Category: Thought Leadership

How to Craft Investor-Worthy LOIs

How to Craft Investor-Worthy LOIs

September 2, 2025 |

By Steve Weiss, co-founder and CEO of Grey Heron, and long-time member of the Due Diligence Wolfpack Special to The Digest Getting your prospects to sign meaningful LOIs is your gateway to lots of benefits: getting other partners to move forward with you, getting investors to sign up – and simplifying final agreements with the […]

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Fuels, Strategic: Why Biomethanol Matters More Than Ever

Fuels, Strategic: Why Biomethanol Matters More Than Ever

September 2, 2025 |

Biomethanol is quietly emerging as one of the most compelling levers in the decarbonization of both renewable chemicals and marine propulsion—a bit like cryogenic CO₂ in food processing: pragmatic, powerful, and often underappreciated. Drawing on my experience in commodity-based technologies, I see biomethanol providing the same kind of transformational shift in shipping and chemical feedstocks. […]

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Following the science: Why bioenergy needs a seat at the SBTi table

Following the science: Why bioenergy needs a seat at the SBTi table

September 1, 2025 |

By Michael Goldsworthy, VP, Climate Impact at Elimini Special to The Digest For many years now, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has led the way in setting the standard for corporate climate commitments. At the heart of SBTi is a simple ethos: follow the science. This ethos has played a large part in the […]

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CO2 as a Laser Gas

CO2 as a Laser Gas

August 18, 2025 |

By: Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd, www.CO2consultant.us Special to The Digest CO2 lasers were one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed. The development occurred in 1964 by Bell Labs, and remains one of today’s most useful lasers; which some claim to be one of the most powerful continuous lasers available as of […]

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Liberal, Kansas and the fight conservatives are waging for energy freedom

Liberal, Kansas and the fight conservatives are waging for energy freedom

August 14, 2025 |

By General Jim “Jayhawker” Lane Special to The Digest I am a fighting man, and I mean to fight for freedom. You remember me as General Jim Lane, the Jayhawker — we were the ones who raided the border, broke the chains, and made Kansas free soil. I wore the name gladly. Freedom wasn’t just […]

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Emerging and promising applications which lead to reducing CO2 emissions

Emerging and promising applications which lead to reducing CO2 emissions

August 4, 2025 |

By Sam A. Rushing, president – Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest    Despite announcements whereby the EPA will no longer consider CO2 a hazardous gas; the end result from this is devastating to the environment, our economy, and our lives. On the other hand, whether or not this occurs, there remains a greater […]

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Liquid CO2 and low temperature applications

Liquid CO2 and low temperature applications

July 21, 2025 |

By Sam A. Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest By far, cryogenic freezing of food products is the hallmark of low temperature applications for the commodity. My personal experience with respect to low temperature applications for the commodity have been the lion’s share of the merchant work, in the past with the […]

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Green 
Hydrogen’s 
Double Bind: Is it about Global Breakthroughs or Market Breakdowns?

Green 
Hydrogen’s 
Double Bind: Is it about Global Breakthroughs or Market Breakdowns?

July 17, 2025 |

Green hydrogen stands at a crossroads—hailed as a linchpin of the low-carbon future, yet caught in a double bind between stunning technical progress and the stubborn realities of implementation. Shanghai Electric just delivered its first barrels of green methanol at a wind-and-biomass facility hailed as a world first. Envision Energy is ramping up to 320,000 […]

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Jack, the Giant, the Beanstalk, and SAF: 
A Battle for the Golden Skies

Jack, the Giant, the Beanstalk, and SAF: 
A Battle for the Golden Skies

July 15, 2025 |

In the old story, a scrawny farm boy traded the family cow for a handful of magic beans—and woke to find a beanstalk clawing at the clouds. In the modern version, those beans are billions of dollars in SAF investments, audacious policy mandates, and blockchain platforms curling skyward in defiance of gravity. But the giant—the […]

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Recarbonizing Industry with Biomass-Derived Syngas for Green Carbon, Real Impact

Recarbonizing Industry with Biomass-Derived Syngas for Green Carbon, Real Impact

July 14, 2025 |

By Dr. Qi Chen, Pete Rocha, LEC Partners Special to The Digest While the electrification of many industrial sectors is accelerating the energy transition, it is not a silver bullet that will get us to net-zero economies.  From aviation to cement, industries reliant on fossil based-carbon need a sustainable substitute—not just to meet climate targets […]

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