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Alternative fuel interest highest ever

Bookmark & Share To: From: Note: Email Favorites Digg Del.icio.us MySpace Google Facebook Live Yahoo Buzz More ... Yesterday, I attended a press conference hosted by BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization) on the launch of a biofuel study conducted...

Published 11 Feb 2009 15:44 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: biofuel, Company initiatives, Investments, General, studies and reports, GM, BIO, alternative fuels, Sandia
Wal-Mart is using biofuel and reclaimed cooking oil in truck fleet

Wal-Mart is using biofuel and reclaimed cooking oil in truck fleet, that's according to Tree Hugger. Now if a firm the size of Wal-Mart starts getting really serious about used cooking oil then the price is going to hit the roof. Read More...

Published 5 Feb 2009 14:57 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: biofuel, biofuels, fuel, Oil, Wal-Mart, cooking
Amsterdam ICIS training seminars - February 2009

The ICIS training seminars are in Amsterdam this week, and since everyone in the petchem industry is expecting this year to be a tough one for attendance on external courses and at conferences, it is very gratifying that both the Beginners' and Advanced...

Published 11 Feb 2009 17:22 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: Petrochemicals, ICIS, training, ICIS Training, Amsterdam, training seminars, Rembrandtplein
Most read on ICIS Chemicals Confidential

The most read January postings on ICIS Chemicals Confidential according to Hitbox . 1 Barack Obama's Lego Inauguration 2 Hummer UK sales drop to one 3 NPRA 2009 attendance expected down 4 Europe's gas_pipelines 5 Death of CDs spells doom for polycarbonate...

Published 23 Feb 2009 13:29 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: trivia, EPCA, NPRA, Lego, Hummer, Fuchem, Most Read, Hitbox
No more Free Stuff

I am reading with alarm that the days of Free Stuff are over, in this piece by our own correspondent, Doris de Guzman in New York. Surely not! Only last week I picked up this delightful tiny 4 GB USB memory stick (only 2.5cm long) from sponsors Gazprom...

Published 25 Feb 2009 17:00 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: trivia, conferences, baseoils, parties, Gazprom, ICIS Chemical Business, golf, yachts, freebies, Doris de Guzman
China plans "extraordinary measures"

China faces a difficult outlook , after the collapse of its main export markets in the West. Interviewed by the Financial Times today, China's premier, Wen Jiabao, sets out a pragmatic list of "forceful" actions that are now underway. Most...

Published 2 Feb 2009 9:32 by Chemicals & The Economy

Filed under: China, polyester, Economic growth, Currencies, Leverage, Petrochemicals, polymers, chemical industry, Wen Jiabao, JM Keynes
Oil and chemical execs in plane-crash team-building

Oil and chemical company executives are amongst those who are taking part in team-building exercises run by British Airways where they experience a simulated plane crash in a hangar at Heathrow. In a smoke-filled Boeing 737 they fight their way to freedom...

Published 1 Feb 2009 18:18 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: business travel, Heathrow, team-building, corporate life, British Airways, training, airports
More on Jatropha

I've just stumbled on this website about Jatropha. It talks about the way that using Jatropha as hedging material, it is possible to increase cultivatable land. I am not sure if that works if water is scarce... Read More...

Published 4 Feb 2009 11:19 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Agriculture, Jatropha
Natural cosmetics healthy despite recession

A new report from consulting firm Kline & Company said that the US natural personal care market will still have healthy growth this year despite the economic downturn. The market last year was up 19% at over $2bn in sales at the manufacturers'...

Published 5 Feb 2009 11:29 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: study, studies and reports, cosmetic, natural, personal care, Kline & Company
Art galleries and chemical plants No.1 - Amsterdam

For great art within a short distance of chemical plants, it's hard to beat Amsterdam. Just a few kilometres from the chemical hubs of Rotterdam, Sittard and Antwerp, you can see: Read More...

Published 9 Feb 2009 7:16 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: chemicals, business travel, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Sittard, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Vermeer
Two Jatropha projects in India

Two Jatropha to biofuels projects have got under way in India in the past two days. According to the India's Business standard 100 million Jatropha saplings have been planted in Chhattisgarth. Meanwhile Sulekha.com has Bharat Petroleum to invest Rupee...

Published 12 Feb 2009 10:20 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Agriculture, Biodiesel, India, Jatropha, Bharat, Chhattisgarth
The corn-ethanol carbon balance argument again

There is an interesting video on Climate Central about the amount of carbon dioxide produced when ethanol is made from corn grown in the mid-West of the US. Hard to tell who is right in this debate (if any one is) the different premises are all important...

Published 12 Feb 2009 9:57 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Agriculture, Corn, Environment, video, carbon, Climate, Bioethanol, dioxide, mid-West, Central
Danger: Manflu

This made me laugh in the BA "Business Life" magazine (p26) on the flight back from Amsterdam last night. "Datawatch: Women's sympathy with husbands and boyfriends who complain of having a cold runs out after five minutes. A fifth say...

Published 12 Feb 2009 14:00 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: trivia, business travel, women, British Airways, Amsterdam, manflu, flu, colds, planes
Petrodollars welcome in Britain Closing-Down Sale

This Private Eye spoof advert for Bargain Britain expresses perfectly the sinking feeling in the stomach of the UK-based business traveller. BRITAIN - INCREDIBLE CLOSING-DOWN SALE NOW ON! FOREIGNERS: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FOLLOWING AMAZING BARGAINS! Read...

Published 11 Feb 2009 17:36 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: business travel, currency, Grangemouth, jokes, Fawley, refineries, forex, petro-euros, Private Eye, petrodollars
Diary of a flight to Amsterdam Schipol

My friend Robert tells me that last Tuesday when most Londoners stayed home in the snow, the first person to arrive in his central London office for a meeting was a guy who'd come in from Paris by Eurostar. Ha ha, we guffaw, it's easier to commute...

Published 8 Feb 2009 19:10 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: trivia, business travel, Heathrow, Rotterdam, ICIS Training, Schipol, Amsterdam, airports, casinos, spas

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Alternative fuel interest highest ever

Wal-Mart is using biofuel and reclaimed cooking oil in truck fleet

Amsterdam ICIS training seminars - February 2009

Most read on ICIS Chemicals Confidential

No more Free Stuff

China plans "extraordinary measures"

Oil and chemical execs in plane-crash team-building

More on Jatropha

Natural cosmetics healthy despite recession

Art galleries and chemical plants No.1 - Amsterdam

Two Jatropha projects in India

The corn-ethanol carbon balance argument again

Danger: Manflu

Petrodollars welcome in Britain Closing-Down Sale

Diary of a flight to Amsterdam Schipol