Alternative Fuel Station May Be Future

If the United States is going to end its addiction to oil, the fuel station of the future might look like Pearson Ford Fuel Depot. Along with gasoline and diesel, the one-of-a-kind station _ part of a dealership near busy Interstate 15 _ offers a full range of clean-burning alternative fuels from ethanol to propane […]

How Melting Glaciers Alter Earth’s Surface, Spur Quakes, Volcanoes

Imagine the surface of Earth as a giant trampoline that accumulated a slab of ice over the winter, and you can get a sense of what a growing number of scientists say is in store for the planet as glaciers keep melting. Once the trampoline’s ice turns to water that drips over the edges in […]

Power plants getting less coal

Power plants around the United States have seen their coal stockpiles dwindle, mainly because of problems with shipping coal out of Wyoming and increasing worldwide demand for energy. The result has been higher electric bills in some areas because power companies were forced to replace coal with more expensive natural gas to feed their plants. […]

Energy imports continue to soar

Britain’s growing dependence on imports of foreign energy is likely to be underlined by official figures published last week.In just two years, a healthy This is Money

Even Higher Uranium Prices Ahead This Summer

Will we see a dramatic spike in uranium prices this summer? Some industry insiders have forecast spikes that could send uranium soaring to between $55 and $100/pound. Most were not expecting this to occur during 2006. However, there are several reasons we believe something could crack wide open in the uranium market over the next […]

Pollution From Chinese Coal Casts a Global Shadow

One of China’s lesser-known exports is a dangerous brew of soot, toxic chemicals and climate-changing gases from the smokestacks of coal-burning power plants. Unless China finds a way to clean up its coal plants and the thousands of factories that burn coal, pollution will soar both at home and abroad. The increase in global-warming gases […]

Implications of Fossil Fuel Dependence for the Food System

Our current industrialized food system is not sustainable due to it’s overdependence on non-renewable fossil fuel energy and it’s degradation of the natural systems on which it depends for its existence. If action to change these aspects of the food system are not taken, convening resource depletion and degradation will cause the food system to […]

Petronas: Oil Producers Need Demand Guarantees

Oil producers around the world are increasingly asking for demand guarantees from consumer nations to attract much needed investment in both upstream and downstream, the head of Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company, Petronas said Monday. “We need certainty in demand,” said Hassan Marican, adding that on the suppliers’ side, “it has been agreed that […]

U.S. Must Develop Oil Alternatives Now

The most optimistic forecasts say that supply can meet demand until roughly the year 2025. The most pessimistic say that we are close to decline or even in decline as you are reading this. Remember, not if, but when! It’s not a matter of the jar being half-full versus half-empty — the fact is that […]

How Oil Lubricates Our Enemies

The answer to all of these diverse anomalies is oil, oil, and more oil. During the last two years, a booming global economy, uncertainty in the Middle East, and the arrival of newly capitalist but petroleum-poor India and China have created a seller’s market unprecedented in the history of the oil industry. The resulting jump […]

Japan’s Producer Prices Surge the Fastest in 25 Years

Japan’s producer prices rose the fastest in 25 years on surging fuel and commodity costs, prompting companies including Fuji Photo Film Co. to pass on costs to clients. Today’s report “was the first concrete sign of inflation,” said Jesper Koll, chief Japan economist at Merrill Lynch & Co. in Tokyo. “Higher oil prices are actually […]

Time Of Easy, Cheap Oil Over

A large percentage of Brunei’s oil and gas reserves is trapped in mature/marginal reservoirs, which are increasingly more difficult and more expensive to produce. We must plan in a prudent manner guided by the reality that the time of easy and cheap oil has now passed. Brunei Minister of Energy Pehin Dato Awg Hj Yahya […]

Bush’s Oil, Cuban-American Allies Split on Anti-Castro Embargo

High oil prices are driving a wedge between energy companies and the Cuban-American community, two pillars of support for President George W. Bush and his fellow Republicans. Companies including Marathon Oil Corp. are lobbying Congress to be allowed to bid for oil and natural-gas deposits in Cuban waters. They are backed by Republican lawmakers bucking […]

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One Billion Tons Greenhouse Gas Reduction by 2012

The UN Clean Development Mechanism started sponsoring alternative energy projects in 2004 and currently has 200 working systems with 600 more in the planning stages. Ranging from wind farms to solar PV to alternative bio fuels, the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while concurently providng needed energy around the world. The success of […]

Should You Bet on Ethanol?

