Ricky Thomason: Here come the goofballs again on rising gas prices
Here they come again — the gas-fueled flood of e-mails from Alabama geniuses telling me how to control the oil companies and make gas go back to two bucks per gallon.
Is Southwest Airlines’ Stock Cheap by the Numbers?
Let’s see what those numbers can tell us about how expensive or cheap Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines has a P/E ratio of 19.1 and an EV/FCF ratio of 7.4 over the trailing 12 months.
Labor Issues
A female truck driver has won a discrimination case against a Montreal-area company that she said refused to hire her because of her sex.
UCLA researchers engineer organisms to convert proteins to biofuels; recycling nitrogen back into growth
Researchers at UCLA have demonstrated the feasibility of using proteins—one of the most abundant biomolecules on earth—to produce biofuels. A paper on the work appears in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
Biofuels are currently produced from carbo…
Hayabusa bullet train up and running
AOMORI The Hayabusa bullet train debuted Saturday on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, thrilling rail fans and people living in northern Japan, following the route’s extension in December to Aomori.
Media
Round two in the war of words on SCR. It’s now the lone holdout’s turn to tell its side of the story.
China targeting 11.4% non-fossil fuels in energy use by 2015
In an interview with Xinhua, Zhang Guobao, former head of China’s National Energy Administration, said that the country intends to increase the proportion of non-fossil fuels in overall primary energy use to 11.4% by 2015.
The target has been in…
W-Scope to boost output of Li-ion separators 3x
Nikkei. W-Scope will triple the output of lithium-ion battery separator films to keep up with demand tied to electric vehicles.
The company is currently adding a second production line at a South Korean factory in the town of Ochang. This addition, whi…
Nassau County Notebook: Service Reductions Possible for LI Bus
The following is a look back at some of the top stories in Nassau County over the past week: MTA Proposes Heavy Cuts to LI Bus Claiming it cannot continue operating Long Island Bus without additional funds from Nassau County, Metropolitan Transportatio…
ITM Power HFuel achieves UK road-use compliance
ITM Power’s HFuel transportable hydrogen refueling product has met the requirements of the UK’s Department for Transport for road use. (Earlier post.)
In preparation for the HOST (Hydrogen On Site Trials) launch, ITM Power undertook a thorough …