Bioroot Energy » petroleum http://www.biorootenergy.com Clean Mixed Alcohol Fuels Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:29:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Climate change and disaster in Montana http://www.biorootenergy.com/2011/07/30/climate-change-and-disaster-in-montana/ http://www.biorootenergy.com/2011/07/30/climate-change-and-disaster-in-montana/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:06:22 +0000 Jay http://www.biorootenergy.com/?p=3118

What do rampant beetle kill, rising temperatures, massive floods, and oil spills all have in common? They’re all being fueled by fossil-energy combustion—here in Montana, and around the planet.

Crews work to clear oil from the Yellowstone River in Laurel, Montana. (Jim Urquhart, AP/ July 5, 2011)

This poignant article about recent disasters in Montana, as seen through the eyes of two people who are not just fighting floodwaters and [...]

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]]> http://www.biorootenergy.com/2011/07/30/climate-change-and-disaster-in-montana/feed/ 0 The Price of Gas http://www.biorootenergy.com/2011/07/24/the-price-of-gas/ http://www.biorootenergy.com/2011/07/24/the-price-of-gas/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:32:40 +0000 Jay http://www.biorootenergy.com/?p=3095 What’s the price of gasoline? In the U.S. it’s about $4 a gallon. But some experts say the true price of gas is much higher. What about the costs of pollution, and the global and local problems caused by it? Who pays for those? This animated feature from the Center for Investigative Reporting calculates the carbon footprint and other “external costs” of gasoline use in the U.S. Reported by Sarah Terry-Cobo. Produced by Carrie Ching and [...]

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]]> http://www.biorootenergy.com/2011/07/24/the-price-of-gas/feed/ 0 Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt isn’t a Strategic Energy Plan http://www.biorootenergy.com/2011/01/23/fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-isnt-a-strategic-energy-plan/ http://www.biorootenergy.com/2011/01/23/fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-isnt-a-strategic-energy-plan/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:33:48 +0000 Jay http://www.biorootenergy.com/?p=2373 US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015

America’s mainstream media diet may not include news about the coming petroleum shortfall…but it’s coming soon to a pocketbook or wallet near you sure as the sun rises in the East. (Pun intended!) What are you doing to prepare for $5/gallon gas?

Anything?

Link to Guardian article

]]> http://www.biorootenergy.com/2011/01/23/fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-isnt-a-strategic-energy-plan/feed/ 0 Oil companies look at permanent refinery cutbacks http://www.biorootenergy.com/2010/03/11/oil-companies-look-at-permanent-refinery-cutbacks/ http://www.biorootenergy.com/2010/03/11/oil-companies-look-at-permanent-refinery-cutbacks/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:16:53 +0000 Jay http://www.biorootenergy.com/?p=1353 So amid the chaos of  market upheaval due to declining demand, spurred on by the new “less is more” mantra of increasing consumption efficiencies, at least one industry guy is pointing where fuels in general are headed, in my opinion.  Fuels, like the rapidly changing vehicles we all drive, need to be better in every respect, not just price, but sourced from feedstock diversity, cleaner, produce local area benefits, and ultimately be more profitable to local [...]

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