Ethanol enigma hangs over industry

MacEwen Petroleum Inc. is caught up in the ethanol enigma. The Ontario fuels retailer sells 85-per-cent ethanol fuel at just one of its 70 locations, and would love to expand that number — if only there were enough consumer demand. But that demand largely depends on there being enough vehicles able to handle that fuel, […]

The Oil Drum: E85: Spinning Our Wheels, A Mathematical Analysis

If you listen to the news lately, you know that E85 is going to lead the U.S. to energy independence, just like it did in Brazil. Senator Hillary Clinton has announced that she is getting into the act`We’ve got to take action on this pump issue or we’re just spinning our wheels,’ she said.Just spinning […]

Asian Nations Take Measures To Save Energy

Due to increasing energy prices and concerns over the eventual decline of energy production, some Asian countries are taking additional measures to reduce their fuel consumption. China’s official news agency reported today that the Chinese government is introducing new requirements for buildings to be energy-efficient. It indicated that China is also phasing out bricks made […]

Oil Industry reacting to Cries from Congress

US independent oil and gas producers still would like greater access to the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf and federal acreage in the Rocky Mountains. But the mood in Washington, DC, has grown so hostile that they’re spending their time fighting punitive legislative proposals, officials of the Independent Petroleum Association of America said May […]

Why bother? Nothing’s wrong

Why bother? There’s nothing wrong with the environment, right? The late Julian Simon has suggested that we have “the technology to feed, clothe, and supply energy to an ever-growing population for the next 7 billion years.” No. Wrong. At the 2000 growth rate of 1.4 percent, that would be 6 billion x 1.0147,000,000,000 . I […]

Japan can help Malaysia develop quality biofuel

Japanese research technology can help Malaysia turn its palm oil into the quality biofuel the world is looking for in view of the high price of crude oil. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi pushed for this as he secured firm commitments on co-operation from leading Japanese experts in the field yesterday.“Japan is at […]

‘The Great Game’ comes to South Asia

Despite past failures, Washington is recasting its policy by increasingly involving South Asia, especially India, in Central Asian affairs. The US paints a picture of mutual prosperity through an interconnecting web of energy pipelines, as long as these do not advance Russia’s or China’s interests. This is where the problems begin. Assistant secretary of state […]

Energy Demand May Impact Feed Industry

The greatest fear for livestock producers is that energy prices remain high in coming years, and then a short corn crop occurs in 2007 or 2008, resulting in the need to drastically ration corn usage for feed, says a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist. “Agriculture’s traditional role as the foundation of the food industry will […]

Russia to increase energy export prices for all consumers

Russia plans to increase the price of its energy exports “to world levels” for all consumers, Russian Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref said Tuesday during a lecture at the Russian Academy for Foreign Trade. “This is an inevitable process for which all (of Russia’s) partners should be preparing for,” he said. According to […]

Two Thirds Of Europeans Try To Cut Energy Use

The Energy Saving Trust say that around two-thirds (65 per cent) of European consumers claim to take direct action to reduce their domestic energy use on a daily basis. LogicaCMG surveyed more than 5,000 adults in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, as well as the UK, and found that 80 per cent of respondents were […]

Ecstasy And Paralysis – Getting Used to Life Without Electricity

In half or more of Uganda’s local languages, electricity is called masanyalaze. Now, the same word is used to mean paralysis and, contradictorily, extreme ecstasy. A couple of years ago and before, anyone debating the question would have thought of ecstasy, for electricity really brings joyful energy. Mind you, they have words for shock, but […]

Iraq faces clash with Kurds over oil deals

Iraq’s newly appointed oil minister said on Tuesday that the central government should handle all contracts related to petroleum exploration and production, putting him on a potential collision course with the autonomous Kurdish region which has recently begun to develop its own oil resources. Hussein al-Shahristani also said at a Baghdad news conference that the […]

Asia to boost energy cooperation

Officials from 28 Asian countries meeting in Qatar Tuesday will discuss boosting energy cooperation and hear a call for oil producers to invest their petrodollars in the economies of the Asian consumers. Foreign ministers or their deputies gathering for the fifth ministerial meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) will examine a recommendation to invest […]

