No fossil fuel, no biomass, low carbon, no kidding. Can you make an affordable low-carbon fuel, at scale, using available greenhouse gases instead of biomass grown on the farm? As the political slogan put it, “Yes, you can.” And this time, it could really, really be “change you can believe in”. Here’s the Essential Background […]
A blogger levels an explosive set of charges at LanzaTech: “Khosla’s latest gangrene venture”, “thermodynamic junk”, “gangrene fake company”. Alleges that US Secretaries of Energy Moniz, Chu and Bodman were “bought out by special interests”. Why? What’s going on? We lay out the complete story, and look at the data, as LanzaTech responds. In a note regarding LanzaTech circulated […]
You’ve heard about it, no doubt, the red light district. Filled with today’s temptations and allure, tomorrow’s regrets and OMGs. Biofuels has its own district, too – but Roxanne, you don’t have to put out the red light. In biofuels, feedstocks come in many shapes, phases, and sizes — but only three colors – red, […]
