US: Deadly dependence on Mideast oil
Sadly, we will pay a steep price for having frittered away the years, even the decades since the oil shocks of the 1970s.
Ethnically diverse oil zone a tinderbox / Uneasy relations between Kirkuk’s Arabs and Kurds
Leaders of local Arab tribes warn that they are arming themselves to keep the oil industry out of Kurdish hands.
Nuclear share of electricity predicted to fall
New nuclear power stations are being built in Asia and Eastern Europe but hardly anywhere else, according to a new global analysis by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
UN predicts rapid nuclear growth
The International Atomic Energy Agency has forecast that the use of nuclear energy will increase rapidly in the coming years.
Toshiba Claims Smallest Fuel Cell Yet
Toshiba announced on Friday that it has built what it claims is the smallest-ever direct methanol fuel cell.
When oil production falters and then falls
Vast quantities of present-day paper wealth, held in the form of inflated stock equities, will never be converted into lasting wealth. For most, this
imaginary wealth will die along with the prevailing market mania [not long after oil peaks.]
Reflection on Colin Campbell’s 1999 predictions
A contributor to the www.PeakOil.com forums, reviews some of Colin Campbell‘s 1999 country by country predictions of oil peak.
US: Natural gas prices set to skyrocket in the fall
The bargain-basement wholesale prices of the 1990s are gone, and probably for good.
Oil won’t last; our ingenuity to live with less of it is our test now
It’s impossible to overstate how oil has impacted our lives. Cheap and plentiful oil, combined with human ingenuity, has created a world unimaginable to those who lived only a few generations ago.
Time for an energy revolution
It is now possible to save more oil through energy efficiency than the US could possibly find in the ground, and to do so at a per-barrel cost well below the average market price for oil.
UK: Nuclear cancer study is scrapped
A major study into the rates of cancer near a former nuclear power station has been called off, BBC News Online can exclusively reveal.
We Have Always Spent Iraqi Money on That: Conquer and Plunder Follows “Shock and Awe”
The cost of Iraq’s reconstruction and the practice of awarding large contracts to big corporations with close ties to the administration, such as Halliburton, have been repeatedly criticized over the past year. Recent news reports, however, indicate the truth is even worse.
