Major Energy Crisis Feared (Pakistan)

Dawn – Pakistan is most likely to face a major energy crisis in natural gas, power and oil in the next three to four years that could choke the economic growth for many years to come, official estimates and energy experts suggest. PakistanDawn

Your Evening Sunshine

Grist Magazine – This has me smiling: a California family that grows three tons of organic food a year — on 1/10 of an acre. I’m sharing this because a) what can I say, I think it’s nifty, and b) it points out the problem with apocalyptic thinking. Humans currently use various resources in horribly […]

China-Thai to build hydropower plant in Myanmar

China, Thailand to build US$1 billion hydropower plant in Myanmar China’s state-owned Sinohydro Corp. and Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) have agreed to build a US$1 billion hydroelectric station on the Salween River in Myanmar, the Chinese company said Wednesday on its website. The 600-megawatt station in Hutgyi, Myanmar, is the first of five […]

It’s Energy and the Environment, Stupid!

California, it appears, is no longer dreaming. In the wake of this summer’s heat wave, which has killed more than 100 people, devastated the state’s agricultural economy, and melted down its electrical power system, energy and environmental issues have soared to the top of public concern and awareness. A new poll shows that “Air pollution, […]

India`s renewable energy policy

India needs to work out a comprehensive renewable energy policy that could add 20 percent of its current power capacity through non-conventional energy sources over the next two decades, Indian energy analysts say.Wind could be the one India`s largest renewable energy sources, with the fastest growth prospects, provided the government and non-governmental organizations and private […]

Coping with Collapse; Examples from Argentina

The story of what happened to Argentina and how the population is coping with it holds many valuable lessons. It is a story that offers hope, and that holds warnings, particularly for those of us living in the United States. But, before we begin our examination, let us keep in mind that these are human […]

Shell, Athabasca Partners Drifting Apart in Search for Upgrading Solutions

CBCNews – Facing some tough decisions on its costly future oilsands strategy, Shell Canada (TSX:SHC) appears to be drifting apart from its partners as the energy giant pursues its own upgrading and refining solutions. Calgary-based Shell will unveil a highly anticipated update Friday on the company’s aggressive expansion strategy at the Athabasca oilsands project – […]

Mid-East Crisis Could Push Oil to $125

BBC News – Israel’s bombing of Lebanon has yet again prompted speculation that oil prices will soon soar above $100 a barrel. But reality could prove even harsher, according to Deutsche Bank chief energy economist Adam Sieminski. “Market commentators still seem to view the prospect of $100-a-barrel oil as shocking,” he says in a research […]

OPEC Exports +30,000 B/D in 4Wks to Aug 12-Oil Movements

Schlumberger – Seaborne oil exports from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are expected to rise marginally in the four weeks to Aug. 12, from the previous four weeks as demand picks up during the seasonally strong third quarter, a leading tanker tracker said Friday. The U.K.-based consultancy Oil Movements said OPEC’s shipments will rise […]

China’s growing pollution reaches U.S.

MOUNT TAMALPAIS STATE PARK, Calif. – On a mountaintop overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Steven Cliff collects evidence of an industrial revolution taking place thousands of miles away. The tiny, airborne particles Cliff gathers at an air monitoring station just north of San Francisco drifted over the ocean from coal-fired power plants, smelters, dust storms and […]

For some in Washington, commuting’s a slug-fest

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rush hour in Washington brings the slugs out into the light. Each workday, members of a unique breed of commuters known as “slugs” line up, sometimes at regular bus stops, sometimes at special areas. Chatting quietly, they wait for strangers to pick them up and drive them to the office, or home […]

GE And BP To Build Up To 15 Hydrogen Power Plants

Oil giant BP and General Electric are to work together to develop between 10 and 15 hydrogen power stations with carbon capture and storage, reports edie newsroom. GE is now to join BP in building two previously announced hydrogen power plants in Scotland and California, as a first stage in the partnership, along with BP’s […]

Utilities give warming skeptic big bucks

WASHINGTON – Coal-burning utilities are passing the hat for one of the few remaining scientists skeptical of the global warming harm caused by industries that burn fossil fuels. Pat Michaels Frank O’Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, a Washington advocacy group, said: “This is a classic case of industry buying science to back up its […]

Portland prepares peak oil briefing book

In May 2006, Portland City Council created a Peak Oil Task Force to develop recommendations on appropriate responses to uncertainties in the supply and affordability of oil. The Task Force is intended to identify key short-term and long-term vulnerabilities and develop recommendations for addressing these. Twelve citizens were appointed to the Task Force in June, […]

Book Offers Convincing Proof That Saudi Oil Reserves are Exaggerated

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Aging grids cited in blackouts

