Archive for September, 2008
3M Expanding Renewable Energy Sector
Yesterday it was announced that 3M would be expanding its renewable energy sector to cash in on the growing alternative energy market. With the solar energy market expected to grow nearly 2-fold from $20 billion dollar a year to an estimated $50 billion a year by the year 2012, it comes as no surprise as [...]
The Winning Sugar Fields Of Brazil
Brazil is God’s own country when it comes to producing sugar. Blessed with favorable weather and huge acreage devoted to producing sugar cane, it isn’t any surprise that the country turned to these high rise stalks when they were face to face with an oil crunch. With high oil prices in the 1970’s, Brazil was [...]
Follow Up On Electric Bill
On Saturday, I wrote a blog post about my recent electric bill. The bill was higher than expected, and quite frankly I don’t know why. I called up my local electric company to question them about the bill, and unfortunately I didn’t get to far with them. Finally I got so fed up that I [...]
