Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
In a fascinating new documentary, The End of Suburbia – Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream, the central question is this: Does the suburban way of life have a future? The answer is a resounding no.
Citing recent success in alternative power, GE Energy, a subsidiary of General Electric Co. is hoping to boost its solar energy sales to $1 billion annually by the end of the decade, the head of GE’s solar business said.
The United States’ growing dependence on foreign oil is widely recognized as the nation’s Achilles heel, a disaster in the works. But sometimes it seems that every solution to that horrendous problem leads into a box canyon.
U.S. Will Help Poorer Nations Harvest Methane Emissions and Turn Them Into Clean-Burning Fuel.
A three part Canadian documentary series deals in part with the oil peak. “Soon enough, the era of cheap oil will be over. If prices rise too steeply there could be a devastating effect on the world’s economy.”
A multimillion-dollar effort to clean polluted water flowing underground from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation to the Columbia River is largely ineffective, concludes a federal report released yesterday.
Possible shutdown of Russian oil giant Yukos sparks rally.
WMD was the rationale for invading Iraq. But what was really driving the US were fears over oil and the future of the dollar
Britain will not meet the government’s target of producing 10% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2010, energy experts say.
Oil giant BP has reported a 23% rise in quarterly profits, thanks to a “robust trading environment”.
The Standard Chartered Bank in its report African Quarterly says that although Africa is a net oil exporter, the continent will still be worse-off as a result of higher oil prices.
The UK could secure its energy supply for many decades if it could use its huge reserves of coal, scientists say.
