Waving goodbye to oil
Soaring oil prices have convinced governments of the need for a change in energy technology – the race to build wave and tidal stream machines is on.
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Northern Ireland ‘set for energy crisis’
A campaign to get Northern Ireland households to save energy and the environment is to be launched. A report has said the year 2050 could see more flooding, decimation of the farming industry and the spread of diseases unless we cut back.
Energy Ostrich
A number of large oil producers in the world, including Norway and the UK, had reached their peak in production and the world will have to rely on the Middle East nations to bridge the gap. But even in Saudi Arabia the large oil fields have already been producing for decades and are close to their peak.
Oil industry faces crisis similar to 1970s, CGES warns
The oil industry, faced with record high crude prices, is facing a structural crisis of the severity not seen since the 1970s when crude prices soared to unprecedented summits, an energy consultancy warned Monday.
National backlash threatens British stakes in Bolivian gas
INVESTMENTS by leading British energy companies in Bolivia’s huge gas reserves are under threat from a popular movement clamouring for nationalisation of the country’s hydrocarbon resources.
The State Jumps Back into the Market
A decade after the controversial privatisation of Argentina’s oil, gas and power industries, the state is staging a return to the energy sector with a new company created to influence a market controlled by a handful of mainly foreign companies.
The Choice
This Presidential campaign has been as ugly and as bitter as any in American memory. The ugliness has flowed mostly in one direction, reaching its apotheosis in the effort, undertaken by a supposedly independent group financed by friends of the incumbent, to portray the challenger—who in his mid-twenties was an exemplary combatant in both the Vietnam War and the movement to end that war—as a coward and a traitor.
China: Nine provinces may face winter blackouts
At least nine provinces will face frequent power cuts this winter, the State Development and Reform Commission warned Monday.
War for oil has been U.S. policy for years
No war for oil, says the Michael Moore branch of the antiwar movement, meaning that the United States shouldn’t fight to advance the interests of the petroleum industry.
US: Energy independence may be a pipe dream
The presidential candidates are touting their plans to reduce the USA’s reliance on foreign energy sources. Are the campaign promises simply running on empty?
US: State makes progress in kicking oil habit
While politicians in Washington appear to be making little headway in breaking the nation’s addiction to imported oil, California has made some real progress with innovative policies.
Scotland: Green energy scheme to connect Hebridean islands
THE wild Atlantic sound that divides the Hebridean islands of Harris and North Uist may be bridged for the first time by a £30m structure that harnesses the power of the waves to produce electricity.
