Comments on: Weekend Renewable Energy Roundup http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/02/04/weekend-renewable-energy-roundup/ The voice of The Sietch community Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:56:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Sietch Blog » Big Oil http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/02/04/weekend-renewable-energy-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-33148 The Sietch Blog » Big Oil Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:09:45 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/02/04/weekend-renewable-energy-roundup/#comment-33148 [...] mentioned in the Weekly Roundup a few weeks ago Chevron is dipping another toe in the RE market. There are synergies here the oil [...] [...] mentioned in the Weekly Roundup a few weeks ago Chevron is dipping another toe in the RE market. There are synergies here the oil [...]

]]> By: Rt http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/02/04/weekend-renewable-energy-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-30221 Rt Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:49:55 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/02/04/weekend-renewable-energy-roundup/#comment-30221 A nice assemblage of good news. I like even a small wind farm because it establishes a presence and expertise in an area. It is easier to convince people to do something again than it is to do it the first time. I do fear the prime areas for the vvery large turbines are getting scarce. I am hoping smaller scale models could take advantage of lower wind speeds and still provide decent power for local needs. I don't know how well it works but I always thought <a href="http://www.loopwing.co.jp/en/loopwing.html" rel="nofollow">this unit</a> from the ever createive Japanese looked interesting. I am always entertained by marketing and it's effect on people. I agree that the Oregon logo looks nice but more importantly, what are they doing? Good things for the most part. They want to make and use biofuel locally, admirable. If they use soybeans as the feedstock perhaps they can grow it on fallow fields to affix nitrogen to the soil for the next crop (save a little money on fertilizer). I am a big fan of tightly integrated systems. Sadly, big business seems to have lost sight of them. This old (10-28-05) <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2005-10-27-oil-invest-usat_x.htm" rel="nofollow">article</a> also mentions Chevron's investment in RE, Shell gets a nod as well - makes Exxon look like dirt. <a href="http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=22&contentId=2006538" rel="nofollow">BP touts</a> their own efforts but they are decried by some as greenwashing. Usually change is external but it be far more efficient to have the current fuel companies evolve. It would be nice if they took the bit and ran with it, but I suggest we keep the gressroots efforts going for now :) A nice assemblage of good news. I like even a small wind farm because it establishes a presence and expertise in an area. It is easier to convince people to do something again than it is to do it the first time. I do fear the prime areas for the vvery large turbines are getting scarce. I am hoping smaller scale models could take advantage of lower wind speeds and still provide decent power for local needs. I don’t know how well it works but I always thought this unit from the ever createive Japanese looked interesting.

I am always entertained by marketing and it’s effect on people. I agree that the Oregon logo looks nice but more importantly, what are they doing? Good things for the most part. They want to make and use biofuel locally, admirable. If they use soybeans as the feedstock perhaps they can grow it on fallow fields to affix nitrogen to the soil for the next crop (save a little money on fertilizer). I am a big fan of tightly integrated systems. Sadly, big business seems to have lost sight of them.

This old (10-28-05) article also mentions Chevron’s investment in RE, Shell gets a nod as well – makes Exxon look like dirt. BP touts their own efforts but they are decried by some as greenwashing. Usually change is external but it be far more efficient to have the current fuel companies evolve. It would be nice if they took the bit and ran with it, but I suggest we keep the gressroots efforts going for now :)

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