Project Cooking Up Stoves For The Poor
The World Food Program has commissioned Aprovecho to build fuel-efficient, low-polluting cooking stoves fashioned from the very tin cans in which food aid is delivered.
Oil find opens door to a less dependent Cuba
On Christmas Day, Cuban President Fidel Castro in the Gulf of Mexico in an area controlled by Cuba. Castro disclosed that the Canadian companies had discovered estimated reserves of 100 million barrels.
The End of Oil?
Ultimately, says Deffeyes, we may just have to resign ourselves to relying more on coal, wind, and nuclear fission for electricity and switching to high-efficiency diesel and hybrid automobiles in order to ration our remaining oil reserves for as long as possible. Abundant energy from fossil fuels was a one-time gift, Deffeyes concludes, that lifted humanity up from subsistence agriculture and has led to a future based on renewable resources
Prophets of doom: the coming oil crisis
The world economy has gotten fairly comfortable with oil at $45 a barrel. But how will it react to paying $100 a barrel three years from now? Or $150 in five years?
US: New Natural Gas Policy Sought
Seventeen organizations–chemical companies as well as environmental and conservation groups–fired off a letter to Congress last week urging a new energy policy to solve the nation’s natural gas crisis.
Hundreds of protesters clash with police in Nepal
Hundreds of demonstrators stoned government vehicles, blocked traffic and battled riot police in the Nepalese capital Tuesday to protest the increase in fuel prices by the government.
Silicon Valley players seek breakthroughs in alternative-power technology
An increase of investment capital is boosting scientific research into alternative energy technologies in Silicon Valley.
Panicked India goes after Iranian, Russian and American Energy Assets competing directly with China
India panicked over future oil supply went after international oil assets competing directly with China. Both China and India may be wrong in their approach, which will not solve their problem and may turn out a very costly experiment for both the countries.
China: Expanding Into U.S. Oil Sweet Spot?
China continues its attempt to become a major global oil producer. Having mishandled and prematurely depleted the reserves within its own borders, it has embarked on a strategy of global acquisitions.
New plastic can better convert solar energy
Researchers at the University of Toronto have invented an infrared-sensitive material that’s five times more efficient at turning the sun’s power into electrical energy than current methods.
You did not notice but the third world war started – it is the fight for dominance in oil and trade
This new dangerous third world war is all on trade and energy resources. No country in the world can survive without viable and reliable source of energy without going back to cave ages.
The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion
Because the scientists are challenging fundamental assumptions of our culture, such as the basis for “progress” and the consequences of “economic growth,” many cannot agree with the scientists without losing their identity. This threat to the mental model is simply too great to accept.
