One writer observes:
China added more coal-burning power plants in 2007 than Britain has built in its history, said Gerard McCloskey, a coal market specialist with Cambridge Energy Research Associates in London.

America’s no slouch, though. Already, the US gets almost half its power from coal, with a rise expected in the next few decades. We’re […]

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Due to record demand for corn for livestock feed and ethanol production, prices have jumped 30% in the first few months of 2008.
As I’ve written here before, corn-based ethanol looks like a dead-end with grave ecological consequences. Biofuel in general is likely a bad idea, if for no other reason than replacing food crops with […]

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