Category Archives: Biofuels

One Lesson NOT to Take from France’s “Yellow Vest” Protests

Anthropocene, Biofuels, Biomass Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Ecological Economics, Economics, Energy Policy, Environment, Gas Tax, Global Change, Markets, Opinion, Rent Seeking, Taxes, Technology, Values, Yellow Vest Protests
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One narrative about the Yellow Vest protests in France is that politicians should not adopt energy taxes to change behaviors that lead to climate change.  In this telling, the political costs of wise energy policy are too high.  This is an overly simple reading of the French experience and is a convenient excuse for those […]

Biomass Energy and Climate Change

Anthropocene, Biofuels, Biomass Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Ecological Economics, Energy Policy, Maine, Opinion, Power Density, Sustainability, Wood Energy
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The new administration in Washington is filled with climate change deniers.  They reject the consensus among scientists that human behaviors emitting greenhouse gases contribute significantly to climate change.  The reality — climate change is part of a larger problem better known as global change.  Over 9 billion humans, many living relatively sumptuous lifestyles like ours […]