The Big Green Fuel Lie

George Bush says that ethanol will save the world. But there is evidence that biofuels may bring new problems for the planet The ethanol boom is coming. The twin threats of climate change and energy security are creating an unprecedented thirst for alternative energy with ethanol leading the way. That process is set to reach […]

Cheap Nano Solar Cells

Researchers at University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, have demonstrated a way to significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells made using low-cost, readily available materials, including a chemical commonly used in paints. The researchers added single-walled carbon nanotubes to a film made of titanium-dioxide nanoparticles, doubling the efficiency of converting ultraviolet light into electrons […]

Cambodia welcomes its oil wealth, but will it do more harm than good?

Diplomats fret that Cambodia, with endemic corruption and weak institutions that are the legacy of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime, could slide into the mire of a full-blown kleptocracy. “At this stage we’re all rather nervous,” said one senior Western diplomat. “Suddenly there’s going to be this avalanche of cash. There’s endemic corruption and a […]

Arab world, $345bn on energy

Arab countries require $345bn worth of investment in their energy sectors over the next four years as they develop their infrastructure to meet local and international demand, according to a report by the Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation and cited by the Dow Jones newswires. businessportal24

Nationalization Of Oil Sector In Venezuela: Action Or Reaction?

The most serious problem with which Venezuela may be faces is that, in the care of foreign companies may move with all equipment, specialists will leave the state. That’s why, President Chavez who predicted such a situation, in an interview to the `Alle` reported that the decision of Venezuela is not to the complete withdrawal […]

Renewables don’t need help to compete, energy users say

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What would peace in the Middle East mean for the oil price?

The international conference convened in Baghdad for March 10 represents an important first step to finding a lasting solution to the chaos of Iraq since the US invasion four years ago. But if the Middle East can summon the political will to deal with this situation will this not cause a fall in the oil […]

Brazil Accused of Getting Biofuel with Slave Labor

In a letter issued after a seminar of the international peasant movement Via Campesina on the growth of the sugarcane industry in Latin America that was held in Sao Paulo last month, representatives of social organizations and movements from Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic challenged the discourse according to which […]

China to close dirty steel mills in conservation drive

China will close its dirtiest steel mills as it steps up efforts to rein in surging energy use and clean up environmental damage caused by its economic boom, Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday. The government also will try to clean up polluted rivers and develop more energy-efficient technology, Wen said in a speech at the […]

Britain to Become German Energy Vassal

North Sea oil and gas production may now have entered the stage of prolonged and irreversible decline following Hubbert’s Peak. Steps need to be taken, says Malcolm Webb, the UK Offshore Operators Association chief executive: “[T]he implications for future production and secure indigenous energy supplies could be serious. Both the industry and government have their […]

Why Iraq’s new oil law won’t last

Alhajji notes that contracts signed “under duress” are not legally binding. After Iran nationalized its oil industry in the 1950s, British lawyers for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (now British Petroleum) contested the action in the International Court in the Hague and lost, despite Britain’s superpower status then. In the future, Iraqi lawyers could similarly argue […]

Oil Innovations Pump New Life Into Old Wells

The Kern River oil field, discovered in 1899, was revived when Chevron engineers here started injecting high-pressured steam to pump out more oil. The field, whose production had slumped to 10,000 barrels a day in the 1960s, now has a daily output of 85,000 barrels. In a wide-ranging study published in 2000, the U.S. Geological […]

Gasification may be key to U.S. ethanol

The government awarded $385 million in grants last week aimed at jumpstarting ethanol production from nontraditional sources like wood chips, switchgrass and citrus peels. What’s surprising is that half of the six projects chosen will use a process first discovered almost a century ago to turn coal into a gas. President Bush set a goal […]

Three reports say efficiency, renewable energy can relieve climate change effect

Three recent reports confirm that the Earth is warming, and that energy efficiency and renewable energy can go a long way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and otherwise reduce the effects of the climate change, according to the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). fmlink

A review of 2006 EIA Data; Expectations for Year Ahead

In a nutshell, for the world outside Saudi Arabia and Russia, further new projects in deep water, unconventional oil and natural gas liquids may just hold steady against declines in all other countries. The fate of world oil production now rests with the two countries together accounting for one quarter of supply. If net production […]

Telling OPEC to keep its oil

The economics of biofuels are debatable, but regardless of the economics, alternative fuel has one overriding appeal: If we make enough of the stuff, we can tell OPEC and characters like Venezuela democratherald

US Coal-Fired Power Plant Plans up in Smoke?

