United States and Canada – Oct 9
Green power is new mantra in Silicon Valley
Wyoming gov. calls for energy innovation
Even CATO libertarians say energy deregulation does not work
Finance Round-Up from TOD:Canada
Renewable Energy
Peak Oil Review – October 8th, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The CIBC Exports Study
– Iran
– The Ethanol Boom
– Energy Briefs
Renewables – Oct 8
Photovoltaics: From waste to energy-maker
Interview: Ethanol fuel expert David Blume
Washington state a leader in new energy sources
Huge wind farm for Mad Max country
United States – Oct 6
Gulf currency revaluation risk could ‘squeeze dollar further’
Secessionists meeting in Tennessee
The green job boom
Biofuels – Oct 5
Cellulosic ethanol: running cars on lawn cuttings
Biofuel bandwagon slows as feedstock prices surge
BBC: Will biofuel leave the poor hungry?
Green fuels will save the earth – or not
United Kingdom – Oct 5
Alarm bells ring about North Sea output
Tories call for new industrial revolution to tackle climate change
Britain near bottom for energy efficiency
World’s largest offshore wind farm approved for Kent
Poverty of vision
Renewables – Oct 2
Rapier reviews Patzek’s paper on long-range energy strategies (biofuels and demand reduction)
Going solar in Japan
Power harnessed one step at a time (floors that generate electricity)
Biofuels – Oct 1
Ethanol’s boom stalling as glut depresses price
Bartlett pessimistic on biofuels
Biofuels could boost global warming
National Geographic: Green Dreams
Secede from the United States?
Interview with Rob Williams of Vermont Independence, an organization working to establish The Second Vermont Republic.
Biofuels – Sept 28
Corn farms prosper, but subsidies still flow
Big potential and challenges for biofuels in Africa
Jatropha: fuel for thought?
Boeing 747 to fly on bio-fuel
Peak oil – Sept 28
Private industry conference finds much less oil
The end of Las Vegas: why alternative energy sources won’t save us
Kunstler:
America’s new religion
Coal to Oil: Same system, nothing new
Starting now, the Chinese government will support going into CTL projects full throttle, country-wide. It must do so to reduce oil import dependency and give itself a source of fuel oil or feedstock for products we manufacture everyday.
