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With their promise of environmentally benign power, fuel cells are widely promoted as the electricity generators of the future. Technological advances over several decades have demonstrated that they can certainly be made to work but their central claim of exceptionally high efficiency does not always stand up to scientific scrutiny. Expectations that fuel cells will be simple and cheap seem unrealistic.
The peak oil idea – which says that world oil production will go into irreversible decline sometime in the next decade or two – is quickly morphing into conventional wisdom.
Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Tuesday that oil and natural gas markets were under the heaviest strain in a generation and suggested that prices might remain high for some time. But Mr. Greenspan was optimistic about the long-run outlook for energy supplies…
A conference will be held in Edinburgh April 25 to discuss the impending peak then decline in global oil production and its implications for the UK.
A widely reported briefing by US investment house Goldman Sachs alerted markets to the possibility of an oil price superspike – a spike as high as $105 per barrel.Yet the full report, obtained by Aljazeera.net, paints a more complex and volatile picture.
What would a society look like without fossil fuels?
Japan lived almost exclusively on solar energy during the 265-year Edo period.
A permaculture response to Peak Oil. There’s hope for the suburbs yet!
As fuel costs skyrocket, many businesses are struggling
Congress begins work Tuesday on a bill to boost production and conservation.
A bad program with serious design flaws is threatening to crash the whole energy system. Do we choose to fix it or not?
During the debate about the 5c-a-litre rise in petrol excise, politicians and commentators have suggested deferring the increase until oil prices stabilise at lower levels. No one, however, has been able to offer a valid reason why prices should come down.
Green groups warn against moving methane hydrates from beneath seabed
