The balance of power: energy in 2020
We can still have all the electricity we want in 2020, says Paul Brown. But we need to learn to love renewables
Renewable Energy
US Sets Ethanol Production Record
The U.S. ethanol industry set an all-time monthly production record in June of 222,000 barrels per day (b/d), according to recent information released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Nanotech: Up and Atom
A Nobel Prize-winning chemist says the impending world energy shortage requires several miracles of science that nanotechnology can help to deliver.
Energy efficiency comes at cost
Energy giant Exxon Mobil Corporation said while energy companies continued to work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, there were some big challenges in bringing clean energy products onto the market.
UK ‘green energy’ centre created
A new national marine renewable energy centre is to help lay the foundations for an industry based on wave and tidal movements.
Crunch makes fuel options mandatory
Neither President Bush nor his Democratic rival, John Kerry, has shown the vision demanded by the critical problem of the nation’s overdependence on depleted fossil fuels.
US: Renewable energy remains elusive
Jimmy Carter put solar heating panels on the White House during his first year in office to promote energy conservation. Ronald Reagan took them off and ushered in the era of market deregulation shortly after he was elected.
At long last, a do-it-yourself hydrogen fuel-cell kit
A company called United Nuclear says it can produce hydrogen fuel cells kits to adapt individual cars to running on hydrogen, but there’s more than a few catches…
FuelCell’s Burning Cash
Despite a history that proves fuel cell companies burn a lot of cash but produce precious little energy in doing so, optimistic investors continue to shovel more and more cash into the fire.
Can We Live Without Oil?
The fall 2004 issue of YES! magazine is devoted to Peak Oil. About a dozen articles are available online. Subjects include biodiesel, hydrogen, transportation and conservation. Authors include Hunter Lovins, James Lovelock and David Orr.
Hydrogen: A Week Without Dinosaurs
An ancient Hindu myth held that the world rides on the back of an elephant. The Iroquois believed it was a turtle. In the age of science, we know different: It’s a dinosaur.
New Process Could Help Make Hydrogen Fuel Affordable
Scientists in Australia say they have have made a breakthrough in the efficiency of using sunlight to generate hydrogen from water. It may be a step toward an affordable source of clean energy.
