All entries by this author
Mar 5th, 2009 |
By Mark Langner |
Category: Diaries, Energy Policy, Front Page, Green Policy, Most Recent Stories, renewable energy, solar power
Pop quiz. Looking forward 10 years, if you had to choose between two groups - Group 1: Investment bankers and GWB or Group 2: The NRDC and WWF - to guess which group’s actions will have had bigger positive impact on the course of environmental policy, cleantech and green living over that time - which group would you choose? If you chose Group 2 - then you obviously don’t know a trick question when you see one.
Tags: alternative energy, cleantech, environmental regulation, green economy, renewable energy, solar energy, wall street
Posted in Diaries, Energy Policy, Front Page, Green Policy, Most Recent Stories, renewable energy, solar power |
No Comments »
Feb 23rd, 2009 |
By Mark Langner |
Category: Battery Technology, Diaries, Front Page, Green Transportation, Hybrid Cars
Battery Companies are poised to reap billions from the federal stimulus package. Serious questions remain, however, as to the viability of this plan… Is the money better spend on other technologies such as biofuels and hydrogen?
Tags: alternative fuel, alternative fuels, battery industry, battery manufacturing, biofuel, electric car, fuel technologies, green economy, green venture capital, greentech, investing, renewable energy
Posted in Battery Technology, Diaries, Front Page, Green Transportation, Hybrid Cars |
No Comments »
Nov 14th, 2008 |
By Mark Langner |
Category: Front Page, green economy
Its not an enviable job to sort out the variables that go into oil price projections - but given the magnitude of the revisions we are seeing in these projections I have to wonder how effective the projection models are in dealing with the volatility that the market is showing - what good model that results in a projection that changes by 30 to 100% on a yearly basis? I have no idea as to how much this impacts the volatility of oil prices - but it can’t help.
The pricing volatility for oil is not only hurting price projection efforts - but its having an impact on production planning. Will it impact green investment in alternatives as well?
Tags: alternative energy, big oil, energy companies, Green Venture, greentech, oil companies, price of oil
Posted in Front Page, green economy |
No Comments »
Nov 10th, 2008 |
By Mark Langner |
Category: Battery Technology, BioFuels, Energy Policy, Front Page
BP and Berkeley (and the DOE) have teamed up to pour $500MM into research for biofuels. There was a fluff piece on NPR today about that effort. While on the surface it might be considered admirable that a big oil company would invest in our research of alternative fuel technologies - when you peel back the onion and really look at the deal - its a big giveaway to big oil wrapped in a public relations friendly package.
Tags: alternative energy, alternative fuel, big oil, biodiesel, biofuel, electric car, fuel technologies, oil companies, renewable energy, tax subsidies, taxpayer dollars
Posted in Battery Technology, BioFuels, Energy Policy, Front Page |
No Comments »
Nov 7th, 2008 |
By Mark Langner |
Category: BioFuels, Front Page, Green Transportation, ethanol
I find it pretty comical that in one year the IEA model has projected a 100% increase in its long term price fo oil - mostly attributed to lower economic demand over the same period as was projected in last year’s World Energy Outlook. As someone that used to be required to project things for a living it really makes me wonder about the IEA projection model - is the model that sensitive to changes in economic inputs? Or has the world economic outlook for the U.S., Europe, which are still the largest oil users - and will be for the forseeable future - that much dire than 12 months ago given a 22 year tail?
Tags: alternative fuels, biodiesel, biofuel, international energy agency, oil exploration, oil prices, peak oil, price of oil, renewable energy, transport costs, world energy outlook
Posted in BioFuels, Front Page, Green Transportation, ethanol |
No Comments »
by Mark Langner
No Comments
by Mark Langner
No Comments
by Mark Langner
No Comments
by Mark Langner
No Comments
by Mark Langner
No Comments
by Mark Langner
8 Comments
by Mark Langner
2 Comments
by Mark Langner
No Comments
by Mark Langner
No Comments
by Mark Langner
No Comments
by Mark Langner
3 Comments
by Mark Langner
No Comments
by Mark Langner
No Comments
by Mark Langner
1 Comment
by Mark Langner
No Comments