Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Cut home energy costs, maintain comfort /
Georgia scientists conduct wind energy projects /
Ashland considers solar energy co-ops /
Are you a local? /
Chinese join car pools, state cries foul /
Ireland: Ford, Maxol promote bio-fuel made from cheese by-product /
Manchester Bobber harnesses motion of the ocean
Natural gas woes bigger than crude oil /
Business braces for dramatic hikes in NG bills /
Drive less, if you can /
Food security limits China’s biofuels /
French grain & beets for ethanol surging /
China to spend $17B on 6 hyrdro plants /
Nuclear plants planned for US Gulf states /
China: Reactors? We’ll take thirty, please /
Tim Flannery on a nuclear future /
Flannery on geothermal
A model biogas project is creating a win-win situation for rural Nepalese, the industrialised world and the atmosphere.
China LP & Hydro Tasmania invest big on wind / How to Clean Coal / Volkswagen U.S. Sales Soar as Oil Prices Shift Demand / Howard puts ethanol tiger in your tank / Beijing looks to biodiesel
Southern Nevada has plenty of sunshine and solar power, but companies installing solar power systems are dealing with a shortage of photovoltaic panels.
A review of Amory Lovins, “More Profit with Less Carbon”. In short, Lovins throws a lot of numbers around, but far too many of the ones he provides are irrelevant, meaningless, or misleading. The road ahead is much more difficult than he portrays.
Era of cheap oil is ending, says Aus. Deputy PM / Higher Crude Oil Prices Spark Interest In Palm Oil Biofuel / Post-Katrina Power crews diverted to restore pipeline
Farmers could help ease the fuel crisis, the government has said. …
Ms Beckett acknowledged the UK had a long way to go to build up its biofuel industry: “This country is coming from a very low base in terms of biofuel production. The question is how speedily we can move.”
A study for the city of Willits (California) reports that locally-based sustainable energy could replace their oil-based imports, but only if conservation cut area energy use by more than half.
‘IT’S THE END of the world as we know it, and we feel fine.’ Grist.org editors look on the bright side, and name a reform agenda.
The Ashden Awards recognise that industrialised and developing countries alike urgently need to make more use of local sustainable energy to ensure a liveable future.
A Question Of Shale / Canadians Gear Up for Protest against Natural Gas Projects in Maine / Underground Coal-Gasification, Coal-to-Liquids Project in Australia / New chips lower PC power use