The future of coal-fired power plants is seen so tied up by legal challenges from green groups, that it could slow, or even thwart, plans to use America’s abundant coal supplies to generate its growing electricity needs. The recent decision by Texas utility TXU Corp. to scrap eight of 11 planned coal-fired plants to gain […]

The Oil Drum: Gazprom is Still At It, Oh Yes They Are (or,

As the production from Saudi Arabia continues to lag, even if transiently, Russian production and exports become more critical to world supply. And so we exchange the problems of getting oil from the sandy wastes of the Empty Quarter, with those of production from the icy wastes of Siberia. There are a couple of small […]

New Evidence That Global Warming Fuels Stronger Atlantic Hurricanes

Atmospheric scientists have uncovered fresh evidence to support the hotly debated theory that global warming has contributed to the emergence of stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. What he found both supported and contradicted previous findings. “The data says that the Atlantic has been trending upwards in hurricane intensity quite a bit,” says Kossin. “But […]

Over 50s Have The Highest Carbon Footprint In The UK

Over 50s have the highest carbon footprint, yet are most concerned over climate change and are calling for stronger leadership from the Government to combat global warming, according to new research published today by the Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York. The report reveals that baby boomers, aged 50-64, have the highest carbon […]

High temperatures leave five million Chinese short of water

Nearly five million Chinese are unable to get enough drinking water because of a series of droughts caused by “abnormally high” temperatures, state media said Sunday. Crucially in a nation which still relies on agriculture for the majority of its people, the drought is also cutting off sufficient water supplies for 2.5 million livestock, the […]

Bill Clinton: Five questions for the 21st Century

…The third thing I want to say about it is that it is unsustainable because of climate change and because in addition to climate change because of resource depletion. Matthew Simmons, a distinguished petroleum investor who is no liberal Democrat tree-hugger like me, he is one of the Bush family’s close friends. He’s a conservative […]

No magic bullet for energy crisis

We live in a truly magical time. With the flick of a finger, the power of 10 horses flows from a small wire in the wall of our homes to clean our carpets. We go to the local market under the pull of hundreds of horses and fly across our continent with tens of thousands […]

Ontario takes rap for high pump prices

Blame Ontario for the latest spike in gasoline prices, say industry analysts. Ontario’s recent gas shortage – sparked by a fire two weeks ago at the Imperial Oil refinery in Nanticoke – appears to be having a ripple effect across the country, said Andre Plourde, department of economics chair at the University of Alberta. In […]

Canceling plans for coal plants leaves Texas in a jam

With population surging, state must keep the energy flowing HOUSTON That hole just got bigger as the TXU Corp., the state’s largest utility, scrapped eight new coal-fired plants under a deal it has agreed to with potential new owners. The deal has delighted many environmentalists, but it has also stoked one Texas-size problem. Unless new […]

Oil independence: Activist hopes Missoula can break free from petroleum’s yoke

Sometimes, you have to think big. A political activist and Missoula newcomer has drawn up a proposal to wean 12 communities, including the Garden City, off oil. That is no small undertaking. It requires a lot of money, and already, it has critics saying the idea is wholly unrealistic.Peggy Miller is moving forward anyway. Earlier […]

Layton zeroes in on oilsands

EDMONTON – NDP leader Jack Layton slammed the generous tax breaks given to Alberta’s oilsands industry and called Saturday for more restrictions on the industry’s development. In Edmonton for a two-day visit, Layton said he agrees with a draft report from a House of Commons committee recommending the cancellation of federal tax breaks for oilsands […]

New vehicles seen as pushing demand for ethanol even higher. With the expanded use of ethanol, cars and sows are now competing for the same corn crop. The increased demand is profitable for Missouri corn farmers, but other sectors of the economy are feeling the burden of higher prices. …In response to the shifting demand, […]

Food or Fuel? The Ethanol Scam

The ethanol scam just keeps getting more and more absurd. In January, three U.S. senators Let’s consider that for a moment. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the U.S. economy was primarily based on carbohydrates. For most people, horses were the main mode of transportation. They were also a primary work source for plowing and […]

Mexico: Deep-water crude on tap

Petroleos Mexicanos expanded a technology agreement with Brazil“This opens the possibility of obtaining technological knowledge for drilling and development in deep and ultra-deep waters as well as exploitation of heavy-crude fields,” Calderon said, referring to the Petrobras accord. Pemex is betting crude oil in Gulf waters at depths of more than 500 meters will compensate […]

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