The Energy Challenge 2004 — Natural Gas
Natural gas is a more difficult subject to address than petroleum, because the data is much less complete and reliable, and because the USA situation appears much more precarious than the world situation.
Barreling Toward Disaster
George W. Bush, oilman that he is, has done everything in his power to help the energy industry. He’s trashed environmental regulations, given cushy tax breaks to oil companies, and gotten his Saudi pals to promise lower oil prices by the election. So why are oil prices higher than ever? None other than the Wall Street Journal is suggesting that “peak oil” may be upon us.
Winning US presidency may prove a poisoned chalice
As the opinion polls move steadily in favour of President George W. Bush and the likelihood of a John Kerry presidency recedes, Democrats in the United States can take solace in two facts. If their man is not in the White House for the next four years, then they will not end up carrying the blame for the almost inevitable US defeat in Iraq – and they will not have to preside over the biggest financial crisis to hit the US since the Great Depression.
Baghdad Year Zero “Pillaging Iraq in pursuit of a neocon utopia”
…as I got closer I noticed that the crane was not actually rebuilding anything – not one of the bombed-out government buildings that still lay in rubble all over the city, nor one of the many power lines that remained in twisted heaps even as the heat of summer was starting to bear down. No, the crane was hoisting a giant billboard to the top of a three-story building.
Q&A: The Future Of Energy
Newsweek Middle East regional editor Christopher Dickey and Forbes.Com editor Paul Maidment respond to queries from Forbes readers about the future of energy.
Indonesia: Tough decisions await Yudhoyono
The price of crude nearly doubled this year, but for Indonesians that meant nothing. A fuel subsidy scheme means the Government, not consumers, picks up the bill for the increased cost of petrol, diesel and kerosene used everywhere for cooking.
Eyeing Iran reactors, Israel seeks US bunker bombs
Washington will sell 500 ‘bunker busters’ to Israel with the ability to penetrate Iran’s underground nuclear facilities
The world eyes Iraqi oil
EARLY in the Gulf War II campaign, the Arab world’s most widely circulated view was that the Anglo-Saxons wanted to grab Iraqi oil. Many Iraqis still believe this, but the theory gets much less attention these days abroad: Insurgent attacks are making oilfields far less attractive to oil companies.
Bush Set to Open Oil Reserve Spigot
With oil near $50 a barrel, the Bush administration is set to allow oil refineries to borrow from the government’s emergency petroleum stockpile to make up for supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan, a congressional source briefed on the pending decision told Reuters last week.
Russia picks Japan for Siberia-Asia Pacific oil pipeline
The Russian government has chosen to run a planned new oil pipeline opening its huge eastern Siberian fields up to the Asia-Pacific market via Japan rather than China, Moscow’s ambassador to Tokyo said.
Southern Africa Faces Food, Water Crises – Study
Southern Africa faces major challenges to feed its swelling populations and to keep its wells from running dry, a study showed.
Toilets vs. Life as We Know It
What are we really flushing down the toilet? Toilets are a surprisingly important subject for maintaining ‘life as we know it.’ Most of us don’t even connect toilets and sustainability. The reasons are not immediately obvious; and have essentially escaped Humanity, especially Western Humanity “forever.” Individuals have realized the importance, but not cultures. Therefore, the cultures have disappeared.
