IEA says as much as 1mbpd of Libya's 1.6m capacity is now out of production. A few tankers apparently still leaving, but 1.3m of exports no longer going out.
Amprius, a Stanford startup, is developing anodes of Si nanowire for lith-ion batteries. Raised $25M from several investors. Could increase batt capacity 40%.
EIA reports '10 ethanol production was up 23%, to over 13.2B gal, up from 10.75 in '09. Avg 863kbpd. Imports in '10 >9.7M gal, down from 193M in '09.
GAO lists the 45-cent/gal tax credit for ethanol blending among programs that could be slashed/eliminated. Due to expire year-end. Costing $5.4B this year.
US gov has 15 different agencies overseeing food safety laws, >20 programs to help the homeless, 80 programs for econ development, 82 programs to improve teacher quality, 80 to help disadvantaged with transport, 47 for job training/employ and 56 to help folks understand finances (which it looks like the government should use).
Trails.
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