Of interest - Real accountability |
| Sentence passed on Absolute Fuels fraudster 4 April 2013 Full details of the sentence received by Jeffrey Gunselman, the man behind over $40 million (€31.2 million) worth of RIN fraud, have been revealed. The West Texas native has been sentenced to at least 15 years in prison and ordered to pay out $55 million in restitution by a federal judge. In a story followed by Biofuels International, Gunselman started a bogus biodiesel company named Absolute Fuels in 2010 and told RIN purchasers to wire monies to his bank account – however he did not have a production facility and he falsely created federal renewable fuels credits until his racket was discovered last year. Gunselman pleaded guilty last December to 51 counts of wire fraud, 24 counts of money laundering and violation of the federal Clean Air Act. It has been reported that Gunselman, with his ill gotten gains, purchased a $2.65 million house, several top level cars, a $1.6 million jet and a military tank. |
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Truth or consequences - Bio gas fraud update
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Disruptive technology -Good for the users bad for the providers?
http://www.eei.org/ourissues/finance/Documents/disruptivechallenges.pdf
This is an excellent food for thought article on the future of energy distribution .
It is also a warning that those in the comfortable pew -who are complacent and arrogant in their past power dominance and authority will face disruption from their past "cushy cosy "triangle" monopolistic " practices . The customer becomes stronger with real choices and will abandon those that profiteer and fee them into other lower cost alternatives .
I found this to be true . Just look at your bill over 50% of the charges have nothing to do with the raw energy cost. The law of supply and demand will force people out of the sweet utility spot .
This is an excellent food for thought article on the future of energy distribution .
It is also a warning that those in the comfortable pew -who are complacent and arrogant in their past power dominance and authority will face disruption from their past "cushy cosy "triangle" monopolistic " practices . The customer becomes stronger with real choices and will abandon those that profiteer and fee them into other lower cost alternatives .
I found this to be true . Just look at your bill over 50% of the charges have nothing to do with the raw energy cost. The law of supply and demand will force people out of the sweet utility spot .
Ideas worth working on
Microorganisms are multitalented. The same kinds of bacteria used in wastewater treatment plants can also generate small amounts of electricity. But these two abilities have rarely been combined so cleverly.
Energy future
In the United States, renewable energy sources could supply 80 percent of electricity demand in 2050 just by using technologies commercially available today. That is the word from a new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures). The report offers a detailed focus on the extent to which U.S. electricity needs can be supplied by renewable energy sources, including biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind.
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
BioEnergy News - Industry News
BioEnergy News - Industry News
Another interesting use of organic waste that really saves the environment.
Indiana farm moo-ving with clean transport energy
Another interesting use of organic waste that really saves the environment.
Indiana farm moo-ving with clean transport energy
8 April 2013
A farm in Indiana, US has begun fuelling its fleet of 42 tractor-trailers by re-using the cattle dung it collects on-site.
Fair Oaks Farms (FOF) has around 30,000 cows as part of its operation and it has a $12 million (€9.2 million) digester on its property that converts their manure, and that of pigs, into natural gas. The business used to simply convert into CHP for its barns and other structures but now some of it is used to keep the fleet on the roads.
‘As long as we keep milking cows, we never run out of gas," FOF CEO Gary Corbett was quoted as saying. ‘The switch to cow power saves us from using 2 million gallons of diesel fuel a year and the US Department of Energy believes this to be the largest fleet powered by agricultural waste currently in operation in this country.’
The overall bioenergy project began in June 2011when FOF contracted Clean Energy to build two fuelling stations. The project received financial backing from grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Indiana Office of Energy Development.
A study on the project by the Innovation Centre for US also says the FOF system captures 98% of methane emissions produced.
Humour to put it into perspective
Friday, April 05, 2013
Is 3D printing the wave of the future ?
Nature News and Comment shared a link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faHA00Ue9_g&feature=youtu.be
Using a 3D printer in an oily solution, researchers assembled tiny water droplets into a jelly-like material that can flex like a muscle and transmit electric signals like chains of neurons.
Using a 3D printer in an oily solution, researchers assembled tiny water droplets into a jelly-like material that can flex like a muscle and transmit electric signals like chains of neurons.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Invention of the day: A bladeless wind turbine | Grist
Invention of the day: A bladeless wind turbine | Grist
Brain Jog worth reading about plus the comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tqksCHWROBU
Brain Jog worth reading about plus the comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tqksCHWROBU
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