STUFF

Kinder/El Paso deal was actually $38B with $17B debt included. The merged comp valuation may be $94B with 67K miiles of oil/NG pipeline.

STRI hit another all-time low on "solar demand hasn't recovered" though they still expect revs in line with previous forecasts. But withdrawing previous guidance. Whatever all that means. You figure it out.

USAF to certify waste oil and plant fuel (hopefully not food) 3 years ahead of schedule. 40 aircraft types to be certified by '13. But still test phase until biofuels competitive with oil (need a 50% drop).

Deadly virus detected in west coast wild Salmon population. Just reporting what I find. What would that be from, thinking logically? The whirlpools of plastic? The sewage? The flow from Japan's tsunami? The demand for wild Salmon? Time to switch fish. I've been eating shrimp.

Khosla Ventures raised >$1B for new investment fund, half dedicated to clean tech. I wonder what the other half is dedicated to.

A Rhode Island 13-year old girl was recognized by the UN for her biodiesel project founded 2 years ago. WHEN SHE WAS 11. Heating from waste cooking oil, in part donated to needy folks.

Abengoa to invest $120M in 70M liter/yr ethanol plant in Uruguay that will use sorghum, corn, barley and wheat feedstock. Talk about food for fuel. Online by end of '13 unless the people burn the place down.

EU raised tariffs to block low-cost US ethanol.

Are we getting the picture?

Let's cowboy and cowgirl up, hay?