Month March 2009

Sugar to green gasoline

Virent Energy Systems plans to open a test facility that will convert sugar cane, sugar beets, and other plants into the chemical equivalent of gasoline (not ethanol.) Their CEO said “The molecules we make are exactly the same as the…

Perkypants alert!

B of NY economist sees recession ending this summer (“Mr. Perkypants” is what Sue called me after one of my unfortunate bursts of optimism amidst the gloom and doom)

Daily Rogues Report. Dreier to plead guilty

Former big dog lawyer Marc Dreier is now expected to plead guilty to money laundering and selling $700 million in fraudulent securities to investors. These weren’t little investors either but rather big pension funds and the like. How much more…

Thought

Have class differences in the US ever been more obvious than they are now? All of which gives lie to the weary conceit that there are no classes in the US.