Both politically and economically, reliance on foreign oil is our Achilles heel. We have the ability to reduce our reliance on foreign oil through multiple domestic energy resources, including ethanol right here in peninsula Florida. Florida can begin immediately by developing cost-effective alternative fuels to extend domestic supplies of petroleum, and create new economic opportunities as early as this year. . . TAGGED: alternative energy technology, alternative energy, renewable energy, renewable energy initiatives, U.S. energy policy, Florida, Tampa TribuneRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| The FY2012 Omnibus Appropriations bill, passed through the House and Senate conference committee last week, provides a small 2.5 percent increase in DOE energy innovation investment-related Offices and programs compared to... more ›› |
| For any Floridian who has had a boat motor damaged by gasoline blended with ethanol, it sounds like a great idea: Let's get rid of the state's ethanol mandate! This month a state House panel approved a bill to repeal the 2008... more ›› |
| Scarabeo-9 is en route Cuban to waters, 70 miles from Florida. This mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) is a Chinese-built, Spanish-owned oil rig set to drill for oil along Cuba’s northern coast. Cuba is counting on offshore... more ›› |
| Big oil and dirty coal don't have to work too hard to generate negative headlines, but in 2011, renewable energy gave fossil fuels a run for its money in attracting the wrong kind of attention, thanks to failed solar company... more ›› |
| Americans want the U.S. to lead the world in renewable energy, but these are screwy times in our nation’s capital. Some people are trying to turn clean, renewable energy into something dirty. The fossil fuel industry and the... more ›› |
| |
