Fa la la la laaaaaa…

Sorry this post is so late, but for the uninformed, the Southeast/Mid-Atlantic areas were mercilessly pummeled by snow over the weekend. Virginia, which is where we were, got 20 inches of snow in a little more than a day. And since most cities in VA aren’t prepared for anything except the Rapture, plowing the roads took forever. So did digging our cars out of that miserable hellfrost - it might as well have been archaeology, considering how long we were out there.

But! We’ve still got some last minute holiday tips for those planning on a green Christmas this year. First up are some fun pro-ethanol gifts courtesy of CafePress - shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and even clocks abound. You could also grab some LED holiday lights for around the house and yard; we personally think LED lights look awesome. Finally, here are some tips from Renewable DIY Energy about keeping Christmas fun, and good for the planet.

It’s been an interesting, and often disappointing, year for biofuel/renewable energy supporters, but the idea that we should conserve and protect our environment keeps gaining momentum among ordinary people. That it took a near collapse of the world economy to bring this stuff into sharper focus is unfortunate (and many current woes in the ethanol industry come from sudden lack of available funding), but the transition from people being aware of renewable energy to actually caring about it is being made right now. Whether the legislation to back us up appears or not has yet to be determined, but there’s certainly a lot of dirt stirring up on the ground, both literally and figuratively.

And the ethanol industry is preparing to come back hard in 2010, backed by improving operating plant margins and the EPA’s tentative approval of a higher ethanol blend in gasoline; Click the Car to read more about that. For now, we’re going to drink more organic egg nog and offer tribute to Ullr, Norse god of snow, so that he might spare us another freak blizzard. Merry holidays, all!