Low commodity prices, plummeting RIN values, and talk of potential trade wars are all factors hitting the US Agricultural Sector hard this year.
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Are Self Driving Trucks a Solution to Driver Shortages?
Posted by Ed Burke on May 25, 2018 11:46:00 AM
Are self driving trucks the long term solution to the driver shortage? Or will autonomous vehicles simply change the way drivers do their work every day?
Topics: autonomous vehicles, driver shortage
Winter 2017/2018 was a rough one for New England, particularly in terms of power outages. Generators have become an increasingly prevalent and important part of companies' Emergency Response Plans and as a fuel company, its important to look at how you handle the sometimes unpredictable surges in demand that covering your generator customers can cause.
Topics: Safety, Emergency Generator Program, Emergency Fuel
EPA Finalizes 2018 RFS Volume,Declines Obligated Party Change Proposal
Posted by Ed Burke on Dec 1, 2017 5:22:05 PM
Yesterday (November 30th) the EPA finalized renewable volume obligations for the RFS for 2018 and the RVO levels for 2019.
Topics: EPA Mandate, RINs, Biofuels, Cellulosic Ethanol, EPA, RFS
This August, Tesla employees receieved the first deliveries of the much anticipated Tesla Model 3. By all accounts, the Model 3 was met with fully positive feedback upon test driving. If you recall, the Model 3 got half a million pre production money down "reservation" orders in the absence of a test drive or really any standard marketing campaign in place. (For a refresher on the Model 3 debut, read this: Tesla's Model 3 Debut Stuns Industry)
Topics: EV Charger, electric vehicles, tesla
Air Conditioning Goes Global - but Environmental Cost Could Be High
Posted by Ed Burke on Aug 15, 2017 9:05:00 AM
Topics: Oil & Energy Magazine, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Air conditioning, HFCs, Montreal Protocol, Kigali Amendment
"Bill Gates has said that to solve our energy problems, someday we need to do what photosynthesis does, and that someday we might be able to do it even more efficiently than plants...That someday has arrived" - David Nocera, Harvard University
Topics: Oil & Energy Magazine, Solar, Carbon Emissions, bionic leaf
Clean Power Plan Rollback - Serious Issue or Symbolism?
Posted by Ed Burke on May 31, 2017 10:25:38 AM
This March, President Trump signed an executive order to potentially roll back the Clean Power Plan, as part of a broader order regarding Energy Production & Independence in the US. The order directs the EPA to review the ruling and make a determination on whether to "rescind, repeal, or revise".
Topics: EPA, clean power plan
A number of start ups are seeking to replace your trip to the gas station with the tap of an app. Much in the same fashion you would use a ride share service, or a mobile glass replacement service, these apps would allow you to request a fill up via smartphone from your home, office, or wherever is convenient.
Topics: Oil & Energy Magazine, Technology
The Struggle is Real for Regulating Autonomous Vehicle Safety
Posted by Ed Burke on Mar 23, 2017 3:00:00 PM
Self-Driving vehicles (or AV's - autonomous vehicles) are the undisputed next frontier in consumer transport technology. Automakers, it appears, are anxious for Federal Guidelines to be put in place in order to tailor their roll outs, and be assured that they are in compliance with safety expectations, as well as in order to circumvent the mess of State's adopting their own patchwork regulations in leiu of uniform federal regulations.
Topics: Safety, Technology, AVs
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