louis Hemmings

O Canada (Part II): There's Gold in Them Thar Hills - and Plains

and also, ehrn it comes to musicians from Canada why not have Bruce Cockburn in your illustrious list. he has released 29 albums over the years. amongst other musings he has "Wondered Where the Lions Are."

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cockburnproject.net/

The Looming Threat of Peak Water, Part II

maybe a step in the right direction would be for Americans to get over their obsession of taking daily showers. it is just patently ridiculous. the Romans took one bath a year. how about twice weekly showers. some compromise is required from millions of Americans unnecessarily wasting millions of gallons of water....

Exxon's Biofuel Bet

in many articles on biofuels why is there no mention of jatropha? has the article author not heard about it?

Sustainable Bio-Fuel Aviation Performs Well

good to see jatropha getting positive views from Boeing & the US military. have a look at UK DOO.L share price range. it's current historic low is UK 05.25 pence. call me an optimist but i am long DOO.L.

$200 Oil Is Coming While We Waste a Perfectly Good Crisis (Part 3)

every country would kick oil shortage problems down the road. it's human nature to put off the evil day.

why no mention of bio-diesel?
BP have partnered with an interesting UK small cap company D1 Oils. together they are doing a lot of R & D on jatropha.

jatropha is currently being used as fuel in some Indian states on government fleet etc.

www.d1plc.com/aboutFue...

disclosure: long DOO

Micro-Banking Has a Go in the U.S.

similar as P2P microloans is KIVA.
Kiva Microfunds is an organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries which in turn lend the money to small businesses.

Kiva was founded in October 2005 by Matt and Jessica Flannery. The couple's initial interest in microfinance was inspired by a 2003 lecture given by Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus at Stanford Business School.

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Biofuels: The Next Generation

why no mention of jatropha in these next generation bio fuels listings? has nobody in the USA ever heard of it? you almost mentioned jatropha when you mentioned BP's investigated biofuel, as they have partnered with the recently hammered D1 Oils....

Biofuel Innovators with Alternatives to Oil

and why also no mention of another BP joint venture - with D1 Oils using a non food plant: Jatropha curcas. it is a tree that produces seeds with a high oil content. The extracted crude jatropha oil (CJO) can be refined into high quality biodiesel.

www.d1plc.com/aboutHis...

New Flyer Inds: A Clean Way to Play Extreme Peak Oil Scenarios

interesting that you didn't mention D1 Oils.

D1 identified Jatropha curcas, a tree that produces seeds with a high oil content. The extracted crude jatropha oil (CJO) can be refined into high quality biodiesel. Jatropha grows in climatic conditions commonly found in a band around the globe 30 degrees north and south of the Equator. This places most of the viable jatropha-growing regions in the developing world. jatropha produces a high content of inedible oil, has an ability to tolerate a wide range of climatic conditions and has productive lifespan of over 30 years.