This is the first in a three-part blog designed to explore opportunities for cooperatives to thrive in the newly emerging sustainable energy sector. In Part 1, I discuss the basic principles of cooperative formation and outline an initial niche-based value-opportunity for cooperative activities in the sustainable energy sector.
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Should we blame oil speculators for high prices of gas?
A recent article in USA Today quoted US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman as saying that oil production not meeting the growth in recent demand levels was the primary culprit in the current high price of oil. Mr. Bodman stated, “There is no evidence that […] speculators are driving future oil prices.” According to the Energy Secretary the economics […]
New order waste managment solutions are critical for the future.
The new technologies that hold promise for the future need to find homes in the strategic policies of federal and state governments.
Thoughts on the recent plague of grease and diesel thefts.
For members of the small-scale biodiesel production community, the theft of grease is a tantamount to the theft of a precious commodity.
The first post is the hardest!
It started with a vision of creating an organization that would serve the community as a local distribution hub for biofuels, with our initial efforts focused on the production of biodiesel.