North Slope gas hydrates starting to look feasible
An investigation team reports that gas hydrates could become a source of natural gas within a few years
Scania presentation includes Peak Oil
Scania, the Swedish truck manufacturer, recently made a presentation at the Tokyo Motor Show. It includes the Peak Oil prediction from ASPO, and talks about the need to reduce fuel consumption and look at biofuels.
World Population, Agriculture, and Malnutrition —Pimentel, Wilson
Increases in food production, per hectare of land, have not kept pace with increases in population, and the planet is running out … of arable land. As a result, per-capita cropland has fallen by more than half since 1960, and per-capita production of grains, the basic food, has been falling worldwide for 20 years.
Russia greenlights pipeline to Pacific, hints China may get Yukos assets stake
Russia said Friday it had ordered the construction of an oil pipeline from its huge Siberian oilfields to the Pacific Ocean opposite Japan, in a move to boost export opportunities throughout East Asia and to the United States.
US: Firewood gaining popularity over heating oil
Higher heating oil prices in the US are encouraging consumers to turn to back to firewood.
Challenges For The Hydrogen Economy
If the fuel cell is to become the modern steam engine, basic research must provide breakthroughs in understanding, materials, and design to make a hydrogen−based energy system a vibrant and competitive force.
Richard Heinberg at Peak Oil Conference in Santa Barbara
Heinberg speaks on Peak Oil and other threats to industrial society, the universal ecological dilemma, and coordinated and cooperative responses to our predicament. (2-hour audio)
This can’t go on forever – so it won’t
Global economic forecasters tend to be upbeat. But not this year…The biggest global economic uncertainty is the price of oil.
China to Challenge World Energy Market
According to the “World Energy Outlook” report prepared by the International Energy Agency, the world’s energy consumption will increase by 60 percent by 2030. China will rival the US as the biggest consumer and will use 10 million barrels oil per day by 2030.
A role for US firms in energy cleanup
By reducing greenhouse emissions and ratcheting up new climate-friendly technologies, US companies can create jobs and launch an era of economic growth akin to the start-up phase of the Internet.
China’s oil sands role tests U.S.
Chinese demand for the Alberta oil sands — the second largest reserve of crude on the planet — puts the United States in the difficult position of balancing its commitment to open markets with its desire for secure supplies of energy, says Alberta’s new envoy to Washington.
Taylor: Energy can fuel a future of promise
There is no reason why Hopi cannot generate all of its energy needs while producing power for off-reservation consumer markets. Indeed, that is our goal for the coming decade; to create an energy-based economy that will provide future generations of Hopi with jobs and opportunity.
