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What fuels your Earth Day ‘23?

This Earth Day, we’ll burn 369 million gallons of gasoline. We’ll do it tomorrow. And the day after. In fact, Americans will burn at least that much gasoline every single day this year. Even here in Minnesota, where we pride ourselves on the highest usage of biofuels, most of our gasoline and diesel is sourced in the tar sands of Alberta. Always a zero-sum? Some people would have you believe the future of driving has already been determined. To them, it’s a zero-sum game. They see motor fuels as one big pie and if their solution gains a slice, all […]

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Every Day is Ag Day

In late March each year, we dedicate a week to recognizing agriculture, the industry that provides the raw materials used to create lower-cost, lower-carbon biofuels. In 2023, March 21-27 is National Ag Week with Tuesday the 21st considered “Ag Day.” The Agriculture Council of America started it all in 1973 to bring awareness to the role of Agriculture in modern society. Fifty years later, hundreds of events will be held across the nation this week to honor that tradition and the people of American Agriculture. Taking Stock Glancing back at events of the last few years, Agriculture has been center […]

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Green up St. Patrick’s Day!

Everything is green on St. Patrick’s Day! We’ve grown accustomed to green milk shakes, beer, clothes, hair, and even the green dye Chicagoans pour into the Chicago River every March. Here in the North Star State, we’ve long understood the importance of green. Mother Nature has blessed Minnesota with natural green spaces — from the Headwaters of the Mississippi, North Shore of Lake Superior, 14,380 lakes, 66 state parks (and nine waysides and nine recreational areas) to the world famous Voyageurs National Park and Boundary Waters Canoe Area. But there’s also green that can get forgotten. Minnesota has a diverse […]

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Four Days a Week

What would you think of working four days instead of the more common five days per week? The concept of a four-day, 32-hour work week has been around a while. Recently, it was back in the news courtesy of the BBC’s The Climate Benefits of a Four-Day Workweek. Less Petroleum Much like our use of biofuels, an argument can be made that getting creative with the traditional American work week offers yet another tool for reducing petroleum use and the associated tailpipe and greenhouse gas emissions. Cutting one day off the schedule would mean a 20% reduction in the twice-a-day, […]

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