The Oil Drum

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.

If you listen to the news lately, you know that E85 is going to lead the U.S. to energy independence, just like it did in Brazil. Senator Hillary Clinton has announced that she is getting into the act:

"President Bush and other elected officials have called for a greater expansion of E-85, a fuel made of 85 percent ethanol that can be used in vehicles built to run on both regular unleaded gasoline and E-85. E-85 is currently available in less than one percent of the country's gas stations, and Clinton wants to accelerate the spread of the fuel to half of the nation's gas stations by 2015 by offering a 50 percent tax credit for station owners who install ethanol pumps.

`We've got to take action on this pump issue or we're just spinning our wheels,' she said."