Bid for Tax Breaks on Renewable Energy Blocked

Senate Republicans halted a $32 billion package of tax breaks for renewable energy that would have been financed mostly by new taxes on big oil. Democrats fell three votes shy of overcoming a threatened Republican filibuster aimed at keeping the measure from being attached to a broader energy bill. GOP senators argued that the nearly […]

Creating the worlds first hydrogen society-Next steps in Iceland

For three years the Mercedes-Benz fuel cell buses which were introduced in 2003 and the hydrogen refuelling station were operated successful and safe. The hydrogen refuelling station has delivered over 20 tons of hydrogen, mostly to the buses but also for other hydrogen activities. The learning from the operation has been of high value to […]

China Says Exports Fuel Greenhouse Gas Emissions

“China is now the factory of the world. Developed countries have transferred a lot of manufacturing to China. What many Western consumers wear, live in, even eat is made in China,” spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news briefing. “On the one hand, you want to increase this production in China. On the other hand, […]

Bush Says US Could Build 30 New Nuclear Plants

“It’s time for the country to start building nuclear power plants again,” Bush said at the Browns Ferry nuclear plant near Huntsville, Alabama, which is operated by the federally owned Tennessee Valley Authority. Bush said the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will likely get 20 applications from utilities to build up to 30 new reactors, and said […]

UK May Have to Do Without Nuclear Power

The British government will not subsidise new nuclear power plants, so if the private sector does not provide the huge investments needed, the country will have to do without, the minister responsible for energy said on Thursday. The Labour government sees nuclear power as one of the most effective weapons in the fight against climate […]

‘US has to join the world effort on climate’

China’s emergence as the largest polluter will intensify the pressure it feels from the rest of the world to cut its emissions, Al Gore, climate campaigner, has warned. “But in order to apply that moral pressure, the United States has to join the world’s efforts to solve the crisis. That is why I am spending […]

Global warming: Just what overcrowded, polluted India didn’t need… the $3,000

..If India’s roads seem cluttered and inadequate, things are set to get much worse. Over the coming months, a series of car manufacturers are set to unveil new models aimed at India’s burgeoning middle class. Remarkably, some of the new cars designed to entice the wallets of India’s newly wealthy consumers will be priced as […]

The Future of Hybrid Vehicles

Hydraulic: A Hybrid for the Big Dogs
Heavy vehicles that operate in constant stop-and-go driving would see huge benefits.

Plug-In Hybrids: Return of the Electric Car?
Advances in battery technology would allow commutes of 40 miles or less to be made entirely on electricity.

V2G Technology on Plug-In Electric Vehicles
The vehicle’s battery can also be used to power homes and businesses.

A Zero-Pollution Air-Powered Car
It’s not just a bunch of hot air. The air car will hit the streets of India in 2008.

Steam Engine Technology in the German Driving Machine
BMW is using the same principal from more than 100 years ago to improve fuel-efficiency.

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Ethanol tariff survives Senate vote

Senators reject a bid to insert a repeal of the levy into an energy bill. The ethanol industry easily survived a challenge in Congress to the tariff that protects U.S. producers from competitors in Brazil and elsewhere. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., proposed Wednesday to repeal the 54-cent-a-gallon tariff, arguing that it was forcing East Coast […]

The Oil Drum: Can We Be Happy Using Less Energy? Uhhh…. YES!

Peak Oil is one of many symptoms of an ecologically full planet. Our genetically embedded drive for `more’ coupled with an expanding world population of 6.5 billion mathematically suggests a finite limit for growth will eventually be reached, if it hasn’t been already. In discussions about the impacts of Peak Oil, it is sometimes implicitly […]

AP Blog: Living on Cuba’s Rationed Food

AP Havana Bureau Chief Anita Snow is spending the month of June living on the ”libreta,” a ration book for food consumption in Cuba. Here’s her story. HAVANA — Cubans don’t use a lot of seasoning in their food, rejecting the spicy dishes of other Caribbean islands like Jamaica and the eye-watering, tongue-burning jalapeno and […]

Confronting empire

THE EMPIRE tells us we What do you do about that–a country that

OPEC could curtail oil investment if biofuel boom materialises

VIENNA (AFP) – OPEC has warned it could curtail investment in oil production because of a forecast long-term boom for biofuel but cautioned that an oil shortage could emerge if biofuels ran into problems. “We are not worried about introducing another source of energy, especially if it helps fight climate change,” Abdullah al-Badri, secretary general […]

Refineries not running at full tilt

WASHINGTON U.S. refineries churned out 87.6% of the gasoline that they were capable of producing last week, down from 89.2% the week before and 5.7 percentage points below a year ago, the government said Wednesday. The drop came at a time when gasoline production is usually rising to meet summer demand. But aging refineries, continued […]

General Strike Over Rising Fuel Price Takes Hold in Nigerian Cities

Shop shutters stayed bolted and young men played soccer on roads that were usually choked with traffic as the first day of an indefinite general strike and fuel shortages brought cities across Nigeria to a hush on Wednesday. The strike by powerful labor unions is President Umaru YarNewYorkTimes

