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The Motley Fool January 25, 2007 Robert Aronen	The 20% Dream President Bush promises a 20% reduction in gas usage in 10 years. If that happens, which companies would win or lose? Investors, take note.
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Geotimes October 2007 Josh Trapani	Energy Independence and Climate Change: Linked but Separate Achieving increased energy independence and mitigating climate change impacts are complex but vital issues.
National Defense January 2009 Frodl & Manoyan	Mileage Mandates and Biofuels Aren't Silver Bullets The United States cannot ignore the many serious unintended consequences on the food supply, dwindling habitats for endangered species, and the reduction of carbon sinks for the atmosphere, when bio-ethanol is not providing more energy security or energy independence.
Chemistry World February 16, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Against the Grain Scientists warn that corn-based ethanol can't realistically cut carbon emissions or gasoline usage. This hasn't stopped US ethanol producers happily gobbling up corn, galvanized by high oil prices and generous tax credits.
Popular Mechanics May 2006 Mike Allen	How far can you drive on a bushel of corn? Before we can debate national energy policy -- or even decide which petroleum substitutes might make sense for our personal vehicles -- we need to know how these things stack up in the real world. So we crunched the numbers on alternative fuels.
Geotimes March 2007 Rick Zalesky	Integrating Biofuels into the Fuel Supply Biofuels are but one part of a larger story -- the transition to a broader portfolio of efficient, environmentally favorable fuels, both petroleum- and biomass-based, that will supply tomorrow's vehicles.
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Popular Mechanics February 2008 James B. Meigs	The Ethanol Fallacy: Op-Ed America needs smart alternative to oil, but the just-passed energy bill puts too much emphasis on the wrong alternative
Wired October 2006	My Big Biofuels Bet It may surprise you to learn that the most promising solution to our nation's energy crisis begins in the bowels of a waste trough, under the slotted concrete floor of a giant pen that holds 28,000 beef cattle.
Geotimes March 2007 Cassandra Willyard	Bush Renews Call for Renewable Fuels In addition to highlighting ethanol, President George W. Bush's State of the Union address also called for more research on hybrid and electric cars and for new fuel economy standards to help reduce gasoline consumption.
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 William Sweet	Corn-o-Copia In today's hothouse political climate, some weird ethanol projects have taken root along with essentially sound ones.
Geotimes January 2007 Cassandra Willyard	Bush Renews Call for Renewable Fuels Although healthcare and the Iraq strategy were hot topics of discussion following President George W. Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday, energy was front and center in the domestic portion of this year's address.
Popular Mechanics April 2008 Brad Reagan	America @ $100/Barrel: How Long Will the Oil Last? Major discoveries of oil within our own borders could help reduce foreign imports.
Reason June 2009 Ronald Bailey	It's Alive! Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter.
Popular Mechanics January 16, 2008 Chuck Tannert	Ethanol Makes Mini Comeback: Live at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show The sun may be setting on corn-based ethanol as Detroit revs up with cellulosic ethanol concept cars and tech investments.
Food Processing July 2011 Dave Fusaro	Editor's Plate: Time to End the Ethanol Insanity The food vs. fuel debate is tipping our way; don't let the momentum die.
Scientific American August 2007	Worse Than Gasoline Liquid coal would produce roughly twice the global warming emissions of gasoline.
BusinessWeek May 22, 2006 Welch & Aston	Fill 'Er Up -- But With What? An alternative to gasoline is inevitable, but it won't come anytime soon for Americans. Here's why.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2007 Toby Shute	Big Subsidies for Big Coal Given that it will likely cost far more than $200 billion to displace a mere 10% of oil demand with coal-to-liquids -- as estimated by the coal companies themselves! -- the public benefits of such an initiative are far from clear today.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 Robert Aronen	The Politics of Ethanol The political tailwind behind ethanol is unstoppable. Still, even with the tailwind, investors need to pay attention to value in this area. With the ethanol hype bubbling over, most of the companies mentioned here are priced for excellent performance.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2005 Jill Jusko	Power Hungry No doubt about it, manufacturing is a powerfully hungry energy consumer. But the energy landscape is changing, and manufacturers must be ready to adapt to an uncertain future.
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Otis Port	Not Your Father's Ethanol A new fuel -- "ethanol with a twist" -- could soon be coming to the rescue of motorists fed up with roller-coaster gasoline prices, and it should get a warm welcome from environmentalists and farmers, too.
BusinessWeek May 15, 2006 Palmeri & Pressman	Drunk On Ethanol Producers are riding a boom, but the market may be as tricky as oil.
Inc. November 2006	The Futurists From solar panels to clean coal, betting big on the future of energy.
BusinessWeek January 29, 2007 Carey & Javers	Memo To Congress: First, Do No Harm Capitol Hill's rush to promote alternative fuel could yield some damaging legislation.
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Gary S. Becker	Let's Make Gasoline Prices Even Higher It is not too late to implement policies that would greatly reduce the world's economic vulnerability to disruption of oil production in the Middle East.
