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Biomass Fuel Goes Public
- April 16, 2011
- Posted by: Ted Bullen
- Category: Alternative Energy, Energy, Fuel, News, Oil & Gas
No CommentsThe line-up of biomass-to-oil technologies continues to grow in importance as the renewable fuel firm, KiOR, back by billionaire Vinod Khosla, has filed to go public. KiOR plans to raise as much as US$100 million in the IPO in an effort to fund the construction of a commercial-scale production facility in Mississippi. KiOR’s process utilizes
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Five Dollars Per Gallon Of Gasoline Predicted But Could Be Avoided
- December 27, 2010
- Posted by: Ted Bullen
- Category: Alternative Energy, Automotive, Energy, News, Oil & Gas, Transportation
Today, the former president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister, says Americans could be paying $5 for a gallon of gasoline by 2012. He added the caveat: “I’m predicting actually the worst outcome over the next two years which takes us to 2012 with higher gasoline prices.” This prediction has, understandably garnered a lot of press.