Don't Slow the Ethanol!
Written by Brian HicksPosted March 8, 2006A few years ago my neighbor's eight-year old son left his front gate open, resulting in the family dog running away. For days the kid was in tears. As would any child who lost his dog, especially knowing that it was his fault for leaving the gate open.
Private Eyes on Ethanol
Written by Brian HicksPosted March 1, 2006It's easy to talk about something when you have conviction. The truth is, sometimes you can have so much belief in your cause that expertise comes secondary to passion, and the information gets muddled
Green and Greed in Las Vegas
Written by Brian HicksPosted February 22, 2006It's 2:45 a.m. in Las Vegas. I'm up a few hundred bucks and still sober. The curvy cocktail waitresses with the plastic smiles and twinkles in their eyes didn't miss a beat. My Jack and Coke-filled highball never went dry
The Economics of Food Security
Written by Brian HicksPosted February 15, 2006On Monday, Luke Burgess wrote an excellent article regarding the connection between oil dependency and a conventional agricultural system reliant upon this shrinking resource
Supplementing German market share
Written by Brian HicksPosted February 8, 2006Back in 2002 I took my fourth trip to Gottingen, Germany - a small, university town just north of Frankfurt and east of Dortmund.
Washington State loves Green Markets
Written by Brian HicksPosted February 1, 2006Driving through the magnificent landscape of the Cascade Mountains on my way to Seattle, I stopped off at a log cabin rest stop for a cup of overpriced coffee and an organic breakfast. That's one of the many reasons I love visiting the state of Washington
Reassembling the Past for Future Profits
Written by Brian HicksPosted January 25, 2006Over the weekend I had lunch with my 90-year-old grandmother. Nearly a full century old, the woman is tough as nails and sharp as a tack. And she's often more than willing to prove it
How much did you make?
Written by Brian HicksPosted January 18, 2006Here's the four-line instant message conversation that put the biggest sh&%-eating grin on my face last Thursday afternoon
Billion-dollar plans for California Solar
Written by Brian HicksPosted January 11, 2006You see, tomorrow is the day that a larger CSI proposal will be voted upon. And this one is worth billions! That's right - Billions.
Money. Money will bring us together.
Written by Brian HicksPosted January 4, 2006Environmentalists who once saturated liberal airwaves with finger-pointing, whining and laughable boycotts against big oil are now sharing those airwaves with their money-centric foes.
The Economics of Missing Variables
Written by Brian HicksPosted December 28, 2005However, are we as investors being given all the necessary variables of the 'efficiency' equation to make an educated decision?
Slippery Ted strikes again!
Written by Brian HicksPosted December 21, 2005And that's been my argument all along. My argument is that regardless if we get oil from Alaska or not, it doesn't eliminate the fact that we need to find other sources of energy besides oil. And if that's the case, why allocate resources to an energy source whose supply is declining at a dramatic rate.
Calling the bureaucratic bluff
Written by Brian HicksPosted December 14, 2005I've never made it a secret that environmental concerns are a priority for me come election time. And when I first heard about the possible drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) I was extremely concerned. I don't care how much oil's up there - I personally don't think it's worth it.
Buy Planet Organic (POH) at current levels
Written by Brian HicksPosted December 13, 2005But there's nothing naïve and reckless about a company that's finished every year since its IPO with a gain - in one of the fastest growing and most profitable markets in the world today.
Solar IPO...Take 2
Written by Brian HicksPosted December 9, 2005China-based Suntech Power Holdings has announced that it will be offering 26.38 million American Depositary Shares at $11 to $13 under the proposed NYSE symbol, STP. This deal is expected to be priced next week.
