<s>Two</s>Three Quickies: A Map and a Madman (and an Economist!)
Posted by Prof. Goose on June 28, 2006 - 5:07pm
First, I wanted to share with you this link at IFenergy which details how "MapMuse has recently introduced interactive mapping of biodiesel fuel stations and E85 fuel stations across the US. There are presently over 650 ethanol 85 fuel stations, and 350 biodiesel fuel stations located on the MapMuse maps." Worth a look.
Also, for you bittorrent fans, Friedman's recent show on the Discovery Channel is available as a .torrent here. (If you are looking for advice on how to get bittorrents, ask in the comments, I'm sure one of us enterprising souls will be happy to direct you towards Azureus or something.)
Update [2006-6-28 17:7:19 by Prof. Goose]: JDH's last three pieces should be read as well.
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http://news.tradingcharts.com/futures/0/4/80292740.html
"...there may be no better place to produce ethanol than rural Nebraska."
Given current technologies and absent subsidies I feel safe in saying there is no good place in the U.S. to produce ethanol.
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/6/26/0348/09785
The short answer: None of you Oil Drummers will learn anything new from it, but it's an excellent job of packaging current green concerns for a mainstream audience. (I should note that there's very little peak-oil talk in it.)
And nice job touting the torrent! I was too chicken to do it on Gristmill.
http://em-cust05.easy-mapper.com/em_cgi/hsrun.exe/easymapper/mapxsite/sekab/mapxsite.htx;start=hs_ma ppage
Wehicle gas with natural gas and biogas is way behind with about 70 stations: http://www.fordonsgas.se/ then klick on the english flag to the left.
I dont think there are any public biodiesel stations. Its all used in company internal use and as low level mixing in regular diesel.
Give it a look, it's probably what we ought to recommend for newbies.
http://www.opera.com
My default app for torrents is the Shareaza multi-protocol peer-to-peer client. Shareaza supports Bit Torrents along with Gnutella, Gnutella II, and ED2K. It popped up and started downloading the Discovery video clip as soon as I clicked on the link in the original TOD post. Got the whole thing in about two hours on a 768K WiFi DSL link. Shareaza is totally open-source with no hidden spyware/adware agenda. Get it at:
http://www.shareaza.com
http://www.utorrent.com/
The download is just 160KB!
best, Dave
This is going to stir a hornet's nest in other markets, I'd imagine, even if the feds find no other evidence of BP price manipulation elsewhere.
Sad if this BP propane manipulation is true and approved by upper mgt as alleged. Congress will go wild as this is an election year, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson will gain a lot more visibility for his cause by further trumpeting the news:
www.rainbowpush.org
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