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• Holiday time for me

  I'm off on annual leave on 1 August returning to the office on 18 August. I'll be travelling irritatingly slowly up the UK motorway system in an attempt not to have to refill the car any more than I can manage. At £1.18 litre ($8.93/us gal) even... Posted Aug 01 2008, 04:09 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: price, holiday, Admin, gas, petrol, motorway

• Hybrids do not make financial sense?

  Sales might be up for hybrids but according to this study only a handful of hybrid cars make solid financial sense. The vehicle pricing and information site NADAguides.com said consumers who are thinking of purchasing a hybrid car solely to save money... Posted Jul 10 2008, 03:37 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: price, General, studies and reports, gasoline, hybrid, mileage

• Corn price and investors

  Des Moines Register has a piece about the way that moves to reduce the ethanol mandate in the US could reduce the amount of investment in cellulosic ethanol . To which I say: Duh. well yes if its done wrong I guess it could The article by Philip Brasher... Posted Jun 13 2008, 11:28 AM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, price, Corn, biofuels, cellulosic, des, moines, register, mandate

• Europe launches green driving

  A Europe-wide campaign promoting green driving tips was recently launched by the European Commission in association with the European Petroleum Industry Association (EUROPIA) . Under the "Save more than fuel" campaign , over 45,000 petrol stations... Posted May 28 2008, 09:37 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: price, fuel, Europe, carbon dioxide, emission, Government, gas, driving, petroleum

• How much is ethanol costing the US

  How much does ethanol cost the US, that's the question on a post from Say Anything. just to remind us the author spells it out like this... The other think that’s remarkable in this article is just how much the ethanol subisdy is costing us. When... Posted Apr 30 2008, 03:38 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, price, Corn, Food

• A salutory lesson in fuel efficiency

  I've just been given a salutory lesson in fuel efficiency on my way back from a week's holiday. I took the holiday after filming for a week in the US for my employer ICIS around the NPRA's recent convention in San Antonio, Texas . You can... Posted Apr 14 2008, 10:00 AM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: Economics, price, rain, gas, North, petrol, Snowdon, Wales, road, Llandwyn, traffic, drive, snow, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, driving

• Coal it off!

  International green groups has given the World Bank's recent announcement of a $4.2bn clean energy investment in India a very coal-d reception. IFC , a member of the World Bank Group, will finance in the building of a total 4,000 megawatt coal-fired... Posted Apr 10 2008, 01:34 PM by Green Chemicals Filed under: price, Environment, India, Company initiatives, Investments, coal, IFC, Sierra Club

• Sustainability: Cost versus price

  I found this insightful article from the site SustainableIsGood talking about why consumers should not pay extra price for buying green products. "Consumer, beware! Don’t pay a premium for any product simply because it or its packaging is sustainable... Posted Mar 07 2008, 07:37 AM by Green Chemicals Filed under: price, General, sustainability, packaging, Salazar

• The end of the free for all...

  Kevin Downing on the MaRS blog thinks that it is going to get harder to fund new ethanol plants . I think that he's right, not only because the regulatory framework that biofuels plants will operate in is likely to change over the coming months and... Posted Feb 05 2008, 12:04 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: ethanol, Policy, price, Corn, FAO, funding, Canada

• Is the rising price of corn forcing up the price of food?

  Is the rising price of corn forcing up the price of food? Despite the measured tones (and graph) in my previous post (Is the price of corn too low?) ,the price of bagels in New York seems to be more closely tied to the price of a bushel of wheat than... Posted Jan 30 2008, 04:10 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: America, USA, US, Economics, New, price, bagels, substitution, futures, wheat, York

• Is the price of corn too low?

  Is the price of corn too low? Is the rising price of corn feeding through to inflation in the price of food. The answer may not be as clear cut as first appears, sure the price of corn has increased greatly, from a lowish base over the past couple of... Posted Jan 30 2008, 03:18 PM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: USA, US, ethanol, Economics, price, Association, Corn, study, Growers, Colorado

• UN FAO has more doubts about biofuels

  Over on Greenbang , there's an interesting comment on the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's latest thoughts on biofuels and the spike they are causing in agricultural commodity prices. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hIipI7rsh-IaoutsJKgAmzG5Mh0gD8UBKQ6O1... Posted Jan 25 2008, 10:39 AM by The Big Biofuels Blog Filed under: Agriculture, price, Corn, human, FAO, rights, UN