I bought a pack of gum a few months ago. I paid with a credit card. I signed my paper receipt, was handed my duplicate paper copy of the transaction, expressed my gratitude for the exchange and walked outside. I unwrapped the plastic packaging surrounding the paper box containing the aforementioned gum. I opened the …
Biofuels Digest reports that a group of Chinese investors are showing interest in palm oil-based biodiesel production in North Sumatra. The investment group has sent an exploration team and is investigating the financing of construction projects that would commence in 2009. Berita Sore points out that crude palm oil and other animal/phyto oil exports in the January-October 2008 period were …
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If President Elect Barack Obama stays true to his campaign promises, federal cap and trade legislation may soon become a reality. In light of this, companies are competing to become the EPA ‘feeder’ greenhouse gas registries of choice. One company of note is the non-profit, American Carbon Registry. With 25 million registered offsets and stamps of …
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Under Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the U.S. Treasury, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs received $25 billion each and Bank of America received $10 billion in federal bailout funds. It has been argued that much of the the global economic meltdown was brought on by the country’s largest financial institutions. In response to the recent …
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If you are from Colorado and have made the drive along I-25 over the last five years from Denver to Fort Collins or Denver to Colorado Springs, you have undoubtedly noticed it. The irony of vast corn fields and pastures surrounded by construction sites and tract housing. Productive pastures once grazed by livestock replaced by …
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Congrats to our friends at Ecopreneurist, recently named by Green Eco Services as one of the “Top 20 Green Business Blogs” Photo Credit: By Photo Credit: aknacer via Flickr’s Media Commons
The BBC reports that fresh fighting has occurred between rebels and government troops in DR Congo as African leaders, and the UN’s Ban Ki-Moon began crisis talks. Click here to read the full article and learn more about the conflict. Photo Credit: By Photo Credit: Julien Harneis via Flickr’s Media Commons
In case you missed it or want to read it again, here is the full text of the speech as prepared for delivery Tuesday night in Chicago by President-elect Barack Obama: “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream …
Inspiring a Nation- The Full Text of Obama’s Victory Speech Read More »
When you visit the Khosla Ventures website, you are greeted with a quote that articulates the spirit of the movement that we are trying to capture at the Inspired Economist. It reads, “Innovative bottom up methods will solve problems that now seem intractable- from energy to poverty to disease. Science and technology, powered by the …
Green Muck Has Biofuel Investors Chomping at the Bit Read More »
The economy is in crisis, unemployment is on the rise, and there is a general feeling of fear in the market. Where some see despair, Warren Buffett sees opportunity. In a recent Op-Piece in the New York Times, Mr. Buffett explains his reasons for investing in US Equities and urges others to do the same. He …
Advantage Capital Partners, a venture capital and small business finance firm, has made an investment in SOMS Technologies LLC, the manufacturer of the microGreen vehicle engine oil filter. The microGreen filter utilizes a patented filter technology designed to keep engine oil cleaner, extending the oil life up to 30,000 miles. Advantage’s investment will be used to support …
In response to my previous post, Growing Food to Feed Cars Will Continue to Drive Up the Price of Food, one reader responded, “I wish they could figure out a way to make fuel out of Candy Corn. I hate Candy Corn.” Well said reader, that is one hell of an idea. Fueled by my own …
I Wish They Could Figure Out a Way to Make Biofuels From Candy Corn. I Hate Candy Corn. Read More »
As the demand for biofuels increases, so too will food prices around the world. The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s recent report notes that “the historic linkages between agriculture and the energy sector are becoming stronger and are changing in character. Biofuel demand will continue to exercise upward pressure on agricultural prices for considerable time to …
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In a time when the domestic economic news is nothing but dismal, it is nice to have a bit of good news. This news come from Mariah Power, a company that recently announced its first high volume manufacturing site in partnership with MasTech of Manistee, Michigan. The plant is expected to begin production within the next 15 …
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