Russian firm to produce cheap electric cars

A Russian auto company, Yarovit-Motors, said Thursday it was preparing to launch a project to produce low-cost electric cars with funding from one of the country’s biggest tycoons. The cars will reportedly sell for around 9,000 euros (12,700 dollars). “All the necessary documentation is ready. The project will be carried out by Yarovit and Mikhail […]

Carbon nanotubes used to make batteries from fabrics

Ordinary cotton and polyester fabrics have been turned into batteries that retain their flexibility. The demonstration is a boost to the nascent field of “wearable electronics” in which devices are integrated into clothing and textiles. The approach is based on dipping fabrics in an “ink” of tiny tubes of carbon, and was first demonstrated last […]

Military in Hawaii has big plans for solar power at base

The military is seeking contractors to install more solar power systems at most of its major installations in the state in what ultimately would be a leap in photovoltaic power generation capability in Hawai’i, officials said. Ted Peck, the state’s energy administrator, predicts the military photovoltaic energy project output may reach about 60 megawatts Even […]

Gas could burst Peak Oil theorists

As much an art as a science, oil price forecasting is a major preoccupation for many energy consultants. But whose forecast is the most reliable? After all, fortunes hang on the answer. Yet when looking ahead more than four years, almost all oil price forecasts over the past 40 years have been wrong, according to […]

2009 airline revenue: Worst drop ever

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The airline industry suffered its largest drop ever in passenger revenue last year as a weak economy grounded many would-be travelers, an industry group said Wednesday. The Air Transport Association of America said total passenger revenue for the major U.S. carriers fell 18% in 2009 versus the year before. It was […]

Beddington does the climate change shuffle

John Beddington, the UK’s chief scientific adviser, stressed that he was not a politician at a breakfast meeting in London on 20 February. He then skilfully delivered a politician’s answer about his frustration over the recent climate change conference in Copenhagen. He started out in forthright mood: “Clearly Copenhagen was a disappointment. We didn’t get […]

The World's Biggest Oil Reserves

Chances are your energy needs are going to flow from one of these 10 fields in the future. HOUSTON — This month Iraq will finalize contracts with the likes of ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP to develop some of its biggest oil fields. These giants are among the world’s last remaining pockets of so-called […]

UN climate report riddled with errors on glaciers

WASHINGTON The climate panel and even the scientist who publicized the errors said they are not significant in comparison to the entire report, nor were they intentional. And they do not negate the fact that worldwide, glaciers are melting faster than ever. But the mistakes open the door for more attacks from climate change skeptics. […]

Why Alaska Isn

Twenty years after the Exxon Valdez supertanker spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound in southern Alaska, everything is pristine and natural again, right? Not exactly. A study in 2004 estimated that perhaps 25,000 gallons of oil remained along the sound

A Durable Yet Vulnerable Eden in Amazonia

Scientists surveying an Ecuadorian park find unparalleled diversity of animals and plants, and a threat from oil extraction. A new study has found that Yasun The study,

The War Against Suburbia

A year into the Obama administration, America As in so many areas, this stance reflects the surprising power of the party

Goodbye to oil that

…Scepticism about Ghawar Daniel Yergin, the author and president of the industry consultancy Cambridge Energy Research Associates

Oilwatch Monthly January 2010

Most oil price predictions by large analyst firms for 2010 lie in the range of 70 to 90 dollars per barrel. An expectation that the price level between 70 and 85 dollars since November while continue. After the price spike two years ago our collective minds refer to this 80 dollar per barrel level as […]

U.S. Faces Extended Power Outages, Largest Grid Builder Says

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. faces longer power outages resulting from storms this year after utilities cut spending on maintenance by as much as 50 percent, according to Quanta Services Inc., the world Quanta, based in Houston, expects 2010 revenue from maintaining power lines and providing other electricity- distribution services to be little changed following a […]

China Refines Record Oil Volumes as Economy Recovers

(Bloomberg) — China, the world China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. processed more crude last year while China National Petroleum Corp., the parent of PetroChina Co., boosted overseas production as manufacturing and vehicle sales spurred energy consumption. China, which expanded at the fastest pace since 2007 in the fourth quarter, will grow four times more quickly […]

Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse

Due to our refusal to live within the Earth This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California, on November 11th, 2009. Energy Bulletin

Post-peak oil scenarios bleak

Bloomington, Minnesota, USA is but one of many communities world-wide prepared to face up to this impending issue about to effect us all in the near future. If world governments neglect to take action on this matter local governments will at least need to pave the way for a more gentle transition.

