We’re in a crisis at the moment. Energy has become the central topic in many avenues of life and rightly so. This particular topic affects every person on our planet in one way shape or form. Some are even losing their lives during this debate. While there are many energy topics – and some good blogs on each of them – my primary focus is on the biofuels market.
About me: I’m an engineer by vocation and an MBA by…whatever would drive someone to get an MBA. I love technology and am passionate about how it can be utilized to impact people’s lives.
I think don’t think I’m much different than many other Americans. I’m from the Midwest. I drive a Honda Accord – and am not impressed with people who drive a Prius. And while I recycle most things, I could be better. My interest this field is two-fold: (1) it’s a necessary step to changing our society’s impact on our world (for the better) and (2) I love chemical processing and business and this is the most significant growth in the chemical industry in decades.
Why I’m writing this blog: I think in this crisis lies a great opportunity in creating a truly innovative solution that can help humanity overall. It’s an opportunity for ingenuity, for new markets to be created, and to eliminate some nasty “externalities” that come with a petroleum-based global economy. The current dialogue on biofuels and clean-tech in general is rife with organizational interests and ulterior motives. While I think this is expected in any broad discourse, my goal is to hopefully provide a more sensible outlook on this topic.
I also aim to clarify some of the various technical complexities within this topic – hopefully clearly and succinctly. There are some great resources on the web that give some good information for people to make their own decisions and I hope to pull some of those into these discussions.
So let’s have some fun.
Thanks,
Doug