Qatar set to be energy superpower

Qatar is set to become an energy superpower second only to Saudi Arabia in the Gulf, but it says future growth must go hand-in-hand with measures to protect the vast North gas field, the mainstay of its burgeoning economy. A string of mega-projects to produce clean, liquid fuels from Qatar’s gas reserves – the world’ […]

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Energy security is a non-zero-sum game

The next Russia-EU summit scheduled for May 25 is certain to discuss energy. Russia and the European Union are connected not only by pipelines, but also by the experience of cooperation within the framework of the Energy Dialogue. Unfortunately, the Russian-Ukrainian gas conflict has strengthened the stand of those Europeans who distrust Russia and see […]

Kicking Our Oil Addiction, Fixing Global Woes

In the face of all these problems — what President Bush has called an “addiction to oil” — America faces a major test. Will we embrace policies designed to prolong our reliance on oil, simply seeking to drive down prices and extend supplies, or will we pair solutions to oil security with answers to climate […]

Airlines to raise fuel surcharges

Cathay Pacific Airways and rival Singapore Airlines will raise fuel surcharges by more than 20 percent next month to help offset rising costs. Cathay’s surcharge, which has been approved by the Civil Aviation Department, will be increased 21.6 percent to HK$450 per ticket on each leg, from HK$370. The carrier will raise the charge for […]

Chinese Fuel Price Rises by 10%

From today the price of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel in China goes up by about 10 percent, or 500 yuan (US$62.4) per ton, according to the State Development and Reform Commission. china.org

How Much Longer Can the Dollar Reign Supreme?

As we know when Washington sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold and this is certainly true when related to the weakness of the US currency. Last week London Blue Chips dived on news of the dollar arabnews

Russia to witness rapid growth of nuclear power engineering

Russia will witness a rapid development of nuclear power engineering in the coming decade, Sergei Kiriyenko, head of the Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (Rosatom), said at a press conference here on Tuesday. Kiriyenko said that Rosatom had drafted a federal programme, which provides for the putting in operation by 2030 of some 40 new […]

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Bacterial Hydrogen Production from Confectionary Waste

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No Peaking: The Hubbert Humbug

As to replacing fossil fuels, Hubbert had the answer: Limitless nuclear power. His 1956 paper is not called gnn

Feeling the Heat

From EnergyBulletin.net: One of the best pieces of journalism so far on the confluence of global warming, peak oil and urban planning. Endeavors Magazine – Astrophysicist Gerald Cecil, the former project scientist of CarolinaEndeavors Magazine via EnergyBulletin.net

Clinton Lays Out Energy Plan

Washington Post – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) said yesterday that the United States should cut its consumption of foreign oil in half by 2025, and outlined a national strategy of tax incentives, an oil-profits tax and more funds for research aimed at spurring conservation and development of alternative sources of energy. The prospective 2008 […]

The World After Oil Peaks

As cities grow ever larger and as nearby landfills reach capacity, garbage must be hauled longer distances to disposal sites. With oil prices rising and available landfills receding ever further from the city, the cost of garbage disposal also rises. At some point, many throwaway products may be priced out of existence.

Cities will be hard hit by the coming decline in oil production, but suburbs will be hit even harder. People living in poorly designed suburbs not only depend on importing everything, they are also often isolated geographically from their jobs and shops. They must drive for virtually everything they need, even to get a loaf of bread or a quart of milk.

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Ecuador To Refine Petroleum In Venezuela

05/23 (LWN) The South American nation of Ecuador plans to begin refining its petroleum in state-run Venezuelan refineries within forty-five days, and expects to reduce refining costs by three-hundred million dollars. The official Chinese People’s Daily newspaper reported on Monday that Ecuador’s Energy Minister announced this intention the previous day after returning from a visit […]

Russia ‘fails to meet gas need’

Russia will be unable to meet future Western demand for its gas unless it ups investment and reforms its energy market, a global body has warned. The comments came from Claude Mandil, head of the International Energy Agency, the energy watchdog for the world’s leading industralised nations. He said Russia needed an independent energy regulator […]

Nuclear energy is cheaper than gas, and needs no taxpayers’ subsidy

The Guardian stated that “the most obvious objection is cost: nuclear power is expensive, especially when compared with gas”. However, most international studies show that nuclear can compete with gas – even before the carbon costs are taken into account. It is also worth noting that most of these studies were completed before gas prices […]

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