Minnesota’s 1st CD Congressman Tim Walz(D) has been working hard in Washington D.C. on energy issues and recently issued a press release about the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008, H.R. 5351. Ollie Ox over at Bluestem Prairie covers it in detail here. Minnesota Central looks at the tax and job creation [...]
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Blowin’ In The Wind
Posted in biofuels, DFL, ethanol, global warming, I-90, infrastructure, Labor, Luverne, Minnesota, music video, renewable energy, rock county, Tim Walz, tagged beaver creek, Bob Dylan, ethanol, H. R. 5351, Luverne, Minnesota, renewable energy, Tim Walz, wind turbines on March 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
Posted in ecosystem, flowers, global warming, Misc., Trees, tagged Arbor Day, carbon offsets, global warming, job interview, life, Trees, U2 on October 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This stupid job interview question reared it’s ugly head when the wife of a coworker of mine went to a job interview. Needless to say, it dominated our conversation during an otherwise boring day. What is an appropriate answer to this question? Are there type A and type B trees? Do you have to know the scientific name? If [...]
Drunk on Ethanol?
Posted in beer, biofuels, ecosystem, ethanol, global warming, Politics on August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Living in corn country you have your ear (no pun intended) to news about ethanol. It was the subject of my post, Beer or Biofuels, The Utimate Challenge. I recently ran across the following interesting commentary from It’s Getting Hot In Here: Before We Get Drunk on Ethanol, Let’s Make Sure We Get It Right Not all biofuels [...]







