Renewable Energy
Ethanol & Biofuel & Geothermal & Hydropower

Power plant closer to reality, $35 million geothermal project planned, H&N, posted to KBC 3/28/08

Company proposing (Klamath) geothermal power plant, H&N 3/26/08

PRESS RELEASE: Northwest’s First Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Bound for Oregon, US Senator Gordon Smith 2/8/08

Dark side of a hot biofuel, Scramento Bee 1/20/08.

Rebate can help harness sun’s power; Tax credits offered for solar energy systems, by Lee Juillerat, Herald and News 10/4/07

A new (biofuel) use for an old plant, Herald and News 9/13/07

Sali wins support for hydropower, Idaho Press Tribune, posted to KBC 9/4/07

A new direction at Liskey Farms, H&N, posted 9/2/07

The Ethanol Scam: One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles, Rolling Stones, posted to KBC 8/20/07

Corn Facts, Not Corn Flakes! EcoLogic 8/9/07. "Some two percent of the population feed the rest of us..."

Ethanol plant not coming, Herald and News, June 16, 2007

The Many Myths of Ethanol By John Stossel, Real Clear Politics, posted to KBC 6/6/07. "...ethanol would cost much more than gasoline. The claim that using ethanol will save energy is another myth. Studies show that the amount of energy ethanol produces and the amount needed to make it are roughly the same."

Hidden costs of corn-based ethanol, diverting corn from food to fuel could create unprecedented turmoil, CSMonitor, posted 5/28/07 "With current technology, almost all of this biofuel would have to come from corn because there is no feasible alternative. However, achieving the 15 percent goal would require the entire current US corn crop, which represents a whopping 40 percent of the world's corn supply."

National Cattlemen's Beef Association - Cattlemen's Capitol Concerns (regarding biofueul mandates), along with note from Congressman Walden's office, posted to KBC 5/17/07 "Senate Bill Seeks to Increase RFS for Feedgrain-Based Ethanol: NCBA is working to halt movement of S. 987, the Biofuels for Energy Security and Transportation Act of 2007, until Congress can fully understand the consequences this bill could have on cattle producers."  

Ethanol  boom puts pressure on farm conservation programs, CQ Green Sheets, April 16, 2007

Venezuela's Chavez Slams Bush Ethanol Plan, Planet Ark April 13, 2007. "To produce the ethanol necessary to substitute the gasoline consumed only the US, it would be necessary to cultivate nearly all the arable land on this continent," he said."

Fidel Castro: U.S. Biofuel Plan 'Genocidal,' Newsmax, posted 4/6/07

Ethanol Undergoes Evolution as Political Issue, Former Opponents Clinton, McCain Tout Its Benefits, but Its Campaign Value May Be Dropping, Washington Post, posted to KBC 3/31/07. HERE for ethanol page.