See this blog over at SustainZine: http://sustainzine.blogspot.com/2013/08/smaller-cities-get-startup-style.html
Ceres Monthly Newsletter:
This report starts to document the amount of gas (nat gas) that is flared in the production of oil/gas.
In the US we can't get the nat gas to market, so it is imply flared in many cases. The oil (wet particulates) are much more valuable so that is shipped by pipe if possible, but by truck or train if not.
One statement from a CEO in the oil patch has commented that half of the nat gas produces in the US is being flared. Safety, of course is critical. But this is a humongous waste of energy and environmental waste as well.
Check out the article and then look at the report here: http://www.ceres.org/resources/reports/flaring-up-north-dakota-natural-gas-flaring-more-than-doubles-in-two-years/view
Basic economics is one approach to this issue. If NatGas were more valuable, then there would be very little flaring. Right now it is about $3.50 (per ... unit) in the USA. So Nat gas is a byproduct of the production of oil unless it can be readily distributed to market (pipeline). But for the world markets, NatGas is very valuable, let's say $10. If we can bridge the gap from domestic only to world, then the price would jump and the flaring would, well, burn out. :-)
The key is liquefied natural gas (LNG). Not coincidentally, LNG is the trading symbol of Chaniere Energy, one the the leading players in infrastructure for exporting LNG.
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The Intellectual Property Landscape: USPTO to Update Patent Bar Exam Again Reports Wysebridge Patent Bar Review
The Intellectual Property Landscape: USPTO to Update Patent Bar Exam Again Reports Wysebridge Patent Bar Review:
Raising the BAR on the IP Bar.
The exam would change because of all the new laws. As well, the backdrop in the courts is very fluid.
Some of the problems, of course, is that a lot of the changes are just starting to filter into the books and web sources.
With 1/3 of the Patent Bar exam new, it will be a bit of a trick for the lawyers to come up to speed. And the ones that are faced with the bar will have to do so in a hurry.
Plus it may be that the exam is simply harder too.
Ouch... Double Ouch.
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Raising the BAR on the IP Bar.
The exam would change because of all the new laws. As well, the backdrop in the courts is very fluid.
Some of the problems, of course, is that a lot of the changes are just starting to filter into the books and web sources.
With 1/3 of the Patent Bar exam new, it will be a bit of a trick for the lawyers to come up to speed. And the ones that are faced with the bar will have to do so in a hurry.
Plus it may be that the exam is simply harder too.
Ouch... Double Ouch.
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