John Mizroch, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Department of Energy (DOE), discusses the various projects underway within EERE, including researching and developing the use of biomass such as switchgrass and zero energy homes and buildings. He also explains how improving energy efficiency in buildings and furthering development of lithium batteries for vehicles is important for the United States' national security.
switchgrass
Video: Energy Conversation -- Renewable Gigawatts
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Submitted by EPTV on Wed, 2008-05-14 12:36. | Tags: technology | batteries | biomass | DOE | energy | energy efficiency | feedstocks | national security | research | switchgrass | vehicles | video
Switchgrass Could Displace 30% of US Petroleum Usage With 94% GHG Reduction : Gas 2.0
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Switchgrass has been shown to produce 540% more energy than was used to grow, harvest, and process it into cellulosic ethanol, while reducing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by 94% when compared to gasoline. It could potentially displace 30% of US fuel usage.
Submitted by claybodie on Fri, 2008-03-14 19:34. | Tags: science | alternative fuels | biofuels | cellulosic ethanol | ethanol | oil | petroleum | research | science | study | switchgrass | transportation

The Road to Shangri-La
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How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog on why carbon capture, nuclear power, ethanol and all the other fake solutions we're being offered are just making things worse...and where the real solutions will come from.
Submitted by How to Boil a Frog on Fri, 2008-02-22 00:39. | Tags: politics | action | arctic | australia | bush | carbon capture | change | CO2 | deforestation | depression | DOE | DSM-IV | eco-anxiety | ethanol | frog | FutureGen | millenials | nuclear power | overshoot | peak oil | psychology | relocalization | switchgrass | terrorism | uranium