Renewables – March 30
Energy activists snipe at rivals
Tom Whipple on wind power
Hydro’s uphill battle
The hydrogen economy – energy and economic black hole
Staff
Australia climate – March 30
PM’s forest plan ‘hypocritical’
Carbon karma: Green festival in Castlemaine
Carr predicts carbon trading among individuals
IPCC experts warn of climate mayhem
Howard’s punt is on the money
Australia faces extreme weather rise, says leaked UN report
Biofuels – March 30 (2)
Corn is not the future of U.S. ethanol: DOE
Brazil’s da Silva: Our biofuels partnership
UK slams US biofuel subsidies
Huge jump in corn planting expected
Ethanol fuels jumps in Nebraska agricultural land values
Oil industry – March 30
Marseille dispute threatens fuel supplies
Big Oil spends more, only some see 2007 output up
From what was once Yukos, Russia builds state-owned oil giant
Pertamina acknowledges LPG scarcity
Bartlett elaborates on GAO peak oil report
Address to U.S. House of Representatives, giving background on peak oil and concluding: “with proper leadership, I think that Americans could be exhilarated by the challenge.”
Middle East – March 30
Iran vulnerable on oil product imports: US
Jeff Vail: Stormy weather
Russian military sources: US attack on Iran planned
Wakey! Wakey! UK peak energy tour
A coalition of local organisations around Britain, with a common interest in “peak energy”, are launching a series of events around the UK to highlight the issue of the peak and subsequent depletion of UK and global energy supplies.
Associated Press picks up on peak oil
The Associated Press (AP) has just put out a story on the peak oil report released today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The story will be published by dozens or hundreds of newspapers and news sites.
Peak oil – March 30
End of oil heralds climate pain
Pickens: Fundamentals pushing up oil
Kunstler at the Commonwealth Club of Calif
Review: “Crude Impact”
Arbitrage – insights into Saudi knowledge
Good golly, Ms Moly
GAO: U.S. needs a peak oil strategy
Highlights from the just released GAO report on peak oil: “Uncertainty about future oil supply makes it important to develop a strategy for addressing a peak and decline in oil production.”
Coverage of the GAO peak oil report
Reactions from Matt Simmons, CNBC, The Oil Drum, Tom Whipple, AP, UPI, Wall Street Journal, EV World and Congressional Quarterly.
Nuclear – Mar 28
How to discuss nuclear energy reasonably
Env ministers: Nuclear energy ‘not the solution to global warming’
Iraq veterans contaminated by depleted uranium