All that is about to change. Three Midwest ethanol companies have recently filed to go public — Aventine Renewable Energy, VeraSun Energy, and Hawkeye Renewables. The companies share some similarities. All three produce ethanol from corn and have plans to expand their operations. And each has enjoyed soaring profits in recent months as ethanol prices […]

BP boss says oil prices will fall

Lord Browne, the chief executive of oil firm BP, has said he expects crude prices to fall from current near-record levels as more supplies are discovered. However Lord Browne, speaking in an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel, said there was not likely to be any dip in prices in the short term. bbc

Iran accused of hiding secret nuclear weapons site

Fresh evidence has emerged that Iran is working on a secret military project to develop nuclear weapons that has not been declared to United Nations inspectors responsible for monitoring Iran telegraph

GM and Suzuki Jointly To Develop Hybrids for N America

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports that Suzuki Motor plans to develop hybrid vehicles with General Motors and market them in North America around 2009. The two automakers reportedly are considering developing sport utility vehicles with engine displacements of approximately 3 liters. Suzuki greencarcongress

On Mining Energy, Chinese Coal and Wisconsin Wind

The Oil Drum – Well, what with all that has been going on in the world recently I haven’t posted much about technology at the weekends for a while. There has, however, been the odd comment about the energy costs of mining and how these are inevitably going to go up, as the resource base […]

Wish These Scientists Luck

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Jeffrey J. Brown: Has Oil Peaked?: Yes

The Dallas Morning News – The world has used half its reserves and is headed for shortages The Texas oil industry knows all about peak oil, because we’ve already gone through it. In 1972, Texas was king of the oil world. We had increased our oil production by 40 percent during the previous 10 years […]

State, Local Officials Consider Energy Future

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A major discovery of oil has been made near Zaxo

Kurdistan TV – A major discovery of oil has been made near Zaxo in the northwest corner of Iraqi Kurdistan, said Dr Ashti A Hawrami, the Minister of Natural Resources for the Kurdistan Regional Government. Kurdistan TV

Devon Pulls US Gulf Workers Due to Storm

(Reuters) – Devon Energy Corp. said on Sunday it evacuated construction workers from a deepwater platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico because of Tropical Storm Alberto. The workers were evacuated from a platform in the Main Pass of the Gulf to reduce the number of workers who may have to be evacuated “in case […]

Finance Ministers Fail to Find Unity on Energy Security

FT.com – There were plenty of smiles and warm words about friendship and collaboration exchanged between finance ministers of the club of eight industrialised nations on a sunny weekend in St Petersburg…. But the amicable atmosphere disguised the lack of progress on some of the more sensitive and divisive aspects of energy security. Energy security […]

Aramco signs largest drilling contract with Global Santa to provide 4 rigs

MESTEEL – Offshore oil and gas drilling contractor GlobalSantaFe said it has signed a contract with Saudi Aramco to provide four jack-up rigs for four-year terms commencing in the first half of 2007. The four rigs, the GSF Main Pass I, GSF Main Pass IV, GSF High Island I and GSF High Island II, are […]

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Toyota’s eco war

Toyota has hit back at critics who claim its hybrid petrol/electric cars are not as environmentally friendly as claimed, writes Andrew English In particular, the company says the US-based CNW Marketing Research report, which claims that vehicles such as the Hummer SUV are greener than a hybrid Prius, is highly misleading. “We are being extremely […]

Cyclists go naked in oil protest

Hundreds of naked cyclists and skaters have taken to British streets as part of a global protest over the dependence on oil. Up to 500 riders travelled routes in London and Brighton as part of the World Naked Bike Ride. The event was first held in 2004 when more than 120 riders cycled naked through […]

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