The new biofuel republics
Poor developing nations are to feed the voracious appetites of rich countries for biofuels instead of their own hungry masses, and suffer the devastation of their natural forests and biodiversity.
Renewable Energy
Other energy – Mar 11
Will unconventional natural gas save us? /
Market fundamentalists trying to take over European energy policies /
Survey respondents favor alternative fuels /
Fusion power: will it ever come? /
No future for fusion power, says top scientist /
Buried at sea: Shell’s plan for greenhouse gases
Other energy – Mar 10
Stronger solar storms predicted; blackouts may result /
The new biofuel republics /
Ensuring a biofuels industry that truly benefits rural America /
The green bullet (ethanol and foreign policy) /
St Patrick and the shortage of engineers /
Oil industry asks for help to ease skills shortage
Other energy – Mar 7
Lovins: Winning the oil endgame (talk) /
The real cost of electricity /
Gov. Schweitzer’s coal-to-fuels program: What you didn’t hear on ‘60 Minutes’ /
Life in a grass house (the viability of switchgrass) /
Kuwaiti MP demands truth on Kuwaiti oil
US: Army War College on energy security
An overview of US and international energy policy, including the prospects for an economy based on renewable energy, the security problems likely to result from tightening oil supplies, and a possible basis for making the transition to alternatives.
Kentucky college to host sustainability conference April 21-23
Seven Kentucky colleges and universities, along with 13 state and community organizations, have organized a conference that speaks to the severe and imminent threats to sustainability that face our nation.
Other energy – Mar 4
Renewable energies to transform farmers into ‘energy moguls’ /
Russia challenged by nuclear woes /
U.S. eyes Alberta oilsands as key part of supply /
ExxonMobil drilled dry North Sea well off Norway /
Tough talk about oil (“Children of the Sun” book review)
Other energy – Mar 1
As technology improves, biofuel sources are everywhere /
Feds want to pump money into biorefineries /
Charcoal-fired fuel cell /
GE eyes Wyoming coal for gasification /
Carlyle eyes renewable energy, predicts IPOs /
UK: Soaring gas prices will lead to 7,000 layoffs in plastics sector /
Oil & energy news for the truly obsessed /
Other energy – Feb 28
2005 was a great year for wind power worldwide /
Biomass could satisfy half of Washington’s energy needs /
Oregon engineer’s biodiesel fuel maker /
There’s a light at the end of the energy pipelines /
Oils, fats output won’t keep up with demand /
Ponying up for alternative-fuel research
Other energy – Feb 25
Japan utilities eye summer oil as LNG hits records /
World has bigger oil worries than size of reserves /
Microorganisms key to ethanol production /
HighCountry special issue on energy /
Bush admits to ‘mixed signals’ on renewable energy lab /
Alaska, energy firms agree on pipeline /
UK: We’re in for nasty weather – and no gas
Other energy – Feb 24
Record year for wind energy /
Bush: U.S. on verge of energy breakthrough /
Interview: Chevron invests in new energy sources, fears rising oil prices /
And we thought Colorado had natural gas problems
Peak oil & other energy – Feb 22
Schlesinger on energy /
Petroecuador halts oil exports after pipeline shut / Norway firm plans world’s biggest wind park / Gusher of interest in grads who know oil /
Despite controversy, ethanol is in high demand, lifting farm fortunes
