Bioroot Energy

2012: The Year Shift Happens

Jay — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:38:39 +0000

Evidence of fossil energy pollution might be over our heads, but it’s still everybody’s problem in need of a solution.

Ready for shift to hit the fan from all directions?

Warmer winters, hotter summers, more volatile weather, drought and retreating glaciers, etc. And rising energy prices to go along with rising emissions and sea levels. Ready for increasingly expensive change? Every product or service with an energy cost (what doesn’t?) will cost more.

Ready to be disappointed by elected [...]

Just who are the dreamers?

Jay — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:53:28 +0000

“It’s not a solution unless it solves your problem.”

To build a strong business in the clean energy world, you need a solution that actually solves problems. And a tireless work ethic*, a big heart, a sparkly personality, a tough hide, and a big wallet. And a lot of luck, hard work, and tough decisions to succeed. We’ve got everything but the big wallet, but we’re working on that too.

But it’s not really a money problem. It’s [...]

BE@Home in the Bitterroot

Jay — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:41:26 +0000

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What We Are For

Jay — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:48:02 +0000

Repost from PostCarbon.org: What We Are For

Every activist engaged in combating human-caused climate change or specific elements of the current energy economy knows that the work is primarily oppositional. It could hardly be otherwise; for citizens who care about ecological integrity, a sustainable economy, and the health of nature and people, there is plenty to oppose—biomass logging [for generating electricity] in Massachusetts, mountaintop-removal coal mining in West Virginia, natural gas drilling in Wyoming, poorly sited solar [...]

Think $4 Gas Is Highway Robbery?

Jay — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:50:23 +0000

A random sample of fuel prices shows we have a pretty good deal. But that will change.

Taming The Fossil Energy Dragon

Jay — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:42:36 +0000

So the economy is tanking deeper and more prolonged than most thought possible. And it’s not over by a long shot.

There’s other stuff going on. You’re aware of increasing CO2 emissions and rising temperature and sea levels? Here’s an alarming update, in one easy to digest (but hard to swallow) article. Ignore what it says about burning fossil energy at your peril. Your family’s too. If you’re still not convinced we’re creating big problems for the [...]

BE Donor Profile: Dick White

Jay — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:23:01 +0000

Here’s a kind and thoughtful man who’s been around the block and learned more than most from the journey. Dick White is a resident of Hamilton, Montana, and a fellow charter member of the Bitterroot Toastmasters Club, to which I belong.

Last Wednesday, I gave a speech to fellow club members titled “Occupy Energy,” which made the case for community involvement and support for developing our clean fuel project in western Montana. Toward the end of the speech [...]

America’s forests: Land of many (good) uses

Jay — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:04:20 +0000

The video points to housing and other traditional markets for wood products. Responsible use of wood from America’s forests can also include using what has historically been piled and burned because there was no better use of the needles, barks, branches and cones from thinning and fuel reduction projects. (All that “waste” biomass can make a lot of great clean fuel, an un-traditional but valuable use of wood.)

Basic Chemistry That Just Sounds Like Rocket Science

Jay — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:03:56 +0000

Want to better understand higher mixed alcohol fuel? Here’s an introduction, recently published on the Open Fuel Standard site.

Want to see alcohol fuels succeed? Open up the liquid fuels marketplace with flex fuel vehicles and blending infrastructure. Learn about the Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 legislation currently before Congress and contact your elected representatives to request their support.

DOE ‘Billion Ton Study’ Update

Jay — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:09:35 +0000

Repost from 25×25.org:

DOE ‘Billion Ton Study’ Update Shows Biomass Still Sufficient to Meet Goals

The DOE this week released an update to its 2005 Billion Ton Study that says biomass feedstock under baseline assumptions remain sufficient to meet near- and long-term bioenergy goals, including the production of 85 billion gallons of biofuel annually, enough to displace a third of the nation’s transportation fuel demand. In fact, the update says, under a high-yield scenario, more ambitious goals may [...]