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  • "Reports of my death......

    are greatly exaggerated" wrote Mark Twain who twice had the misfortune (or perhaps good fortune, given that he was still breathing!) to read his obituary in newspapers. A full list of all those whose deaths were reported prematurely is included here in this A-Z of journalistic blunders from Wikipedia...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2008

  • Can I have those coconuts, please?

    This article, by David Strahan, author of The Last Oil Shock, says that it would take three million coconuts to power one flight from London to Amsterdam on 100% biofuels. Some of the comments posted at the end of this excellent article, first published in the New Scientists, agree with Strahan that...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2008

  • Is this an accurate snapshot of the problems facing the biodiesel industry in North America?

    Interesting post on Xeconomy blog looking at the situation at Imperium Renewables . While I'm not able to comment on the comapny's situation, some of the issues facing the business of biodiesel in the US look pretty stark in the article. The most worrying is the quote from Michael Butler, chairman...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008

  • The river doesn't just run black

    China and the environment might not be only about rivers changing colour several times a day and factories belching out air pollution that kills hundreds of thousands of people prematurely every year. Elizabeth Economy outlined the extent of China's environmental problems in her book, The River Runs...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-17-2008

  • Why the Doha failure is bad

    The failure, and quite possibly the death, of the Doha round of trade negotiations earlier this week could create a very confusing and erratic regulatory landscape for the chemicals industry. This excellent entry in the New Scientist environment blog by Fred Pearce, senior environment correspondent,...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-02-2008

  • Ethanol plants recieve big subsidy cheques

    A couple of plants in North Dakota have been heavily subsidised by the state in the past 18 months, according to the Grand Forks Herald and posted by Ron Steenblik onto Del.icio.us . For me the interesting thing is that the plants have only been in existence for around 18 months...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-31-2008

  • The US gets my goat

    The expression "tthis really gets my goat" is in common usage in Northern England, where I hail from. Indeed, despite spending 11 years in Singapore, few people other than my wife (who is Scottish and has an even worse accent and some even stranger expressions) can understand a word I say....
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-30-2008

  • The high cost of corn in the US is choking off demand from ethanol producers

    The high cost of corn in the US is choking off demand from ethanol producers, according to a report in the Des Moines Registe r. The report goes on to add that around 1.6bn bushels of corn will be left from last year's harvest compared to earlier forecasts of 1.4bn bushels.
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-15-2008

  • John's view of supply and demand in ethanol and corn

    It is worth checking out John's view of supply and demand in ethanol and corn .
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-09-2008

  • A journeyman's view of corn and ethanol

    Journeyman TV has a video on YouTube talking about the role of corn ethanol in areas like food prices and US automotive sector. Its worth looking at. I can't embed it, which is a pity.
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-18-2008
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