The nation’s power system may be showing its age. Recent heat wave-related blackouts in California and New York are at least partly being blamed on creaky transformers, circuit breakers and cables. And smaller outages in cities such as Detroit, Chicago and Houston will be investigated to see if aging parts played a role, says Stan […]

Attackers still holding Agip oil plant in Nigeria

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) – Attackers who shut down an Agip oil pumping station in southern Nigeria on Tuesday night are still occupying the facility but talks are under way to persuade them to leave, a state official said on Thursday. Agip’s parent company, Italy’s Eni, earlier said the attack on the Ogbainbiri station in […]

Big Oil: Booming Profits, Climbing Costs

Profits are booming, but energy outfits have to work harder—and spend lots more—to keep pulling ever-pricier oil out of the ground. That has fueled a spending competition for services such as drilling equipment, driving up companies’ business costs for the past couple years. And developments in recent months—such as higher taxes and new investment projects—are […]

Airlines work to meet fuel supply demands

After narrowly avoiding jet-fuel shortages at several big airports last summer, some U.S. airlines are stepping up investments in fuel storage and pipelines, though executives say the industry is still highly vulnerable to supply disruptions. Because of regional fuel-distribution bottlenecks, airports in California, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah and the Washington, D.C. area remain the top […]

$100 Oil: The Impact on Auto Makers

While Standard & Poor’s is not forecasting triple-digit oil prices, the much-discussed prospect of $100 per barrel crude oil and the resulting increase in the cost per gallon of gasoline could only be considered a serious negative for U.S.-based auto makers and their suppliers. And this is clearly an industry that has already had its […]

U.S. Oil, Gas Drilling Activity Hits Two-Decade High In Q2

According to API’s 2006 Quarterly Well Completion Report: Second Quarter, a 20-year high estimated 24,729 oil wells, natural gas wells and dry holes were completed in the first half of 2006. In the second quarter of 2006 alone, there were an estimated 12,681 completions, the highest single quarter estimate since the first quarter of 1986. […]

Nanotech Lures Bankers, VCs With Promise of $1 Trillion Market

After decades of hype and false starts, the National Science Foundation forecasts that $1 trillion worth of nanotechnology- enabled products will be on the market by 2015. This year, corporations and governments will spend more than $11 billion on nanotechnology research, according to Cientifica, a London-based consulting firm. In May, Harris spearheaded a $7.5 million […]

Japan joins the energy race

Japan’s energized diplomatic drive in Central Asia comes at a time when Tokyo is implementing its new energy strategy aimed at ensuring stable oil, gas and other resource supplies in the long term to feed the world’s second-largest economy. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry released its new national energy strategy at the end […]

How global warming has thrown nature into disarray

Scotland’s wildlife food chains are being thrown out of sync by global warming, putting thousands of creatures at risk of starvation, scientists warned yesterday. A new study shows that animals and plants are responding to climate change, but some more rapidly than others. The result could be a disastrously late lunch for fish species ultimately […]

France Implements New Renewable Tariffs for Solar, Wind and Biogas

The French Minister for Industry, Finance, and Economics has issued new tariffs for solar, wind, biogas and geothermal energy. The new tariffs are the result of the regularly scheduled review of the French program that pays for electricity generated by renewable sources of energy. The new tariffs pay Euro 0.55/kWh [kilowatt-hour] for building-integrated solar photovoltaics, […]

Myanmar aims to substitute oil imports with nuts

Myanmar hopes to replace all of its 40,000 barrels per day conventional oil product imports with a homegrown nut oil within a few years. “We’ve started from this year and within 3 years if we can grow it all over the country we expect we can maintain this level of demand,” U Myint Oo, chief […]

Your Next Worry? The Suicide of Capitalism

Late last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals struck down a new rule by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring mandatory registration with the SEC for most hedge funds. This may not strike you as the end of the world, but that’s because you’ve either forgotten what a hedge fund is or how much trouble […]

Sulfur Could Reverse Global Warming

Nobel Prize winning chemist Paul Crutzen says we could cool the planet by injecting sulfur into the atmosphere. Injecting sulfur into the atmosphere to slow down global warming is worthy of serious consideration, according to Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University […]

Kuwait May Link Rate of Oil Production to Level of Oil Reserves

Dar Al Hayat. Kuwait greencarcongress

FST Energy Demonstrates Product that Eliminates Fuel Cell Dependence on Bulky Hy

FST Energy, Inc. (www.fstenergy.com), a hydrogen storage, transport, and distribution company, today announced a significant breakthrough for the emerging fuel cell market by eliminating the need for metal hydrogen storage cylinders. The FST Fuel Cassette(R) system uses a proprietary chemical reaction to generate 300 percent more hydrogen at 1/3 the weight of pressurized cylinders. FST […]

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