Pipedreams To Prosperity
The Iran-Pakistan-India oil pipeline and its proposed extension to southwestern China will radically transform the relationship between these countries.
Bush To Push Saudis On Oil Prices
The US president is welcoming Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah to his ranch in Texas on Monday. Bush says he’s looking for “a straight answer” to how close the Saudis are to reaching production capacity.
Nuclear power? Yes please, says Blair
Downing Street is drawing up secret plans to create a new generation of nuclear power stations as the centrepiece of the Government’s drive to combat climate change.
Survey of Energy Resources: Oil Shale
A background briefing on the vast scale of oil shale resources but the problems producing oil from them. Youngquist writes, ‘The term “oil shale” is a misnomer. It does not contain oil nor is it commonly shale.’
Energy Headlines – Apr 24, 2005
How a plant taxonomist discovered PO / How far we’ve come since the 1st Earthday (NOT!) / Indian business magazine on global energy / China says it’s turning to renewables / Brazil will clean up with ethanol / more
David Suzuki on Peak Oil
In a long interview, Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki talks about Peak Oil.
Come on in, the quicksand’s fine.
A more obvious example of the Quicksand Effect is the present method of garnering oil by force of arms. This policy burns huge amounts of precious oil, sinking us deeper and ever more rapidly. Why is the US behaving like a dinosaur stuck in a tar pit? The harder we try, the more we sink. The faster we run, the more distant our goal
Nuclear power is the problem, not a solution
There is a huge propaganda push by the nuclear industry to justify nuclear power as a panacea for the reduction of global-warming gases.
Half-Life Is Beautiful? On nuclear energy
Nuclear waste is an unsolved problem, plant meltdowns are themselves environmentally disastrous, and nuclear material can be used to nefarious and horrifying ends. But if we see climate change as the No. 1 environmental emergency, nuclear energy must, at least, be given a fair hearing. Thus, despite the fact that contemplating it makes me feel like Dick Cheney, we will return to this fissile topic anon.
‘Peak oil’ a focus of 35th annual Earth Day
On this 35th anniversary of Earth Day, environmentalists gathered at the University of Alaska library to discuss the world’s energy future. Meanwhile pressure builds to drill oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Energy Headlines – Apr 23, 2005
Environmentalist David Suzuki on PO / Bartlett says no to energy bill / Anticiper la fin du pétrole / The green dream is alive / The (oil) quicksand trap / Bill McKibben says we’re in denial / House energy bill is no big shakes / The Saudis make promises / Indonesian president wants renewables / Bill McKibben looks for enviro-conscious art / Wangari Maathai says to take hope / more
Saudi fails to assure US over oil supply
Saudi Arabia failed to provide the United States with any new promises or assurances over oil supplies ahead of a key meeting between Crown Prince Abdullah and George W. Bush at the president’s ranch in Crawford, Texas on Monday.
