ACCCE spent $45 million on this campaign, so what exactly is clean coal? What commercially viable technologies exist today permitting the use of the “clean coal” phrase?</font></span></p><a href=http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/16/-font-size-2-What-Exactly-is-Clean-Coal-font.aspx>More...</a> http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/16/-font-size-2-What-Exactly-is-Clean-Coal-font.aspx Current State of the Biofuel and Green-Energy Industry pomomoh@ethanolplug.com http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/16/-font-size-2-What-Exactly-is-Clean-Coal-font.aspx#Comments http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/16/-font-size-2-What-Exactly-is-Clean-Coal-font.aspx Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:30:00 GMT 0 http://www.ethanolplug.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=16 <p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 10pt"><font face="Verdana"><img border="0" align="left" width="280" height="187" alt="" src="/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/5/coal power plant_photo_corbis2.jpg" />Over the summer, we all bore witness to one of the most elaborate marketing fabrications of 2008-the spin campaign by the American coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) to paint coal as “clean.” ACCCE is sponsored by 48 coal and utility companies with obvious interest in the sustained use of coal. I bet you all remember the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_5OrJVR_Vc">“I believe” ads.</a> aired on major television and cable stations. Even president-elect Obama used the phrase, “clean coal,” throughout his campaign. ACCCE spent $45 million on this campaign, so what exactly is clean coal? What commercially viable technologies exist today permitting the use of the “clean coal” phrase?</font></span></p><a href=http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/5/-font-size-2-What-Exactly-is-Clean-Coal-font.aspx>More...</a> http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/5/-font-size-2-What-Exactly-is-Clean-Coal-font.aspx pomomoh@ethanolplug.com http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/5/-font-size-2-What-Exactly-is-Clean-Coal-font.aspx#Comments http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/5/-font-size-2-What-Exactly-is-Clean-Coal-font.aspx Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:30:00 GMT 99 http://www.ethanolplug.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=5 <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img align="left" width="150" height="169" alt="" src="/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/4/steve-chu2.jpg" />This post is to extend my congratulations to the big boss, Nobel laureate Steve Chu, for his recent appointment as the nation's next Energy Secretary. Steve has been a fervent advocate for serious confrontation of the global warming and carbon footprint issues. Prof. Chu's appointment underscores ....</font></p><a href=http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/17/Congratulations-Boss-Nobel-laureate-Steve-Chu.aspx>More...</a> http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/17/Congratulations-Boss-Nobel-laureate-Steve-Chu.aspx Current State of the Biofuel and Green-Energy Industry pomomoh@ethanolplug.com http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/17/Congratulations-Boss-Nobel-laureate-Steve-Chu.aspx#Comments http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/17/Congratulations-Boss-Nobel-laureate-Steve-Chu.aspx Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:07:00 GMT 0 http://www.ethanolplug.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=17 <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img align="left" width="150" height="169" alt="" src="/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/4/steve-chu2.jpg" />This post is to extend my congratulations to the big boss, Nobel laureate Steve Chu, for his recent appointment as the nation's next Energy Secretary. Steve has been a fervent advocate for serious confrontation of the global warming and carbon footprint issues. Prof. Chu's appointment underscores ....</font></p><a href=http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/4/Congratulations-Boss-Nobel-laureate-Steve-Chu.aspx>More...</a> http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/4/Congratulations-Boss-Nobel-laureate-Steve-Chu.aspx pomomoh@ethanolplug.com http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/4/Congratulations-Boss-Nobel-laureate-Steve-Chu.aspx#Comments http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/4/Congratulations-Boss-Nobel-laureate-Steve-Chu.aspx Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:07:00 GMT 0 http://www.ethanolplug.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=4 <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img align="left" width="100" height="98" alt="" src="/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/3/male_cynical2_photo_corbis.jpg" />It is always wise to evaluate the past to better understand or even avoid what lies ahead. At the risk of being labeled cynical, I ask, “haven’t we been here before?”</font></p><a href=http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/18/Renewable-Energy-Push-Fad-or-Real.aspx>More...</a> http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/18/Renewable-Energy-Push-Fad-or-Real.aspx Current State of the Biofuel and Green-Energy Industry pomomoh@ethanolplug.com http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/18/Renewable-Energy-Push-Fad-or-Real.aspx#Comments http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/18/Renewable-Energy-Push-Fad-or-Real.aspx Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:43:00 GMT 0 http://www.ethanolplug.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=18 <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><img align="left" width="100" height="98" alt="" src="/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/3/male_cynical2_photo_corbis.jpg" />It is always wise to evaluate the past to better understand or even avoid what lies ahead. At the risk of being labeled cynical, I ask, “haven’t we been here before?”</font></p><a href=http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/3/Renewable-Energy-Push-Fad-or-Real.aspx>More...</a> http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/3/Renewable-Energy-Push-Fad-or-Real.aspx pomomoh@ethanolplug.com http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/3/Renewable-Energy-Push-Fad-or-Real.aspx#Comments http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/3/Renewable-Energy-Push-Fad-or-Real.aspx Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:43:00 GMT 1 http://www.ethanolplug.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=3 <p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 9pt"><img align="left" width="150" height="112" alt="" src="/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/2/EthanolFuel_photo_Getty_Images.jpg" />Though the negative impact of high corn prices and multiple campaigns blaming corn ethanol for high food prices cannot be disputed, it is also becoming apparent that the industry’s problems also stem from poor management, strategy, and myopic foresight.</span></font></font></p><a href=http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/19/Bad-Management-Strategy-and-Foresight-also-Responsible-for-Troubled-Ethanol-Industry.aspx>More...</a> http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/19/Bad-Management-Strategy-and-Foresight-also-Responsible-for-Troubled-Ethanol-Industry.aspx Current State of the Biofuel and Green-Energy Industry pomomoh@ethanolplug.com http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/19/Bad-Management-Strategy-and-Foresight-also-Responsible-for-Troubled-Ethanol-Industry.aspx#Comments http://ethanolplug.com/PlugBlog/tabid/60/EntryId/19/Bad-Management-Strategy-and-Foresight-also-Responsible-for-Troubled-Ethanol-Industry.aspx Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:02:00 GMT 0 http://www.ethanolplug.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=19 <p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 9pt"><img align="left" width="150" height="112" alt="" src="/Portals/0/Blog/Files/1/2/EthanolFuel_photo_Getty_Images.jpg" />Though the negative impact of high corn prices and multiple campaigns blaming corn ethanol for high food prices cannot be disputed, it is also becoming apparent that the industry’s problems also stem from poor management, strategy, and myopic foresight.</span></font></font></p><a href=http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/2/Bad-Management-Strategy-and-Foresight-also-Responsible-for-Troubled-Ethanol-Industry.aspx>More...</a> http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/2/Bad-Management-Strategy-and-Foresight-also-Responsible-for-Troubled-Ethanol-Industry.aspx pomomoh@ethanolplug.com http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/2/Bad-Management-Strategy-and-Foresight-also-Responsible-for-Troubled-Ethanol-Industry.aspx#Comments http://ethanolplug.com/IndustryEvents/tabid/108/EntryId/2/Bad-Management-Strategy-and-Foresight-also-Responsible-for-Troubled-Ethanol-Industry.aspx Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:02:00 GMT 39 http://www.ethanolplug.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=2