Ethanol Research Breakthrough: Wood Feedstock
As oppossed to an annual crop like corn, wood could offer a year-round source of ethanol, and still supply a feedstock for biomass thermal energy, or co-fired plants.
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Oil companies impatient for ‘new Iraq’
This is the face of an elite Iraq that few get to see. Foreign companies invite oil officials to neighboring Jordan to cut deals, since it’s considered too dangerous for CEOs to travel to Iraq, ministry officials say privately.
Caspian oil exports heading east
Construction of the Kazakhstan-China pipeline is set to start in March, ushering in an ambitious project that not only will provide a new source of hydrocarbons to the growing Chinese economy, but also will change the oil balance in the region.
Peak Oil and The Sociology of Knowledge
The significance in differences in argument between what Colin Campbell terms the “flat-earth fraternity” and Peak Oil theorists is profound.
IEA: Oil Demand Growing Faster than Supply
In its monthly Oil Market Report, the IEA again revised upward its estimate for growth in global oil demand, while noting that oil supply dropped in January.
Australia: Peak oil and our government: what energy crisis?
A thorough introduction to fundamentals of significance of oil peak that lets the Howard government off pretty light. Fails to mention Australias own rapid decline from peak of the
Oil and Money in western society
There is no known substitute for oil. It is a magnificent gift — something for nothing, which is why we take it for granted.
Investment: Curves, Peaks and Dips
‘Hubbert’s Curve’ is NOT part of the female anatomy… But it is, nevertheless, a thing of beauty to long-term crude oil investors. Here’s how you profit – including three specific guidelines for crude oil speculators…
What will the rest of the world do if Saudi oil runs out early?
When the world wants guidance on monetary policy it turns to the Federal Reserve. When it comes to oil only one institution can be seen as the “central bank” of crude – Saudi Arabia.
BP opens the coffers as profits soar
BP OPENED its coffers to investors yesterday, promising a step change in the level of the dividend payout. But even as it revealed record profits of $16.2 billion (£8.7 billion), the oil company admitted that it had failed to replace fully the four million barrels of oil and gas that it pumped out of the ground each day last year.
48 Groups Refute US President’s Claim That Nuclear Energy Is ” A Renewable Source of Energy”
In a short letter sent today to the White House, nearly 50 environmental, business, anti-nuclear, sustainable energy, and energy policy organizations disputed a recent statement by President Bush that nuclear power is a “renewable source of energy.”
Japan and Brazil Sign Biofuel Deal
Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation have signed the first phase of a term of reference for the future implementation of a bilateral biofuel program aimed at exporting ethanol and biodiesel fuel to the Japanese market.
