President Bush to push ethanol
In his State of the Union address tonight, President Bush is expected to call for a doubling of ethanol use in gasoline.
This is a much delayed but very important step by the Administration to recognize that global warming has become a serious problem.
It comes… Continue Reading
Ethanol use causing corn shortages, spiking price of tortillas
Tortilla prices are going up, causing hardship for the poor in Mexico, apparently because of all the use of ethanol in the U.S.
The U.S. is making lots of ethanol out of corn, to use as an alternative to gasoline — creating a shortage of corn… Continue Reading
iPhone — will kill video start-ups, but would take time
The buzz about the iPhone loudens.
An iPod that is wirelessly enabled — or possibly even WiFi-enabled, would allow people to download all sorts of video and music on the fly, and put the kibosh on lots of start-ups trying to do the same thing…. Continue Reading