Renewables – Feb 6
Study: Unlike the ’70s, energy lessons will last
5 myths about Earth-friendly energy
Bush budget cuts renewables, efficiency
Wind farms need techs to keep running
Electricity
Biofuels – Feb 6
Solution to energy independence is at local level
Record financing for biofuels, not food
Biofuels make little environmental difference
Renewables – Feb 2
A green energy industry takes root in California
Environmental and social justice groups Call for federal agrofuels moratorium
Peak oil – Feb 1
Satellite o’er the desert (Saudi oil supply)
IEA refutes ‘peak oil’, points to lack of investment
Minnesota legislators to hear from Simmons
Rifkin: Europe could make the third industrial revolution’
ODAC Guest Commentary – Understanding the energy crisis in South Africa
How did South Africa come to this? Whereas we once had a huge surplus of generating capacity, now the entire country faces regular blackouts, and some of our key economic sectors are under threat. Mines have been forced to shut down as their electricity supplies cannot be guaranteed, while energy hungry aluminum smelters continue to operate so that we can have our beer dispensed in cans.
Energy supplies – Jan 29
The kinder, gentler energy superpower: Canada
The oil majors in Africa: Trickier times ahead for big fish
Supergrid could provide 30% of Europe’s electricity
Norwegian gas will go to highest bidder
Biofuels and solar – Jan 28
Scientific American: A solar grand plan
Ethanol fuel is not so green
Are ‘green’ fuels really good for the earth?
Coal – Jan 23
Coal is no longer on front burner
James Hansen: The need for an international moratorium on coal power
China’s coal
Life cycle comparison of coal and natural gas
Transport – Jan 22
Pledge to make UK landings and take-offs more fuel efficient
Tiny Tata Nano, big threat
Israel launches electric-car program
Renewables – Jan 22
Is cellulosic ethanol the dream fuel or a pipe dream?
UK MPs’ warning on biofuels angers Brussels
Appearing as a hologram, Prince Charles hails new money for alternative energy
Renewables – Jan 21
China drought underlines risks of relying on hydropower
2007: record year for US wind industry
Advocates of renewables on the 07 energy bill
How the coming home heating crisis could threaten the grid
What will people who rely on natural gas for home heating–and that includes a huge number of people in the United States–do when the natural gas crisis hits? They might well turn to electricity in a big way.
