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Bulls in the corn field, beware! Ethanol from corn? Mooooo.

Bulls in the corn field, beware! Ethanol from corn? Mooooo.Good NewsAll of this is good news.The US Government bet correctly on the value of ethanol and helped jump-start the market in the US just in time. Now the market is piggy-backing on that infrastructure and moving on to...

Tags: Mooooo, corn field, Ethanol

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

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"Meat has a carbon footprint?" This blogger must be ignorant!

One talkback on my locavore blog says; "Meat has a carbon footprint? I guess all the carbon in that cow comes from pixie dust, eh? Or maybe we drill oil out of the ground and grow cows out of it." Wow! Carbon footprint is a tough concept, I see....

Tags: Cow, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Footprint, Blogger, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-22

Will greentech investors discover food?

The first known death in the U.S. from the current round of infulenza has been reported. This swine flu bruhaha adds ammunition to arguments of those who favor more humane farming methods. The poor pigs may be getting a bad rap on "swine flu." There's no evidence...

Tags: Food, Investor, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-29

How much legal trouble is Cisco in against the FSF?

How much legal trouble is Cisco in against the FSF?damm that open source creeping!I guess this means that cisco doesnt employ strict version control and monitor what goes into their products?I guess that would mean they make good products but dont actually know whats in them and therefore could be...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., open source, open source license, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?

Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?not an issueso by adding the word tech into the discussion u think it is valid,enough is enoughwe dont want to hear read see political opinions on the tech blogthank youRE: Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?Thank you for...

Tags: Obama

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?

The race is on. We humans are trashing large patches of the ocean, says an American researcher. Our cast-off, washed-away chemicals are creating oceanic dead zones. Latest dead zone discoveries have been in the more oceanic, less populated Southern Hemisphere. America's own prize dead...

Tags: Ocean, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-16

Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?

Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?Microsoft tried to buy AOL...... and Steve Case turned down Bill Gates. He wanted to buy Time Warner and own a movie studio instead. (Anachronism alert.)But in this case Microsoft buying AOL makes more sense. Time Warner can throw...

Tags: America Online Inc., MicroAOL, Microsoft Corp., Microhoo

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Bulls in the corn field, beware! Ethanol from corn? Mooooo.

Those are market bulls of the two-legged sort similar to the ones currently jacking up crude oil futures. The next great investment bubble may focus on the fields of Iowa. Today's Department of Agriculture numbers on the American corn crop (the world's largest) are not encouraging for corn...

Tags: Biofuel, Corn, Corn Production, Current Estimate, Khosla, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-10

Biofuels, the debate continues

Nature.com has an interesting take on American governmental mandate for more biofuels. You'll have to pay to read the whole piece, but all the talkbacks are free and some quite thoughtful. They come from enemies, friends and interested observers of the whole biofuel issue. Corn lovers to...

Tags: Food, Natural Gas, Nature.com, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-13

One company's fascination with hydrocarbons

My high-school chemistry team never prepared me for this sort of stuff. The folks at Global Resource probably despaired of me ever posting this item. But, frankly, it has taken me this long to stop my head from spinning so I could pull together some coherent thoughts about what they’re...

Tags: Microwave, Technology, Corn, Team Management, Network Technology, Management, Networking, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-11-30

Ethanol from corn: does it need a subsidy?

Ethanol from corn: does it need a subsidy?Mod -1: Off topicThis is sound byte journalism. Are you just hoping for ill-informed rants that you can confuse with actual interest in a subject? This has almost nothing to do with energy consumption as it related to IT. How...

Tags: Utility computing, Blade servers, subsidy, energy consumption, attack

Discussion threads 2007-10-29

GMOs down to the chromosome level

If don't like the concept of 'Frankenfoods,' I have bad news for you. U.S. researchers have developed an artificial chromosome for corn plants. The Chicago Tribune reports that researchers can now make chromosomes to order. These artificial chromosomes are accepted as natural by the plants and passed through generations. As...

Tags: Gene, University Of Chicago, Chromosome, Cell, Preuss, C/C++, Biotechnology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-20

Libertarianism and its discontents

Libertarianism and its discontentsCare to explain our Somalia like government in the beginning?Our greatest expansion of economic growth was under a weaker central government during the 19th century. We did not need subsidies back then to implement the infrastructure like we seem to need now. Ron Paul raises some good...

Tags: Vertical industries, Socialism, Libertarianism, government, discontent

Discussion threads 2007-10-18

Start-up to produce cheaper ethanol with microbe

Start-up to produce cheaper ethanol with microbeNo where near ready for commercial useIn fact not a bit closer than it was two years ago. Move along folks, nothing here worth your time.Could be a a disaster of Biblical proportions...If this microbe can be self-sustaining in our environment, it could...

Tags: Q Microbe, Ethanol

Discussion threads 2007-08-14

When crops talk to farmers

A technology developed for NASA to conserve water for plant growth during long-term space flights has been adapted by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder UCB to serve another purpose. Now, crops can tell farmers they need water. The farmers just need to clip a tiny sensor to...

Tags: Computers &, Internet, Energy &, Environment, Engineering &, Innovation, Science &, Nature, Wireless &, Telecom

Blog posts 2007-06-17

Where are the women in tech? At least 1200 will be in San Diego

In about two weeks, more than 1200 women plus a handful of men will meet in San Diego for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. It is organized by the Anita Borg Institute, the leading advocate for women in technology leadership roles, and the Association of Computing Machinery....

Tags: women

Blog posts 2006-09-22

Computing pioneer Felsenstein eyes PCs for the poor

Computing pioneer Felsenstein eyes PCs for the poorGoodies for the Cargo CultThis is the most cruel, immoral, and obscene developemnt since, well, since Negroponte developed the hand-cranked laptop for the poor li'l kiddies in Africa. I suppose the spreadsheet is to track the profit and loss in your chicken sales....

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, PC, Pemstar, Felsenstein, benefit

Discussion threads 2006-06-26

Wary of ethanol buzz

Wary of ethanol buzzDirect solar.. US lower 48 average 4.6kWh/m^2/day..Is plenty enough to run an industrialized society. (If you don't waste it needlessly.) Note: You would quickly freeze solid if not for the SUN and it's solar radiation. Ethanol is very inefficient use of solar energy. Biomass is roughly...

Tags: Government, Ethanol, Biomass

Discussion threads 2006-06-15

Symantec challenge to OneCare faces delay

Symantec challenge to OneCare faces delayLike so many say about Vista, it's vaporwareuntil it sees the light of day. Put the Symantec product with Duke Nukem 3D, . . until they can purchase another company to prop up the product portfolio.funny name...360...linux360? tiger360?Symantec sounded so upset by MS,...

Tags: SECURITY, Symantec Corp., OneCare

Discussion threads 2006-05-31