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Category: The Real World: Policy

Fuel Stability Problems Challenge FAME Biodiesel

2014/07/25 / Edward Dodge

Fuel stability woes challenge the increase of FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) biodiesel beyond the current B5, or 5% blend. Mercedes-Benz and some other engine OEM’s will not warranty their engines when blends of B6 or higher are used. The reason is due to poor oxidation stability that causes the fuel to biodegrade over time….

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Admiral Mike Mullen on US Energy Security and the Shale Boom

2014/07/18 / Edward Dodge

Admiral Mike Mullen, retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke on U.S. energy security Wednesday at an event hosted by the groups, Securing America’s Future Energy and the Foreign Policy Initiative. photo credit: Foreign Policy Initiative Mullen was asked whether the USA can take advantage of the surge in domestic energy production as…

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Daniel Yergin: US Shale Oil Output Helping Avert Crisis

2014/07/15 / Edward Dodge

Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize winning author and Vice Chairman of global consulting firm IHS spoke at the 2014 EIA Conference in Washington D.C. on Monday. EIA, the U.S. Energy Information Association is the statistics arm of the federal Department of Energy and the conference featured leading figures from industry, academia and government. Yergin stated emphatically…

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US and China Agree to Advance Carbon Capture Technology

2014/07/11 / Edward Dodge

Breaking Energy, July 15, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, July 18, 2014 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) introduces U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew (L) to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound on July 10, 2014 in Beijing, China. China is the world’s largest coal producer and consumer and…

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Will the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards for Coal Power Plants Survive Judicial Challenge?

2014/07/08 / Edward Dodge

Breaking Energy, July 11, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, July 16 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed new carbon emission standards for fossil fuel power plants under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The rules for new build power plants fall under Section 111(b) and are known as the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS). This…

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NEORI – Proposal for a Production Tax Credit for CO2-EOR

2014/07/01 / Edward Dodge

Breaking Energy, July 9, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, July 14, 2014 NEORI, the National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative is organized and staffed by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the Great Plains Institute. NEORI has authored a series of innovative policy proposals to promote the use of carbon capture and sequestration, CCS,…

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CCS Is Not an Option, It’s a Requirement (and an Opportunity)

2014/06/27 / Edward Dodge

Breaking Energy, July 2, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, July 7, 2014 In the past I have been extremely skeptical of carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, but recently my opinion has evolved based on the sober conclusion that hydrocarbon fuels simply are not going away. Both supply and demand for coal, oil and gas continue to…

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CO2-EOR Slideshow

2014/06/13 / Edward Dodge

This was originally a Power Point Presentation. (.pdf)    

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Can Coal Fly Ash Waste Be Put To Good Use?

2014/02/12 / Edward Dodge

Breaking Energy, Feb. 18, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, Feb. 24 A huge coal ash spill was discovered on February 2 at the Duke Energy power plant in North Carolina that has caused significant damage to the Dan River.  The spill was caused when a storm drain pipe that runs underneath the 27 acre containment pond…

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Carbon Conversion is Key to Solving Climate Change Problems

2014/02/04 / Edward Dodge

Breaking Energy, Feb. 5, 2014 (.pdf) The Energy Collective, Feb 10  In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law an amendment to the Clean Air Act that mandated emissions reductions of the harmful pollutant sulfur dioxide, SO2, from coal fired power plants.   The government did not instruct industry how they were to achieve the…