The Peak Oil Crisis: Approaching The Cliff

Last weekend across southern South Dakota the pumps went dry. Gas terminals from Sioux Falls to Yankton to Sioux City were empty. FallsChurchNews

Iraq: Energy profile

There have been various estimates, but in general Iraq is thought to hold 115 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, and possibly much more undiscovered oil in unexplored areas of the country. According to the Oil and Gas Journal, Iraq contains 115 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, the third largest in the world (behind […]

$100 billion invested in renewable energy in 2006

100 billion poured into renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2006, a 25 percent jump from 2005, reports a new analysis by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEP anticipates the trend will slow to $85 billion this year. UNEP says that investors put $71 billion into the sector in 2006 while another $30 billion came […]

Oil likely to top China-Iraq talks

Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president, is in Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart which are expected to focus on Iraq’s vast oil resources. The visit is the first by an Iraqi head of state since the two countries established ties in 1958, state media said. China is hoping to resurrect a $700m deal to […]

Altinex Says Oil Find Is `Significant;’ Shares Jump

Altinex ASA, a Norwegian oil and gas company, said a test showed the Huntington field in the U.K. North Sea is a “significant” oil discovery. “There is no doubt that Huntington is a significant discovery,” Altinex’s Chief Executive Officer Olaf Ellingsen said in the statement. “We will now push for fast-track appraisal and development of […]

Ghana: Citizens Express Fear Over Oil Discovery

FEARS HAVE been expressed by some Ghanaians that the discovery of oil in Ghana might be a resource curse rather than a blessing, citing the example of Nigeria and the poor state of Tarkwa and Obuasi after several years of gold mining gold. A cross-section of Ghanaians the Business Chronicle spoke to expressed the fear […]

Main risks to crude supply lie in Iran, Nigeria, Gulf of Mexico – NAB

Supply concerns in Iran, Nigeria and the Gulf of Mexico are likely to remain a factor in crude oil risk premiums in the coming quarter, according to National Australia Bank minerals and energy economist Gerard Burg. Burg said while there is considerable uncertainty, price movements of the main crude oil benchmark contracts will return to […]

Russia’s oil output edges up

The production of oil and gas condensate edged up 3.2 percent to 202.65m tonnes in January-May 2007 compared to the same period a year earlier, the press office of the Russian Industry and Energy Ministry reported today. Daily oil production reduced from 1,313m tonnes per day in May against 1.339m tonnes per day in April […]

Saudi Aramco plans expansion of crude oil refining

In a bid to diversify Saudi economic sources, Saudi Aramco plans to expand its activities of refining crude oil, manufacturing petrochemicals and value-added products. The company aims to maintain its production capacity at a maximum of 12 million bpd by early 2009. Petrochemical joint venture projects are being planned in China, Korea, United States, Philippines, […]

Growing divide between rich and poor ‘could lead to riots in streets’

Rioting could break out on Britain’s streets because of anger at the widening gap between rich and poor, it has been claimed. The warning comes as new figures show only a fraction of Britain’s super-rich are paying income tax. Sir Ronald Cohen, himself one of the nation’s richest men, warned that violence could flare if […]

Ontario: The new frontier for alternative energy

This week, the province’s government announced a $610 million fund to develop a green technology industry and attract carmakers and solar panel makers. Municipalities will also be able to dip into a separate $206 million fund for retrofitting buildings. Additionally, the province has unfurled programs that eliminate sales tax on Energy Star-rated lightbulbs and appliances […]

New Plastic Light Revealed

Light Beam Industries, LLC has developed a new solid state light emitting plastic. The LEC (Light Emitting Converter) material is based on patents by inventor Daniel Naum. This new substance uses fluorescent laser dyes and solid state light sources in conjunction with optical waveguides to generate multicolored or white light in a new innovative way. […]

Iraqi politicians agree deal on sharing oil, says Kurd minister

Iraq’s Kurdish leaders said last night they had struck an important deal with the central government in Baghdad over a law to divide up Iraq’s oil revenues, which is seen by the Bush administration as one of the benchmarks in attempts to foster national reconciliation. Ashti Hawrami, the minister for natural resources in the Kurdistan […]

Will OPEC increase supply in the 2nd half of 2007? Or has Ghawar peaked?

Concerns about a gap in crude oil demand/supply in the 2nd half of 2007 increased in the past months. The International Energy Agency (IEA) and itThis discussion, found at TheOilDrum, boils down to the expectation for non-OPEC supply and world demand in the 2nd half. If the IEA and EIA projections are correct, we will […]

Climate change and the fight for resources ‘will set world aflame’

Climate change has become a major security issue that could lead to “a world going up in flames”, the United Nations’ top environment official has warned. From rising sea levels in the Indian Ocean to the increasing spread of desert in Africa’s Sahel region, global warming will cause new wars across the world, said Achim […]

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