A model alternative-fuel strategy for U.S.
Andres Oppenheimer argues that the US should follow Brazil’s example in starting a massive biodiesel and fuel ethanol industry.
Renewable Energy
Going Geo-Green
So where are the Democratic voices linking energy conservation and national security? With awareness of Peak Oil rising along with prices at the pump, it’s time for Democrats to make it clear they are leading the charge for the geo-green strategy.
Germany Launches Its Transition To All Renewables
Can renewable energy development keep pace with rising global energy demand? As world governments struggle with this question, Germany is advancing with resolve in a transition to 100% renewable energy.
Lessons from Cape wind
It is now approaching four years since Cape Wind filed for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit to build the largest, most ambitious offshore wind energy project in the world.
China’s Next Cultural Revolution
The People’s Republic is on the fast track to become the car capital of the world. And the first alt-fuel superpower.
Bill and Sue’s excellent adventure
Can you really generate all your own energy for the home? Of course, say a couple who built an eco house to prove it. Dominic Murphy hears their recipe for bringing power to the people.
Paying the Price For Bush’s Retro Energy Policy
When it comes to dealing with the many energy-related crises we’re facing, can the Bushies really go on pretending that their policies are any more forward-looking than a rerun of That ’70s Show
German Biofuel Firms to Become Large Grain Buyers
New plants for production of bioethanol fuel entering service in Germany will start consuming significant volumes of grain this year — but only at very low prices, market players fear.
World Solar Industry Growth Jumped 70 Pct In 2004
Solar electricity production growth jumped 67 percent last year as established industry players increased output and new players entered the industry, a survey said.
Could wind generators slow climate mixing and the arctic thaw?
Thought-provoking comments from an alert Newfoundland reader, following on from the ‘methane-burps’ fears covered previously. Could suitably placed wind turbines reduce climate mixing, slow the warming of arctic regions, and so avoid catastrophic methane emissions from thawing tundra?
Biodiesel Boom Raises Ethical Issues -Analyst
High crude oil prices may have galvanized bio-diesel production, but some questions are now being asked in industry circles about the ethics of using a limited edible resource to meet the world’s energy needs, said an influential edible oils industry analyst.
Hydrogen economy: energy and economic black hole
The energy-literate scoff at perpetual motion, free energy, and cold fusion, but what about the hydrogen economy? Before we invest trillions of dollars, let’s take a hydrogen car out for a spin.