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Articles

  • A History of the Goddess 2021/10/23
  • A Deceptively Simple Solution for Carbon Emissions – Use Nature 2019/12/07
  • The Surprising Story of American Hemp Slavery 2019/11/10
  • George Washington’s India Hemp 2019/11/08
  • Carbon Deposits—Using Soil and Blockchains to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions 2018/07/26
  • Why was Marijuana Made Illegal in the First Place? -part II 2018/05/14
  • Why was Marijuana Made Illegal in the First Place? -part I 2018/05/11
  • American Popular Music Owes a Big Debt to Marijuana 2016/12/13
  • Cannabis, Moses, and the Israelites 2016/11/14
  • Cannabis in the Garden of Eden 2016/11/04
  • Testing Cannabis Medicines the Old-Fashioned Way 2016/10/25
  • Marijuana Legalization, What Does it Mean? 2016/10/10
  • Marijuana on Wall St., Reggae on Broadway 2016/09/21
  • State Should Take Steps to Boost Nuclear Power 2016/09/18
  • New York should join the shale revolution 2016/08/21
  • Much Value in Nuclear Facilities 2016/07/11
  • Methanol is a CO2 Utilization Pathway 2016/06/17
  • Oil and Gas Industries Can be Part of the Solution to Climate Change 2015/11/11
  • New York needs to save nuclear plants 2015/10/20
  • Saudi Arabia’s Position on Climate Change (It’s Not What You Think) 2015/09/28
  • A New Model for Carbon Pricing Using Blockchain Technology 2015/09/22
  • CCS Needs a Level Playing Field to Thrive 2015/08/20
  • It is Deeply Naive to Think Wind and Solar Are All We Need 2015/08/19
  • Anti-Gas Activist Response to my Pipeline Op-Ed 2015/08/13
  • The NED Pipeline is Good for New England 2015/08/09
  • In Support of the Constitution Pipeline 2015/07/24
  • EPA’s Hydrofracking Study Undermines Cuomo’s Gas Drilling Ban 2015/07/02
  • My Dr. Strangelove Moment. How I Came to Love Clean Coal 2015/06/30
  • Use Objective Science in Fracking Debate 2015/05/31
  • The Case for Carbon Capture 2015/05/26
  • A Conservative Case for Carbon Capture 2015/05/14
  • Renewables and Natural Gas Work Together 2015/05/07
  • New York State’s Fracking Ban is a Failure of Leadership 2015/04/22
  • Energy Quote of the Day: “Nature Can Heal If We Give Her The Chance” 2015/03/11
  • Wrightspeed Hybrid-Electric Trucks are the Cutting Edge of Truck Design 2015/03/10
  • Methane Hydrate are a Promising New Energy Source 2015/02/06
  • LNG, Oil Prices, & the High Horsepower Market 2015/02/01
  • Canadian Gas Association Embraces Renewable Natural Gas 2015/01/29
  • Reducing Methane Emissions by Using Them for Fuel 2015/01/26
  • Impact of Falling Oil Prices on LNG 2015/01/16
  • Environmentalists are Wrong about Port Ambrose LNG 2015/01/08
  • Coal Fleet Retirements in the USA 2015/01/07
  • Cat’s Cradle – Understanding Natural Cycles and Soil Reclamation 2014/12/30
  • Current Policies Supporting Renewable Natural Gas 2014/12/26
  • How Dangerous is LNG? 2014/12/18
  • How Much RNG Can We Produce? 2014/12/15
  • Renewable Natural Gas vs. Cellulosic Ethanol 2014/12/05
  • Need for a Renewable Gas Standard 2014/12/04
  • Northeast Shale Production and Natural Gas Prices 2014/12/02
  • Reverse Combustion Equation 2014/12/02
  • Power-to-Gas Enables Massive Energy Storage 2014/11/25
  • sCO2 Power Cycles Offer Improved Efficiency Across Power Industry 2014/11/20
  • Renewable Natural Gas 2014/11/19
  • sCO2 Offers Zero Emissions Power Plants 2014/11/13
  • Wyoming LNG Roadmap 2014/11/12
  • Wärtsilä’s Marine LNG Solutions 2014/11/06
  • Underground Coal Gasification Gets New Start in USA 2014/11/05
  • Velocys Small Scale Gas to Liquids 2014/10/31
  • Updates on LNG in Heavy Mining Trucks 2014/10/30
  • Tesla Model D is the World’s First Digital Car 2014/10/23
  • Latest Developments at Clean Energy Fuels 2014/10/22
  • Distributed Energy in New York 2014/10/19
  • LNG as a Marine Fuel 2014/10/14
  • North American Energy Policy Integration 2014/10/02
  • North American Gas Forum 2014/10/01
  • The Case for Electric Vehicles, Part 2: EV Costs 2014/09/26
  • The Case for Electric Vehicles, Part 1: The Driving Experience 2014/09/25
  • WRI Release Report on the Water Impacts of Shale Gas Development 2014/09/15
  • Brookings Institute Argues for Lifting Crude Oil Export Ban 2014/09/10
  • USDA Biogas Opportunities Roadmap 2014/08/07
  • New Biogas Rules in the RFS 2014/07/30
  • Fuel Stability Problems Challenge FAME Biodiesel 2014/07/25
  • Admiral Mike Mullen on US Energy Security and the Shale Boom 2014/07/18
  • Daniel Yergin: US Shale Oil Output Helping Avert Crisis 2014/07/15
  • US and China Agree to Advance Carbon Capture Technology 2014/07/11
  • Will the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards for Coal Power Plants Survive Judicial Challenge? 2014/07/08
  • NEORI – Proposal for a Production Tax Credit for CO2-EOR 2014/07/01
  • CCS Is Not an Option, It’s a Requirement (and an Opportunity) 2014/06/27
  • CO2-EOR Slideshow 2014/06/13
  • Can Coal Fly Ash Waste Be Put To Good Use? 2014/02/12
  • Carbon Conversion is Key to Solving Climate Change Problems 2014/02/04
  • Novomer, CO2 based Plastics and Polymers 2014/01/24
  • Ripped Off by the Russians! 2014/01/22
  • Joule – CO2 to Fuels via Photosynthesis 2014/01/20
  • Growth of LNG Fuel in Maritime Shipping 2014/01/18
  • Rapid Growth of the LNG Market 2014/01/15
  • Renewables and Natural Gas are Partners, Part II: Proof of Concept 2013/12/06
  • How Much Methane Is There? 2013/12/02
  • Renewables and Natural Gas are Partners Not Opponents 2013/11/22
  • I have seen the future and it is LNG 2013/11/15
  • Wind, Solar and Efficiency vs Nuclear and Natural Gas 2013/11/10
  • 100% Renewable Energy for New York State from Wind, Water and Solar. Really? 2013/11/02
  • Philosophical question about coal 2013/10/21
  • High performance synthetic fuels from biomass, garbage and coal 2013/10/19
  • SNG in China – Follow Up 2013/10/18
  • Synthetic Natural Gas in China – An Environmental Nightmare? Really? 2013/10/17
  • CH4 for a Clean Energy Economy 2013/01/16
  • Can Coal Really Be Clean? 2012/12/01
  • Landfills: A Gaseous Opportunity 2012/10/01
  • Solyndra: Analysis of the Failure 2012/09/01
  • Greens for Nukes 2012/06/13
  • GM’s EN-V Concept Electric Vehicle 2012/06/01
  • Cornell – Verizon Wireless Geothermal 2010/07/09
  • Plasma Gasification in Chinese 2009/08/26
  • Plasma Gasification – Waste Management World 2009/06/15
  • Thin Film Solar Power – Balance of System Costs 2009/01/20
  • Plasma Gasification of Waste 2008/07/04

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