I have spent my work life examing the title to real estate, first as an examiner then as underwriting attorney, determining the insurability of risks associated with particular parcels of real estate, ownership, liens, servitudes, easements, to name a few of the interests.One of the main categories of real property documents are maps. The first [...]

On August 5th I posted on biofuels. Greentech Media is an excellent source of information on alternative energy of all types, and I wanted to note  a recent post on the site on algae biofuels. The post breaks out the factors to consider in determining whether a particular production method will be successful and a [...]

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Global warming is an accepted scientific fact whose future effects are just now becoming known and being studied. The National Wildlife Foundation estimates that if current trends continue the average temperature of Nevada, most of which lies in the Great Basin, would rise five degrees by 2010. The probable consequences can be identified-earlier snowmelt and [...]

The basic biofuel is ethanol, a fermentable sugar. The cell walls of plants are almost 75 % complex sugars from which ethanol is derived. Currently the majority of ethanol is produced from starchy corn kernals which is also a source of human food. Some scientists have proposed substituting wood chips or certain varieties of grasses [...]