Other energy – May 2
Natural gas economy is losing steam /
Hydrogen fuel far from ready for prime time /
Solar surprise: fed support for renewables R&D /
Oil companies won’t fish /
NYT: Ethanol’s promise
Renewable Energy
Stop the fossil foolishness
Gas prices are on the rise again and news analysts are kicking it around, wondering who is being ripped off this time. But …unlike other gas shortages, this one is the real thing, or at least the beginning of the real thing: production has peaked and the era of cheap oil is about to end. [Analysis of political responses to rising gas prices.]
Senior parliamentarian calls for action, global treaty on climate change
Pursuing a low-carbon economy is not about denying ourselves opportunities for growth, it is about opening up new opportunities, including new ways of measuring progress and raising public funds. The world will have to go green in the future. [speech by the leader of the UK Liberal Democat party]
Other energy – Apr 28
Gorbachev Urges G8 to Back Solar Power, Not Oil or Nuclear /
Energy and the airline industry /
Fuel Prices Have U.S. Workers Eyeing Telecommuting /
Computer energy use under scrutiny (Wind-up or solar powered PCs?) /
Other energy – Apr 27
Dark days for energy efficiency (cuts in U.S. funding) /
The building of the Alaskan Oil pipeline /
Why nuclear power cannot be a major energy source /
Popular Mechanics crunches the numbers on alternative fuels
Other energy – Apr 26
Monbiot: ‘This is embarrassing – I’ve become a fossil fuel supporter’ /
Call by Swiss minister at Doha to invest in renewables /
Your cars are an incredible luxury /
Bush seeks to curb oil tax breaks /
The truth about sugar /
Petroleum Inst economist on oil supply, prices /
Bold idea for energy woes: global cooperation
FAO sees major shift to bioenergy
“The gradual move away from oil has begun. Over the next 15 to 20 years we may see biofuels providing a full 25 percent of the world’s energy needs.”
Other energy – Apr 21
Could Sweden become the OPEC-equivalent for bioenergy? /
Americans commute longer, farther than ever /
Wall Street Journal’s green auto coverage /
Australian’s fuel-from-plastic potential wasted
Other energy – Apr 20
More uranium: when and from where? /
Going nuclear: a green makes the case /
Anything into oil (turkey guts, junked car parts, even raw sewage…true!) /
Growing demand for non-food crops /
UK coal producer pushes for price increases of 40% /
Russia to control Armenia’s gas /
Transmaterial, transtudio and seeing the big picture – links
Alternative energy and the American enterprise
If our political system fails to deliver a viable energy policy, then business consumers will be forced to take matters into their own hands
Other energy – Apr 15
Nuclear power is not energy solution, say UK MPs /
Forget computers. Here comes the sun (PVs) /
Biofuel: who benefits? /
Uganda: energy crisis likely to cause global environmental catastrophe – Price-Waterhouse /
Scientist urges switch to thorium
Edison on renewables
Thomas Alva Edison: “This scheme of combustion to get power makes me sick to think of–it is so wasteful … we should utilize natural forces and thus get all of our power. Sunshine is a form of energy, and the winds and the tides are manifestations of energy.”
