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Biofuels Moving Through Legislature
According to Friday’s Daily Journal of Commerce, two bills with tax credits and incentives have cleared the House and are headed for the Senate. There’s a follow-up this morning.
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WSJ on Electric Vehicles
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had two nice pieces on electric vehicles: Thrifty Electric Car Turns On One Town Electric Cars Gather Speed I’m looking forward to NEVs becoming a regular site on our streets. Perhaps Flexcar can add a few to the fleet.
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Debate on Cleaner Coal Continues
From yesterday’s New York Times (“Cleaner Coal is Attracting Some Doubts“). My favorite phrase from the article is “capture ready” to describe a power plant design. Sort of like an HDTV-ready TV set. I think I’d like to hold out for power plants that actually capture the carbon…
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Electric Bikes on Oregon Roads
A fun article in Tuesday’s Trib on electric-assist bikes. An interesting assertion in the article is that when in powered mode, such bikes can’t be in the bike lane. Is this true? Is it good policy?
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Biofuels Expert Visits Portland
Libby Tucker interviews Josh Tickell, author of “From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank,” in the Daily Journal of Commerce. Just a taste: Tucker on the food vs. fuel debate about use of farmland: What are we going to do when it’s food versus fuel? The United States has 60 million acres of fallow cropland…