Published

2 years ago

August 4, 2024

Alice Rush

Should you be investing in the tech that converts excess CO2 in the air into sustainable transportation fuels?

Well, that suggests that there is such a technology and that this company owns it.

Neither is the case. If there is a path forward here, and there is, it doesn’t involve “excess CO2 in the air.” It involves capturing CO2 from point sources like coal-fired power plants and concrete manufacturing facilities, combining it with hydrogen from the electrolysis of water, using huge amounts of off-peak energy from nuclear or wind plants.

The optimum process for synthesizing hydrocarbon fuels in this manner can be found here.

Investing in Synthetic Fuels

Renewable Energy

Blame Anyone but Trump

Published

20 hours ago

October 19, 2026

Alice Rush

There are people who believe that our national problems stem from Hillary Clinton (never president) and Barack Obama (twice president and ranked #7 by historians).

These people are called idiots.

Blame Anyone but Trump

Renewable Energy

Trump Targets Revolution Wind, Nordex Q3 EBITDA Doubles

Published

1 day ago

October 19, 2026

Alice Rush

Weather Guard Lightning Tech

Trump Targets Revolution Wind, Nordex Q3 EBITDA Doubles

Allen covers the Trump administration’s bid to reopen Revolution Wind’s permit, a bipartisan Senate permitting deal, Nordex’s doubled third-quarter profit, and GE Vernova’s new wind chief.

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