Nick is the Editor of Gas 2.0 | http://gas2.org With undergraduate experience in Geology from Beloit College, graduate research in Crop and Soil Science from Oregon State University, and official certification as a Professional Soil Scientist, Nick likes to imagine that he may know some things about this crazy world in which we live... although he would be the first to admit that this is freely up for debate. Currently Nick devotes all his time to writing articles for various blogs and editing Gas 2.0. In the past he's worked for the Oregon Department of Agriculture as a budget-is-tight-give-it-to-Nick-cause-he'll-like-it jack-of-all-trades. In far gone previous incarnations, Nick has been a pesticide researcher, a pavement design specialist, an advertising industry cog, and a corporate plant waterer. At the Oregon Department of Agriculture Nick was involved in efforts to find ways to convert the leftover waste straw from the 500,000 acres of grass seed grown in the Willamette Valley each year into cellulosic ethanol. Nick currently resides in Central Washington and he may not know what the future holds, but he sure as heck enjoys a good homebrew.