IEA: Stupid, Manipulative or Corrupt?
Why does the International Energy Agency ignore Peak Oil, and refuse to favour renewables? Swiss MP Rudolf Rechsteiner asks the hard questions.
Renewable Energy
Worlds first alternative fuel depot
The world’s first and most advanced fuel depot to offer a comprehensive array of alternative and traditional fuels to motorists has opened at the new Regional Transportation Center in San Diego. An integral part of this fueling staion is its education and outreach program, the EcoCenter for Alternative Fuel Education.
Environment Headlines – Dec 12
The peak oil crisis: the Gulf Stream / Exxon and Bushco lobbying efforts to kill Kyoto in Europe revealed / Lots of press attention to climate change in 2005 / Scientists: Greenland glaciers retreating / Food crisis feared as fertile land runs out / Canada’s standard of living hard on Earth, report says / Strange, New Carnivore Species Sighted on Borneo – Under Threat From Palm Oil Plantations / Biodiesel: Fuel for thought
Other Energy – Dec 12
Explosions Rock Fuel Depot Near London / OPEC Should Not Curtail Production, Saudi Minister Says / EU looks at wood and waste to lose oil addiction / Scotland: Power line ‘key for green energy’ / More of Third World Fit for Wind Power – UN Study
/ Pact signed for prototype of coal plant
/ NEI’s Peterson addresses plans for new nuclear power / Coconut oil gives Vanuatu more energy
/ Experts: N. Calif. coast can generate, control energy
/ Fat to fuel:
SF city leaders want to make biodiesel from liquefied animal parts
Politics & economics – Dec 8
Some thoughts on “Syriana” /
All roads lead to cities, transforming India /
China: No carbon copy of the west /
Warmth for poor consumers /
Grab bag of energy stories /
WSJ discussion on corp. responsibility, conservation /
Pennsylvania governor proposes national plan for renewables /
Iraqi oil industry in crisis
Peak oil – Dec 7
Peak Oil and the Philosophers Stone (psychology of PO /
Australia broadcast on the “Real oil crisis” /
NZ Green Fitzsimons: Surely the time is now? /
Kunstler: Uncharted territory /
Peoria teachers examine PO /
Monbiot: The most destructive crop on earth is no solution to the energy crisis /
Peak Oil hits the hill /
Ruppert vs Corsi on PO and abiotic oil [canceled]
Final communiqué: “The human right to renewable energy”
Energy is the fundamental prerequisite of every life. The availability of energy is a fundamental and indivisible human right.
Compressed air wind energy storage
A solution to intermittent power generation and fluctuating prices for wind energy producers?
Peak oil – Nov 28
Peak oil and the fear of losing immortality /
PO events in the UK for December /
Don’t dither about energy crisis /
Peoria: time running out for oil, gas reserves /
“Risk” and “probability”: MIA in PO debate /
Trafalgar Or Waterloo ? /
PO: what we know now /
NZ Greens: Surely the time is now? /
Why $5 gas is good for America
Other energy – Nov 26
Demand for natural gas outpaces supply /
UK gas becomes world’s most costly fuel /
FT: Good chances that we’ll freeze this winter / 800MW of solar-stirling electricity generators for California (2) /
Take the clean, green alternative over macho nuclear rod-waving /
Wakeup call in Indian country – tribes have a key role in an energy future
Other energy – Nov 19
Nation warms up to coal /
Australia pioneers energy From hot rocks /
EIA wind intermittancy – chipping away at the doubters /
Gas fields also deplete, but faster
Windpower survey blows away myths from opponents
Wind power supporters have received a boost from a study that shows Britain has the best wind in Europe because it blows all year round and peaks when there is greatest demand for electricity.
