Ethanol producers may feel less pain from sinking oil prices than in previous tough times, as a government rule ensures a minimum use of the biofuel and recent consolidation gives them both financial strength and output flexibility.
Saudi Arabia outlined ambitious plans on Monday to move into industries ranging from information technology to health care and tourism, as it sought to convince international investors it can cope with an era of cheap oil.
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has brought the health effects of lead back into the public eye, and in a big way. In that context, it’s worth noting that lead was still a part of everyday gasoline more recently than many drivers remember.
A couple of readers who are staunch biofuel advocates have asked why the 2016 Chevy Volt isn’t capable of running its range-extending engine on non-fossil fuels. So did Fuel Freedom, which published an entire post on the question.
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“Cassava, sugar beets, sorghum, prickly pear cactus, mesquite trees, buffalo gourds, cattails,” Blume said. “These are all energy crops that can be converted into alcohol-based fuel. Distilled from sugar, it helps divert waste, is near-zero emission and is low cost.”
ISIS was making $40 million a month on oil alone in early 2015, according to the U.S. Treasury. Now, it’s making only a fraction of that, according to the State Department.
The cause is the plunging price of a barrel of oil, which has been cut roughly by more than 60 percent since the June 2014.
Scientists have confirmed that 2015 was the hottest year yet recorded, smashing the previous record, which was set in 2014.
A decade-old oil leak that could last for another century was caused by an “act of God” during a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, the president of the company responsible said Wednesday.
