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In what appears to be a move to pave the way for the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR), Maqubela said if South Africa continued to rely primarily on coal, the country would not be able to commit itself to reducing CO2 emissions.
THERE is a volcano rumbling in the US, with many praying it does not erupt. Concerned observers of the accounting troubles at mortgage financier Fannie Mae include both the International Monetary Fund and the Federal Reserve Bank.
A new analysis of Department of Energy (DOE) figures shows that in the wake of the 2002 Senate vote to approve the Yucca Mountain dumpsite, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission quickly and quietly approved license extensions at nuclear reactors nationwide.
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“As the odds of a full-blown oil shock rise, the prospects of outright global recession in 2005 loom more and more likely,” said Morgan Stanley’s chief economist Stephen Roach in a note to clients. Roach also warned that “there are more cuts to come”.
I’m not sure why, but every time I walk into the coffee shop, somebody immediately asks me what the latest doomsday scenario is…. Lately I’ve been telling them the end is near because world oil production seems to be peaking, and as far as I can tell, we’re all going to end up riding skateboards and scooters to work.
What is the scenario in which oil hits $100 per barrel in the next five or six years? Simmons speaks of a phenomenon called “Peak Oil” and says it is “as inevitable as death,” though, like death, predicting its precise timing is not easy.
Oil depletion is not a future event that we can ignore. It is real. It is upon us. The economic and cultural destiny of mankind is inexorably tied to the availability of oil.
A fiscal train wreck is one thing but when it is combined with the following elements it makes the recipe for a perfect storm as American as apple pie.
It’s black, dirty and desperately unfashionable, but without it the UK may be heading for winter blackouts. Could coal really be the future of British energy?
Yes, the presidential race has been ugly. But the accusations, smears and spin of the current campaign, although disgusting, are only reflections of a much larger problem. The plain truth is that we are in the process of destroying American democracy.
As part of Planet Under Pressure, a BBC News Online series looking at some of the biggest environmental problems facing humanity, Alex Kirby explores fears of an impending global water crisis.
