Renewable petroleum

KiOR’s President Fred Cannon described KiOR’s technology as being able to crunch into seconds the millions of years that it takes to carbonize biomass (turn it into fossil fuels) in nature.

Cannon said the company’s catalyst — a fine white powder that he showed to me in a tiny see-through vial after his talk [...]

Government of, by, and for BP

Congress just can’t seem to get it together to raise the liability cap for BP to $10 billion.

The mere fact that Congress has been unable to accomplish something as politically obvious as asking companies like BP to pay more for the spills they create has some on the Hill shaking their heads.

“Beyond anything [...]

Election 2010: Media Marching Orders on Afghanistan

How to protect the media’s election narrative on, or in spite of, the war in Afghanistan. [...]

California budget woes could lead to default

The California budget for the fiscal year starting in July is $19 billion short and the dire truth is no one has a clue where the money will come from, if indeed it can be found at all. That’s what no one is talking about – not commentators, not politicians, and most especially not even [...]

Monkeyfister updates coverage of apparent new leaks in Gulf

I am sorry. This is not simple Bot Fan churn. This one came out of the riser end, along with an all-around Ker-BOOM action. Everything went up. One noticed the pipe-end exploding, but then there was gack flying everywhere, all around, too. Impact-directional– not” going with the flow.”

More as I can provide.

I think [...]

Why does US need to go to war against North Korea

Because that looks like what might happen. Both Kim Jong Il and Obama have told their militaries to prepare for war. Why is this a fight the US must get involved in?

Financial markets are tanking because of war fears and the euro zone crisis.

Insurrection in Jamaica

Supporters of a local alleged drug lord in Kingston, Jamaica have blockaded streets and fought back against US attempts to extradite him. two police officers have been killed, others wounded. CNN calls it “unrest” but really, it’s insurrection. The people in that area apparently owe alliegance to the drug lord, not the government. This isn’t [...]

Things you find on Facebook

A friend sent this photo of us probably at a party in Laurel Canyon some years back. That’s me in the red shirt.

Explosions may have collapsed seafloor at Deepwater Horizon well head

FDL

A series of explosions appears to have collapsed the seafloor and blown up the BOP at the well head. Oil and gas are billowing out of a depression in the seafloor where the BOP used to be at an exponentially greater rate than anything seen before.

Monkeyfister, who first reported something major [...]

Financial reform? Smoke and mirrors.

Robert Reich

The most important thing to know about the 1,500 page financial reform bill passed by the Senate last week — now on he way to being reconciled with the House bill — is that it’s regulatory. If does nothing to change the structure of Wall Street.