The Renewable Energy Blog

When will the madness end? Gasoline could be around $4.50 per gallon for the national average and certainly will be later this summer when refineries turn their attention to producing #2 home heating oil for the winter.
Oil executives were in front of Congress this week to answer questions about why oil has unprecedentedly skyrocketed. The [...]

I guess this comes as no surprise. Why should they? They’re reaping incredible financial rewards and this only stands to go ever higher. Well, hey it is capitalism at its best - or worst - depending on how you look at it. We pay what the market will bear, right?
"Saudi Arabian leaders made clear Friday [...]

The proposed gas tax holiday by both Senators McCain and Clinton is preposterous. This falls under the same stupidity that Speaker Pelosi showed by asking to reduce the oil being sent to the strategic oil reserves. All this to save a few cents per gallon when the market is blowing that amount a way on [...]

Biofuels aren’t new. We’ve been using them for years. Oil, coal, whale blubber, yep, blubber. Anything that started out as a living thing which we then turn to fuel is a biofuel. The term has become "sexy" in the energy business because it gets people to open their eyes and listen.
The question is what alternate [...]