Renewables – July 27
Robert Rapier: The future is solar
Is IBM going solar?
Biogenic methane?
Renewable Energy
Biofuels – July 27
The unintended consequences of the ethanol quick fix
Struggles between Big Oil, ethanol industry
A dark side to the ethanol boom?
Biofuels – July 26
Buy feed corn: They’re about to stop making it
One-tenth of Scotland’s farmland earmarked by power firm
Pa. biodiesel producers struggle to stay alive
Energy policy – July 26
IEA’s Mandill: Industry can substantially save energy and reduce CO2 emissions
Nigeria: rich in oil, dependent on firewood
Renewable energy projects will devour huge amounts of land, warns researcher
More peak oil – July 26
UK energy security
Canada TOD Round-Up
The world at $100 a barrel – peak oil?
Council on Foreign Relations: Reading oil’s tea leaves
Science: Even oil optimists expect energy demand to outstrip supply
Canada energy round-up
Renewables – July 21
A German city’s long focus on the sun
Solar ovens- even in foggy San Francisco
Photovoltaic for Australia
Arizona shouldn’t waste public money on impractical PV cells
Biofuels – July 20
Should it matter where your biodiesel comes from?
Ethanol fuels global run-up in food prices
Corn biofuel ‘dangerously oversold’
Report pooh-poohs corn biofuels
Transport – July 19
BREAKING: New York City’s traffic fee plan wins state OK
What drives quality of life for seniors? Driving
Flying high on pond scum
Agrofuels – Towards a reality check in nine key areas
The rush for ‘biofuels’ is already causing serious damage. Far from being sustainable, the spread of what are more accurately called ‘agrofuels’ – liquid fuels produced from biomass grown in large-scale monocultures – is compromising biodiversity and fuelling human rights violations.
Food & agriculture – July 18
Biofuel demand makes fried food expensive in Indonesia
India: Eight more farmers commit suicide
Ice-cream makers frozen out as corn price rises
Why milk costs more than gas
Biofuels – July 16
Old sunlight vs ancient sunlight- TOD analysis of home heating and wood
High palm oil prices squeeze Indonesia biodiesel mix
Omani develops date palm alternative to petrol
African forest under threat from sugar cane plantation
Renewables – July 16
Big Oil’s impact on research is debated
World’s largest solar energy farm
Solar power wins enthusiasts but not money
Turbine shortage to leave some Scottish communities in the dark
Saudi Arabia invests in renewables
