Monthly Archives: November 2009

George F. Will: Fossil fuels belie environmentalism

By dvdmaxwell | Published: November 21, 2009
What city contributed most to the making of the modern world? The Paris of the Enlightenment and then of Napoleon, pioneer of mass armies and nationalist statism? London, seat of parliamentary democracy and center of finance? Or perhaps Titusville, Pa. Original post by George F. Will
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Corn-based ethanol producer says it will soon compete with gasoline

By dvdmaxwell | Published: November 18, 2009
The nation’s largest producer of corn-based ethanol said it has slashed the cost of producing cellulosic ethanol from corn cobs and that it will be able to compete with gasoline in two years. Original post by Steven Mufson
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Hydrogen-powered car still seems improbable

By dvdmaxwell | Published: November 16, 2009
Just in time for Thanksgiving, a familiar techno-turkey is back on the national policy table: the hydrogen-powered car. The Obama administration had flatlined funding for President George W. Bush’s pet initiative, briefly but heavily touted a few years back as the driving force toward a future “h… Original post by Curt Suplee
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Exxon-Shell consortium signs deal to develop Iraqi oil field

By dvdmaxwell | Published: November 5, 2009
BAGHDAD — Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell signed a deal with the Iraqi Oil Ministry on Thursday to develop a major field, marking the first foray by a U.S.-led consortium into Iraq’s promising but uncertain oil industry. Original post by Ernesto LondoÃ?±o and Qais Mizher
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