Other energy – May 27

Military focuses on energy / BBC survey: your electricity choices revealed /
Drilling in troubled waters (hurricanes) / Enough coal on hand to keep US cool? / A new reliance on coal could sap green cred from the ethanol industry

Environment – May 27

Situation in sinking Tuvalu scary, says PM / Jet streams off track, may affect weather patterns / Green water and sustainable agriculture / Salon on climate change / Al Gore in NYC (speech coverage)

Peak oil – May 26

Venturing forth ignorantly into the wilds of peak oil… / Farewell Jay (creator of dieoff stops blogging) / The ‘peak oil’ deja vu

Environment – May 26

Global warming worries hunters, anglers /
IPCC scientists see new signs of dangerous warming / Gore warms up (are Americans past the ‘denial’ stage?)

US energy policy – May 26

Solution to greenhouse gases is new nuclear plants, Bush says / NY’s Spitzer on energy, environment, transportation / Rep. Bartlett opposes drilling in ANWR

Renewables – May 26

Sugar rises as costlier crude oil spurs demand for ethanol / China: Oil-producing trees to help solve fuel shortage / Giant grass to get larger role in energy supply

Politics & economics – May 26

Putin faces energy shootout /
OPEC invites Sudan to join oil cartel / Kazakh oil begins flowing into China / Fears for demand as China lifts gasoline, diesel prices

The alt fuels distraction

If you were the proverbial Martian, visiting our planet to dispassionately assess our energy options, what would you find most promising? Would it be nuclear power? “Clean coal”? Ethanol? You’d only decide on those options if you happen to be an uncommonly gullible Martian.