mroberts's blog

Small Scale Biodiesel Processing is a small but important, rapidly-growing industry in the throes of transition. Transition creates change, and change generally frightens people who have benefited from the traditional way of doing things. Read more

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I was agog at $133; I'm numb and depressed at $142, and I wonder what it will take for us to respond intelligently...$200???. Read more

I find it difficult to articulate my frustration when I hear elected representatives discuss opening up coastal preserves, the Artic National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) and other National Parks to drill for oil.Read more

Driving around Northern California recently, I was struck again by the staggering problem presented by current fuel prices, as well as the compelling "glass half full" analogy that our current situation underscores. Read more

We stand here, collectively agog at our energy misfortunes. The price for a barrel of oil is up 33 percent in the last 45 days - from a then historic high of $100/barrel!Read more

In my last (and first, for that matter) post, I tried to link to a recent article by Thomas Friedman entitled Dumb as We Wanna Be. It appears that the NYT wants one to register in order to read the scathing review of our current energy policy, and so many of you may have been stymied by the link.Read more

Welcome to Springboard Biodiesel, the new home for the world-class, industrial-strength, totally automated family of BioPro processors. As you can see on our website, Springboard recently acquired the BioPro product line, and we are excited about accelerating and further building upon the tremendous product development and marketing begun by the previous owners.Read more