UK: Return to slop bucket as homes face ban on sending food waste to landfill

Householders will soon have to keep food waste in the modern equivalent of a slop bucket, the Government said yesterday. Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, said that instead of being thrown away on landfill sites, food waste would be used for composting or turned into energy. Britain throws away 8.3 million tonnes of food each […]

USF Study Shows First Direct Evidence of Ocean Acidification

Seawater in a vast and deep section of the northeastern Pacific Ocean shows signs of increased acidity brought on by manmade carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — a phenomenon that carries with it far-reaching ecological effects — reports a team of researchers led by a University of South Florida College of Marine Science chemist. The […]

Biophysical Economics: Putting Energy at the Center

Many scientists have long complained that standard economics fails to account for the biological and physical systems that form the basis of the economy. In short, the economy is a subset of the environment and governed by the same biological and physical laws as every other system on the planet. In 1850 when the total […]

Exxon Hid Radiation Risk to Workers, Witness Says

(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. energy company, Templet testified as the first witness for 19 former pipe workers who are suing Exxon, claiming they were exposed to radiation and now fear they may get cancer. Templet said Exxon failed to report the contamination to his former agency until as late as 1988, […]

Jeff Rubin: Why the U.S. needs all the tar sands oil it can get

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Midwestern colleagues had better think twice before banning carbon-dirty fuels such as the oil made from Canadian tar sands. If they don American oil demand may be diminishing as more and more drivers take the exit lane, but available supply is shrinking even faster. Domestic production, formerly 10 million barrels […]

The Race Between Tipping Points: Can We Save Our Civilization?

by Lester Brown The Bad News: 10 Troubling Trends I 1. Soil Erosion. Erosion now exceeds new soil formation on about 30 percent of the world

U.S. says wind could power 20 percent of eastern grid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses in the eastern half of the United States by 2024, but it would require up to $90 billion in investment, according to a government report released on Wednesday. For the 20 percent wind scenario to work, billions must […]

Hybrid Owners Howl As California HOV-Lane Access Ends in December

All good things must come to an end, and it’s the same with the wildwood weed … err, with California’s HOV-Lane access perk for owners of three hybrids: the Toyota Prius, Honda Civic Hybrid, and Honda Insight. They are set to expire on December 31 of this year. Originally passed in 2005, the law opened […]

Exxon Mobil lauds algae-based biofuels

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 20 (UPI) — A solution to expand the options for renewable energy resources is through the use of biofuels produced by algae, Exxon Mobil executives said in Abu Dhabi. Emil Jacobs, vice president of research and development for Exxon Mobil, in a speech before the delegates at the 2010 […]

What Does "Peak Oil

The 1. Peak Oil is more about transitioning from a world with an increasing supply of oil to a world with a decreasing supply of oil, and less about the actual date of the peak. Peak Oil as represented by the WSJ article diminishes the issue to a debate over a date. The more pressing […]

Face up to natural limits, or face a 1970s-style energy crisis

None of the various technofixes on offer alter that fact that humanity has to learn to stop living on the last drops of cheap energy, and to start living within its means Britain has a serious problem with its energy supply. After examining this issue for a few years now I perceive that the greatest […]

Jumpstarting Energy Independence

Hubbert was accurate on that point, as anyone who recalls the long lines at gas stations in 1973 might attest. The gas shortage that year was brought on by declining reserves in the U.S. while the Middle East oil-producing nations withheld shipments because they were ticked off at U.S. support for Israel. More recently David […]

Q&A:

According to Robert Ayres and Edward Ayres, brothers and co-authors of the recently published book, Most of the remaining energy is discarded, typically in the form of waste heat that, with the right application of technology, could be used for electricity generation or space and water heating. (As just one example of the potential, two […]

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