Other energy – Apr 28
Gorbachev Urges G8 to Back Solar Power, Not Oil or Nuclear /
Energy and the airline industry /
Fuel Prices Have U.S. Workers Eyeing Telecommuting /
Computer energy use under scrutiny (Wind-up or solar powered PCs?) /
Solar Energy
Other energy – Apr 15
Nuclear power is not energy solution, say UK MPs /
Forget computers. Here comes the sun (PVs) /
Biofuel: who benefits? /
Uganda: energy crisis likely to cause global environmental catastrophe – Price-Waterhouse /
Scientist urges switch to thorium
Edison on renewables
Thomas Alva Edison: “This scheme of combustion to get power makes me sick to think of–it is so wasteful … we should utilize natural forces and thus get all of our power. Sunshine is a form of energy, and the winds and the tides are manifestations of energy.”
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 3
Briquette that heats homes and saves trees in Kenya /
Sterilizing water with solar radiation /
Jason Edens, rural solar advocate /
Nice lawn, M’Lord, but please don’t eat the grass /
How to stop guzzling gas
Other energy – Mar 15
UK gas emergency looms /
A Hail Mary against global warming peril (thin solar panels) /
Uranium exploration in BC set to take off /
Fox: Mexican deep-water oil find may top Cantarell
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
Was Jimmy Carter right?
The former oilman who occupies the White House today shares a problem that plagued Carter, a former peanut farmer and naval nuclear engineer: How to solve an energy crunch in a nation utterly dependent on fossil fuel?
Panel Shortage Snags Solar System Sellers
Southern Nevada has plenty of sunshine and solar power, but companies installing solar power systems are dealing with a shortage of photovoltaic panels.
Solar can’t do it all: Conservation needed to localize energy sources
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.
Sustainability and Solutions Headlines – 19 August, 2005
Bhutan puts farms before markets / Confronting the World’s All-Consuming Passions / Big game ‘could roam US plains’ / Crop diversity is dying / Farming with the Wild / Big cities’ future is our future / 10th annual Solfest puts spotlight on solar energy
Other Energy Headlines – 19 August, 2005
BTC Oil Enters Georgia / China to Build Offshore Wind Power Complex / Shortages Stifle a Boom Time for the Solar Industry / Zero-energy homes / Tar sand companies try balancing oil gains, environmental pains / The Onion on Alternative Fuels