Wired April 2003 Schwartz & Randall	How Hydrogen Can Save America The cost of oil dependence has never been so clear. Consumers are ready for an alternative. From Detroit to Dallas, even the oil establishment is primed for change. We put a man on the moon in a decade; we can achieve energy independence just as fast. Here's how.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2008 Toby Shute	Innovation Series: Biofuels The search is on for a cheap, renewable fuel.
Geotimes February 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Bush addresses alternative energy Tucked between talk of U.S. heathcare reform and American economic competitiveness, the president rolled out his new Advanced Energy Initiative, which he said will help the United States can "move beyond a petroleum-based economy."
Finance & Development March 2008 Lorcan Lyons	Picture This The global energy system is on an increasingly unsustainable path. Stronger policies that encourage greater energy efficiency, as well as greater use of renewable energy and nuclear power, would make a major contribution.
Salon.com May 8, 2001 Dan Ackman	A phantom energy crisis The Bush administration has convinced the nation that we're in the middle of a power emergency, but the facts indicate otherwise...
The Motley Fool May 15, 2006 Robert Aronen	Proof of Price Fixing at the Pump? Last month when I said gas prices wouldn't go down, readers lined up to tell me all about how the fix was in. So, if there are approximately 169,000 sites selling gasoline, owned by tens of thousands of small businesses, why does this price fixing myth persist?
IndustryWeek December 1, 2004 Tonya Vinas	Building For Biofuels Uncertainty in oil prices is just one reason ethanol producers are building more plants in the U.S.
Geotimes February 2006	Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York...
National Defense February 2009 Frodl & Manoyan	Converting U.S. Car Park to Hybrids Should Be Priority One Reducing personal vehicle demand for gasoline is the quickest and most effective way to cut our consumption of crude oil, and by extension, make our nation more secure.
Geotimes December 2005 William L. Fisher	Energy Outlook 2005 Analysts say political events and natural disasters might well interrupt world oil supplies, but lack of resources and production capability should not. Beyond oil, other energy sources will be creating their own economies in the near future.
Popular Mechanics April 22, 2008 Chris Ladd	Trees in Your Tank? The Future of Green Gasoline: Earth Day Extra Researchers recently published a new method of refining hydrocarbons from cellulose, paving the way to turn wood scraps into gasoline
National Defense January 2011 Grace V. Jean	Air Force Tells Biofuels Industry to 'Bring It' The Air Force within the next five years wants to be able to go on a shopping spree to snap up several hundred million gallons of alternative fuels produced within U.S. borders.
BusinessWeek September 22, 2010 Bjerga & Parker	Deficit Hawks Threaten Ethanol's Future The $27 billion ethanol industry's future is threatened as it loses some of the political support that has sustained it for decades.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2005 Robert Aronen	Another Peek at Peak Oil It's all downhill from here. What does the future hold? Even if we are not sitting atop the peak, the supply-and-demand balance is so tight that energy companies should lead the market for many more years.
National Defense February 2009 Sohbet Karbuz	Defense Department Should Rethink Energy-Saving Tactics It is a pity that most of the Defense Department's efforts are concentrated on electricity, which accounts for less than 12 percent of military energy consumption, and not on oil, which comprises 78 percent.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2009 Toby Shute	Peak Gasoline Is Here Here's how the refiners are responding to news that U.S. gasoline consumption peaked in 2007 and continues to trend downward.
National Defense October 2007 Michael G. Frodl	USAF Synthetic Fuel Program Could Help Solve Unwanted Carbon Problem The Air Force is seeking to acquire 50% of its fuel needs from domestic sources by 2016, and half of that is expected to come from synthetic fuel, mainly made from coal.
Popular Mechanics December 9, 2009 Adam Hadhazy	Cutting Water Use to Curb Carbon Dioxide By taking water conservation further, and by thinking differently about how we treat and move water, analysts believe the U.S. can achieve dramatic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions fairly quickly.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Big Oil Doesn't Hate Hydrogen Oil companies can be nasty, sure, but alternative-energy fans have exaggerated their faults. Ignore the hype, investigate the technology, and invest accordingly.
Popular Mechanics February 11, 2008 Chuck Tannert	Coskata's $1/Gallon 'Trash-to-Gas' Tech Starts Up Ethanol 2.0: How It Works New startup company says it can make ethanol from almost any carbon-rich source for less than $1 a gallon.
Scientific American May 15, 2006 Gunjan Sinha	Pumping Coal Coming soon to the U.S.: Cleaner diesel from dirty coal.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 David Lee Smith	Ethanol Is Running Out of Gas Ethanol, the corn-based petroleum substitute, has gone from panacea to pariah in the U.S. in just one growing season.
Geotimes July 2006 Rasoul Sorkhabi	Energy Problems Need Energy Solutions A sensible energy policy should plan to heal, not worsen, our country's addiction to oil. This can be achieved by reducing our oil consumption, and diversifying our energy sources to create an "energy-mix" market. Both strategies are necessary.